Life's what you make it. While I agree that computing in general is more mainstream and seemingly less exciting as when I was younger, you have to ask yourself: Is anything as exciting as it was when you were younger? Your first girlfriend, car, apartment? As for those magic moments, you've just got to find that passion in something else. You probably won't get it back in computers but maybe some other area of your life. I work day in and day out as a programmer (for over 2 decades) so PCs and Windows and Macs aren't all that of a thrilling way to spend my spare time. I do however play games on the Xbox360 with my better half and tinker on an old Scirocco 16v. The Amiga (and Apple II) represent, to quote from a Rush song, a better vanished time. The simplicity of the architecture and OS are something that you can wrap your head around. I don't know much about the deep inner-workings of OS X and Windows and nor do I really want to (ever). I just look at modern computers as an appliance and I get about excited as getting a new PC as a new toaster. As long as it works and allows me to do my job and all the other things I expect from it, I'm happy.
So I hope you find some peace... and also be grateful that communities like this still exist. Maybe someday you will miss these people and these very days?
