Which Amiga OS Is Used Most...

[Iggy]

That'd be me actually

I figured it wasn't such a big deal anyway. Does anybody take these things that seriously?

I doubt that this poll reflects anything meaningful, if that's what you mean Karlos.

How about a poll on which OS posters use as a primary OS?

AOS4, AROS and MorphOS numbers would have to be higher with that, but you'd probably have to add Windows, Mac OS, asnd Linux options for many of those who post here that don't use an Amiga related OS on their primary system.

[Iggy]

Frankly, I'd be scared to mix whatever meds Franko's taking with the ones my Dr's are already giving me.

[Iggy]

Just wait till I get that new G5 on Thursday, should be a faster browser and faster net connection, gonna beat Karlos & Bloodline's high scores even if it kills me... :roflmao:

(PS: @ karlos... what's happened to my little teddy bears paw (medal) it's been nicked...)

Franko,
What have you got against MorphOS compatible Macs?
Your G4 wasn't a supported model and now you're buying a G5 model that isn't likely to be supported in the future.
Damn it man, you're ruining my sense of the universe scheme of things!


How can we prove to you the obvious superiority of MOS if you keep buying Macs that you can't run the OS on?

[Iggy]

Ah didnae ken rat did ah...

Fraid 20 odd years sitting here on me jack jones surrounded by nothing but Amigas & 13 squirrels, I've not kept up to date with the world of modern computers...

I know even less about Macs than I do about MorphOS, I'll just need to go back on ebay and find something better then... (seen a nice ZXspectrum going cheap, think that'll do ? )

ZXspectrum? Isn't that one of those tiny 8bit computers built for people that were too poor to buy a VIC-20?

Stick with yours Macs and Amigas.

[Iggy]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Apple-MAC-G4-QUICKSILVER-800Mhz-1Gb-40Gb-DVD-RW-OS-X-/300488472272?pt=UK_Computing_Apple_Desktops_CV&hash=item45f68236d0

Yes, that would do - if its got a supported video card (the listing doesn't mention what video card the unit has).

[Iggy]

Karlos is dead on with that. I'm currently using a 933Mhz processor in my Powermac under MorphOS 2.6. While I do have a 1.8 Ghz Sonnett upgrade coming soon, I'm not in any way disappointed with how the slower G4s operate under MOS.
Because its decended from a tight compact OS, MorphOS is more responsive than OSX.

About the only thing I miss is the wider selection of browsers (OWB is not bad, but I miss Opera and Firefox).

[Iggy]

I didn't want to infer that we had some kind of superior knowledge about hardware.

For all I know, you may find OSX preferable to MorphOS.

But since your primary experience has been with Amigas, I think you'd find MOS very familiar.

Frankly, I think anyone with an Amiga background, were they to give MorphOS a try, would come away with a positive impression.

[Iggy]

Primary... more like ONLY... :lol:

But it's nice to know that folk will point me in the right direction before I make any more hasty purchases...

(just need to remember to ask first before I do, Oh yeah... not too impressed by OS X but that could be due to this machine being pretty slow... )

@ Kesa

That was at least a full 4 minutes between posts...

I thought G4s were pretty slow too, but they're actually pretty capable. It's OSX, its a serious resource pig.Using the processor I have installed right now (the 933Mhz), video under OSX simply wasn't fast enough (even for simple Flash animation).
Now I can view most common files without stutter and I anticipate being able to view 720p files once I upgrade the processor.

When G5 support is introduced, I expect MOS to be able to display anything up to 1080p resolutions.

[Iggy]

Interesting,
Outside 3.1 and 3.9, the most used OS' are PPC based (AOS4.1 and MOS).

With all the posts suggesting a shift to X86, you might expect more AROS users to vote for their OS.

[Iggy]

As if... Next you'll say there is no Santa Claus!

That's just sily. Of course there's a Santa Claus.

It's the existence of God that's questionable (at least according to Steven Hawking).

And to go completely off tangent, here's a quote from Frank Zappa I'm fond of.

The Bible tells us God made us to be just like him.
So, if we're dumb,
Then God is dumb.
And maybe even a little ugly on the side.

[Iggy]

IIRC Fab already said that a quick test with MPlayer on G5/MorphOS showed that these maschines are pretty easy able to handle that. But I am not the "Wolfbot", hence no link for that.

"Wolfbot"? That's amuzing. I'm still trying to figure out how Andreas indexs and keeps track of all those references.
I've asked him about it, but he won't reveal his secrets to me. If it is just recall, then he very well might be cybernetic.
Still, I've learned not to question him (on most things) and since he defers to Frank (Pega-1 @ MorphZone) I definately don't question Frank.

With such sharp minds in our corner, I don't question my OS choice.

The G5 will give us the boost needed for really processor intensive tasks, but we're not going to get that for awhile. Meanwhile, I'm interested in seeing just how well the Sonnett upgrade I just ordered works.

[Iggy]

How did you pay him Franko?
Hopefully, it was via some method you can request a charge back because it sounds like a scam.

[Iggy]

Let us not jump to conclusions just yet!

You have to admit that the seller not allowing Franko to just pick up the system is a little weird. Then there's that tracking number issue.

I don't want to jump to conclusions, but hopefully Franko has made sure he's covered in case he is being taken advantage of.

[Iggy]

@ Iggy
Thank's for the concern, not to worry paid via paypal so I'm covered if it doesn't turn up. The guy seems genuine enough he's got a 100% feedback record and he's sold three identical machines this month with good feedback.
 
I'll need to check it out properly (if it arrives) and get my mate Ron who's an Apple service engineer to have a good look at it, as I reckon he might be putting them together himself having sold three this month already. As long as it arrives and works fine I'll be more than happy, if not ebay have always been very quick in returning my money if something goes wrong, just have to wait and see now...

Sorry, I shouldn't have even questioned on this. I know you're sharp enough to have this covered. And its been pretty rare that for me to experience bad transactions (especially with a seller with good feedback).
The only bad experience I've had recently was with a Radeon 9200 video card that I bought from a seller who offered a return policy. On plugging the card in, it damaged my motherboard.
After contacting the seller (who was PO'd that I'd posted negative feedback) I was inforfmed the card was untested and offered a return on the card.
Since postage back to the seller was higher than the cost of the card (and I was afraid he'd re-sell it to someone else) I took the loss. After all, the real loss was my motherboard.
 
I'm going to be really careful the next time I buy anything that could cause that kind of loss.