Status report on AmigaOS 4.2 development

[Iggy]

Difference is, MorphOS makes or breaks it on their own - MorphOS isn't masquerading as "Amiga" to try to make it appear to be something it's not.

Personally, I only consider Amiga compatibilty a plus.
I actually run mostly native software.
And I like the 30 second boot times.
I could take a nap during the time it takes my X86 hardware to boot.
 
Plus, unlike some of you, if I've got a word processor and a web browser I'm pretty much good to go.

[Iggy]

BTW - IF they can manage to introduce these features, OS 4.2 should be pretty formidable. Better OpenGL support would be nice too.
 
I'm still in the blue camp, but SMP, Radeon HD graphics, etc?
Pretty nice.

[Iggy]

Seriously? My "X86" is from 2007 and boots into a fully bloated gnome/nautilus desktop in 30 seconds or less* from a regular (mechanical) drive.

*not including the 10 second grub menu time-out.

Well, I sold off the parts from my Phenom II X4 system, so the hardware I'm using IS dated.

But I also like being able to shut my system off when I want to (rather then having to allow the OS to do it).

And, once I upgrade my drive to the Western Digital Raptor I have sitting on my dresser I expect even better performance (although MorphOS already works pretty good with the one  system I'm giving away that has a U320 drive in it).

[Iggy]

I'll second that.
I spend more on my motorcycles.
And a SAM won't get me killed.

Once MorphOS is released for the SAM460, I might have to buy one.

It would be nice to have a machine that could boot both AOS4.1 and MorphOS (without hunting down a Pegasos).