Amithlon on a laptop???

[Piru]

Can anyone tell me (in a nutshell) whether it's better than WinUAE

It has totally different concept to UAE, so comparing them is quite pointless IMO. Amithlon is ever further away from AROS, so comparing to it is ever more pointless.

why it doesn't seem to be developed any more?

amithlon_statement.txt

However, AFAIK there are still some kernel upgrades for Amithlon being made (linux kernel upgrades adding more driver support, the amithlon itself is dead).

[Piru]

So am I WAY off when I'm assuming it's an Amiga emulator that 'takes' over the PC it runs on (rather than sitting onto of windows, like WinUAE)?

Correct.

Will it run native classic amiga software (as WinUAE will)?

Correct. But not as many apps as WinUAE. All system friendly apps work fine however. As far as I know HW hitting games won't run.