Amiga HW price in a perspective

[haywirepc]

I love amiga, and hated switching to windows when the cpu speeds got so far ahead of amiga but I do video editing and make music, so I really needed to switch.
 
Now I've come back to amiga for fun,running a dedicated amiga emulation pc running amikit. Its cheap, runs on an older pc 1.5ghz amd.
 
I have looked at amiga os4 and drooled a bit but I'm not spending so much money for a processor with speed from 5 or 8 years ago. I'm sure I'm not the only person who feels this way.
 
They will KILL amiga os if they don't port to x86 or something that has speeds at least approaching modern pc's. I don't see the reluctance to port to x86, except for piracy. While all copy protection can be beaten, Morph-os has done a good job of negating piracy of their os, amiga os can do the same...
 
For all these reasons, AROS is my choice for a nextgen amiga os. Its fast, free, and runs on most common hardware. My 3ghz aros pc can run rings around ANY morph or amiga os machine, and it costs a tenth of the price of their a morph os or amiga os machine.
 
Don't get me wrong, I'd love a morph or amiga os machine, I just refuse to pay so much for such slow aging hardware.
 
Steven

[haywirepc]

Yes you can get a 3ghz pc on ebay and other surplus sites if you know where to look... for 50$.
 
Go look, I see dell 2ghz machines for 50$ all the time, 3ghz, okay some go for 100$-200$ plus shipping now, but I did just get a 3ghz pc, 512megs of ram, 80 gig hard drive, built in sound, video and network for 50$ plus shipping, I can show you the invoice if you like, I was the only bidder, maybe it was a lucky bid but I see these deals all the time.
 
Do the math... 3ghz aros pc - 50$ plus shipping
Morph os machine - 500$ plus shipping
Amiga os machine - 800$ plus shipping
 
I won't even get into a debate on an efika board, Come on a 400mhz processor? I have thrown faster computers in the trash, why would I buy that? Oh, and then add the cost of os4.1 at 155$ plus a case and power supply, keyboard mouse, okay now we are over 500$ for a 400mhz novelty computer? No way man.
 
os4.x is doomed to failure unless they port it to faster hardware. Morph just got a lifeline in the form of mac ports, I hope morph ports to x86 next, I will be the first to buy either of them if they port to x86 or something at least approaching modern hardware.
 
I don't want to run 5 or 8 year old hardware just for an os. I want an os that takes advantage of modern speeds and hardware advancements.
 
You can sit with blinders on your eyes if you like, but mine are open.
Oh and BTW AROS is free... You can like me and many however, choose to support development in the form of bounties.
AND its open source...
 
Steven

[haywirepc]

No nerves, just expanding my point, which we agree on I think.
 
I'd love a mac mini running morph-os just for the record, and I may buy a mac mini just to try morph on before deciding on plunking down the 250$ for a registered version. I've never had a mac but morph os is enough to entice me to buy one.
 
I got to try a friends pegasos machine and it was the best thing I've seen so far from next gen amiga type stuff, I just can't afford that or an aos machine right now. Because of this, I have tried and really fell in love with aros. It makes that 50$ pc a very exciting thing.
 
BTW yes the machine was 50$, but I did put in an aros supported soundcard and a nvidia video card with gpu, so I guess in total, I spent about 120$ on it.
 
You touched on simply enjoying your morph-os machine. That I think is the key. Amigas made computing an enjoyable experience. I am having lots of fun with a dedicated pc running amikit (straight boot to os 3.9 no windows but windows hosted) and My aros pc.
 
Perhaps you can't really put a price on that excitement and enjoyment, but all of us have budgets, I do what I can on mine.
 
Steven