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Offline Iggy

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Re: Purchased MorphOS 3.1 today. Finally did the deed!
« on: October 26, 2012, 02:20:46 AM »
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Welcome to the club.  MOS 3.1 is a fine OS.  

I have a PB 1139 with and OWC SSD and it is simply amazing.  I quickly blew away OSX after I played with it for a while.

OSX took 1.5 mins to boot, MOS takes 5 seconds.  Video playback on OSX struggled with 720p and large files, MOS plays 6 gig 720p files with zero lag.  Browsing is pretty decent on many websites.  This is the one area where OSX was better, safari was slower but more capable by a significant amount.

Compatibility for old amiga apps has been excellent also.

Recommend you use ICEFS for the file system.  

MOS is a true joy to use...

5 seconds?!
Good God man. It takes me a full 30 seconds with a conventional drives.
SSDs are THAT much quicker?

Oh, and Smurf, Linux takes forever to boot on a Mac.
Wait a minute. Did you just say you were using a Mac?
And comparing us to CPM, now that's low (not even MPM) - Hey, we do have a GUI you know.
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Re: Purchased MorphOS 3.1 today. Finally did the deed!
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2012, 04:09:32 AM »
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Pretty surprising I know.  From bong to full boot takes 5 seconds.  Using the OWC Legacy Pro and it's smashingly fast Iggy...  I never tried a conventional drive in the PB, so I don't have anything to compare it to.  OSX was really a disappointment on the SSD, sad to say...


Well, you've sold me. The trick will be finding a PATA SSD. I still intend to keep most files on an SATA drive, but those boot times are pretty convincing.
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Re: Purchased MorphOS 3.1 today. Finally did the deed!
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2012, 07:04:21 PM »
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Hi,

There are good points about MorphOS, like it has the fastest bootup time of any OS I have seen, it also has a just about up to date internet browser which I like, but after that it was shear boredom. One thing I would recommend to MorphOS programmers is maybe an Amiga Basic language system so you could try programming. To tell you the truth I have Amiga Basic but didn't try it, anyone know if it works on MorphOS, couldn't really try becasue mine are all disks, so I didn't get to try any real Amiga programs, maybe that is why I gave it such a poor rating.

Ubuntu PPC works good on the mini mac, and at least it has a whole bunch of programs that you can download and try, but then again it is just a stupid mac, maybe I will take it fishing and use it for a fishing weight, it is so old and slow I don't see why I wasted $10 bucks on it.

smerf

You got a Mac Mini  for $10?
How much do you want for it?
BTW - I forgot that you live in the State right next to mine.
Batten down the hatches Smerf old boy.
Looks like Sunday thru Tuesday is really going to suck (weather wise).

Funny 'cause its sunny and warm here right now.

Oh, as an afterthought, Smerf's right (OMG - did I say that?). MorphOS needs more applications. With that in mind Papiosaur, AmigaDave, and myself have been offering to help would be developers obtain hardware to run MorphOS on. If you've got any creative ideas, drop a line to any one of us.

Jim
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Re: Purchased MorphOS 3.1 today. Finally did the deed!
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2012, 10:28:49 PM »
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... my PC that uses about 800 watts of power, will keep me toasty and warm, and actually works better in the winter.

smerf

Yep, I know hat feeling. I just broke down and sold my 125watt PhenomII based system with the 600 watt power supply. Made a nice space heater for the bedroom, but it cost too much to run.
Typing on an Intel Atom based netbook right now. Its got an itty bitty power supply.
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