New guy with questions!

[Iggy]

Hmm, Macs and OS4...
That would be advantage to Hyperion, as they would be able to sell to one of the markets MorphOS serves.
It would NOT be a good thing for Aeon though.

And there are more than rumors floating around that this just might happen.

But I'm not waiting, and an extra $60 or so wouldn't have dissuaded me from buying MorphOS anyway. At present, I have three MorphOS systems.

Also, as mentioned, there is the trial mode.
So you could just obtain a supported Mac., install the standard distribution, and give it a try.
BTW rebooting is really quick, so the 30 minute limitation isn't that bad.

[Iggy]

@Iggy I may be going to goodwill today to grab one of those G5 Powermacs to trial morphOS they cost just as much as a mac mini would off ebay.

Just make sure that the G5 has a supported video card.
These include the Radeon 9600, 9800, and X800XT.
All are more than adequate, but the last two do offer a performance advantage.

Under the latest versions of MorphOS you can also use a PC Radeon X1950PRO AGP card, but as that card incorporates a PCIe to AGP bridge chip (that slows it down) it doesn't offer any real advantage over the other two above.

And yes, MorphOS looks different than Amiga OS, and I rather like it (as Ambient presents a pretty cool desktop).
But everything works like it does under AmigaOS, all the controls, the presence of a RAMdrive, the major folders...
If you are familiar with Amiga, you'll have no problem using it.

[Iggy]

Anytime anyone finds one of these, let alone at 'economy prices', let me know as I've been looking for one for a long time.

[Iggy]

...Personally, the only way to get that retro nostalgic feel is on the classic systems.

Yep, definitely a personal opinion.
And the more 'painful' option, as the by the time you buy it, and upgrade it, you're still going to find that everyday tasks like web browsing are a PITA.

If you're fixated on OS3.X, I'd suggest WinUAE.

[Iggy]

@ir0n,

Timberwolf is a very old port and needs updating, don't hold your breath. Try OWB or Netsurf.

Yep, OWB is available for all NG flavors.
I make use of it all the time.

And its ability to spoof other devices can come in handy (for some reason, some sites that don't allow you to force an html5 rendering will default to html5 if they think you are using an iPad, which OWB can pretend it is).

[Iggy]

Well, MorphOS also supports the use of PC Radeon X1950Pro cards, but that card doesn't display firmware prompts and it incorporates a pcie to agp bridge that slows it down.
I'd stick with the Apple X800XT.

[Iggy]

Yeah, it would be nice if the PCIe dual and quad core models were supported.
Not only do they have more modern expansion slots, but their DDR2 memory is faster.

But the 2.3, 2.5 and 2.7 GHz AGP models are still pretty damned quick (especially in comparison to the G4 hardware we had before - and particularly in comparison to Tabor).