AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition available before the end of 2014

[Duce]

How's Final Edition factor in for existing OS4.1 owners?

Example:  I'm a bought and paid for registered user of 4.1 for SAM440ep, running Update 6.  I'll be so bold as to assume I'll simply be able to download Final Edition, is this correct?

[Duce]

I bought 4.1 once, not buying it again for some fancy icons.  4.1 Final Edition should be free to existing registered users.  OS4.1 cost me more than Windows 7 Ultimate did, after all.  It's a full release in the sense of it's got all the updates, I suppose if you split hairs.  It's also a sequential update in the 4.1 chain, a chain I already bought into once.

So I'll have to buy 4.1 Final Edition then 4.2 on top of that when 4.2 is out if I chose to proceed?

[Duce]

I suspect you will be in the minority.  You can never please everyone.  30 EURO for this update + some new features is worth it IMHO, and as mentioned in the press release is likely the cheapest full release of AmigaOS ever.  But to each his own.  Wait for 4.2 then I guess

That's just my point - who in their right mind is going to shell out even 30e for 4.1 Final Edition when 4.2 is not too far down the road and is also a pay for product coming from 4.1 final update?  Just doesn't make sense if I have to buy 4.2 all over again to keep up to date not far down the line.  In mean, don't get me wrong - the price for 4.1 Final Edition is certainly much better than the 100e or so I paid for 4.1 for my SAM, so there's going to be a lot of first time takers on it, I just don't know why someone like myself would bother.  Can simply wait for 4.2 and save myself the money.

Why would anyone bother?  It's silly - but then again, some people bought Windows ME, and whaddya know, 2 months later they turned around and forked over money for Windows 2000, just so they could say they were running the newest thing on the block...

[Duce]

While the patronizing "crystal ball" comments are amusing, I was merely expressing my opinion.  If you find personal value in 4.1 FE, Dave - Godspeed, damn the torpedos, buy it and I sincerely hope you and anyone else who buys it truly enjoys it, but the personal snark could have been left behind, imo.  No offense, man.  I already paid 100e for 4.1 and it'll suit my purposes until 4.2 comes out.  Last copy of W7 I bought was $59.

I don't purchase in order revision incremental updates, just as I wouldn't have paid for XP SP1, Vista SP1, W7 SP1, or any other in line, in revision number updates.  Just as I wouldn't have shelled out a dime for 4.1 u1 through u6, they were minimal and incremental at best - again, IMHO.  Again, just personal opinion, and I am sure many people will jump at the 30e offer if it's only to use the OS for emulation.  Unfortunately, I have no interest in PPC Amiga emulation on commodity hardware, I've had a SAM 440 sitting beside me for the last 6 years.  Personal choice is a wonderful thing, and that's something we can all agree on I'm sure.

4.2 might come within 2 months, or it might not be here until Q1 2018 for all I know.  In fact, if I had this mystical crystal ball you mentioned, I'd probably have more value for FE than I do.  I'd know that 4.2 is either 6 months or 2 years away, and in the latter, 30e for FE would be money well spent in the interim.  But 4.2 might be 4 months away for all I know, and I don't like buying things twice in short succession or having anything remotely resembling recurring payments going on - same reason I don't use "rent to own" subscription software like Office 365 or the Adobe sub suite.

I'll keep my eyes peeled for it so I don't have to spend my money twice if I end up still having my SAM when 4.2 comes out.  Or I'll just stick with my MOS machines and avoid the whole mess

Cheers,
Duce

[Duce]

Is AmiStore entirely optional in upcoming versions, be it FE or 4.2?

Just curious.

[Duce]

Super, thanks for the reply!