Classic VS NG

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I'd be very cautious and recommend you weigh your use case before taking anyones advice that any NG Amiga can be a day to day, desktop replacement for a more mainstream machine like a Windows, Linux or Mac box.

I love my NG systems, but the idea that I could use them to do my day to day business on them is laughable.  They are great machines for what they are, but the truth is I couldn't even get my daily work tickets off GDocs on either MOS or my OS4 machine.  The browsers puke too much.

Honestly, and I know how much people hate the emulation route - it's hard to go wrong with an Amithlon or even dedicated UAE box if you are intent on running older software.  I've got both an Amithlon box and a dedicated UAE machine (XP base, boots right into WB 3.1, never even see Windows) and most people would be hard pressed to even recognize they are emulated machines if they were parked in front of them if an old Miggy KB and mouse were there.

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As much as I hated seemingly always fiddling around fixing something on my old BV/PPC/040 A1200, I do miss the darned thing.  I'm not much of a purist, but there's a lot to be said for the "Real McCoy" hardware wise - and I say that as someone with a SAM, a bulletproof stable Amithlon rig, and a dedicated straight to WB UAE machine owner.

Remember, costs you nothing to keep the old hardware!  Keeping it around and only using it once or twice a year costs you nothing if you get some enjoyment out of it at all, and you'll never lose money on classic Amiga HW if you chose to sell it a few years down the road.  Stuff will only go up in value.

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Can always try before you buy with an OS4 machine.  I'm sure an OS4 owner wouldn't mind letting you VNC into their machine so you could poke about a bit and see how you enjoy it.