Is this very silly discussion still going on? Good! I'm all up for sillyness.
Why are you guys still comparing later generation X86 hardware with Amigas?
And PC and consoles. Were do you think some of their best design ideas were cribbed from?
Frankly, the only reason I not voting my total devotion to AGA, is I would have liked to see the Amiga move to PCI and RTG and continue to kick both the Mac and the PC in the ass.
And yes, maybe if there had been another major buyer for PPC processors (other than Apple) development of that technology wouldn't have slowed down.
The really frightening thing is that even without a major plqayer we're still here and hardware and software is still being developed. Is it just a hobby? Well frankly that's what personal computing started out to be for me. Do you know how many people I had to convince in the early days that I had to cionvince that they didn't need a computer to balance their checkbook? Hey, we were all convinced that one day everyone would be using them, but what for? That took a long time AND the process of elimination (of bad idea/software) to get to where we are today - with real ptactical utility and valid justififable trasons for perchasing and using a computer.
A hobby? Well I use an NG system everyday and use my multicore X86-64 system, on average, about once every week or two. I'm posting this on it right now and if you've seen my Ambient screenshot on the other threads you know the display is just as good as PC, Mac, or Linux can offer. So if I can use it for the same practical uses as any other modern PC, is it a hobby?
Maybe in part it still is, besause unlike the shepple I'm willing to still do a little hacking, learn a little about my system, and use something other than a mainstream system. Come to think of it, that what a lot of users of alternative systems (like the Amiga) were willing to do. If you have to devote more time to it and your still considered a hobbist is that even fair. Hey, I guess if I can't avoid it, I'll wear the badge with pride, I was one of the hobbists who help figure out what made computers practical (you punks).
Pat yourself on the back Amiga users. EVERYTHING out there computers, tablets, cell phones, etc does not have a display that looks like an early PC. It ALL resembles Amiga.
And get over this inferiority complex. Some of the brightest people I know are developing in our Market. Do you really think MorphOS would look that good with only a few hundred paying licensees if it wasn't being maintained by some brilliant minds? How in the world did something as slick as AOS4 get written by primarily two guys (do you know how many programmers Microsoft employs)? AROS? Well, kudos guys. I really doubted that you'd ever be able to pull that one off and it looks like you'll suceed. And the Natami., well I've had my differences with Gunnar, but he Thomas and the rest off the team are sharp and they are going to produce something impressive. Then thers Clone A, Replay, Minimig, hey this rant could go on a long time.
We are still here and development continue. If you want to call it a hobby I would not be insulted by that. Several of the richest people in our country started out as computer hobbyist. Do we have a future? As sure as Microsoft, Apple, and Intel can still make mistakes, of course we do.
Me? I', an anarchist at heart and hope an open system (maybe ARM and Linux) takes them all down. But why couldn't it be ARM and AOS?
