ECS, AGA, Workbench? No I don't hate them.

[AmigaNG]

i have to ask why some of the people are here, if you really want a true next generation Amiga OS that hold on to nothing of its past and works differently and modern then go and join BeOS or QNX community's both OS have been compared to what a modern AmigaOS should perhaps be, but that's the point if you change so much of the OS is it really Amiga any more and I know where going into a topic that has been covered 100's of times what makes an Amiga, an Amiga?

But to me the reason I'm still here is because of way the OS is layout and works, its just simple, I like the drag screen affects, I like access to my ram disk and I like a lot of other little touch here and their that make it an Amiga experiences, some of the legacy apps like deluxe paint and scalos I still love using and yes the classic games as well.

All I want is a OS that works the same way my current Amiga works but it can not only play the classic stuff but can do some more modern things like play DVDs, handle the new media formats, surf the net, and bring back some of the fun I use to have with computers that sadly disappeared the day I had to move to windows. (saying that however windows7 I must admit to it being the best thing I have ever used from Microsoft so far, why it took them so long to deliverer something that just works I will never know. ie still crap however   thank god for firefox!) . To me AmigaOS4 offers the closest thing to my dream, I still would like to see a bit more work put in making it more backwards compatible maybe we will in a future update.

[AmigaNG]

Hardware wise doesn't really both me much, as performance, well I've seen amigaones running and sams system, the OS seem pretty nippy to me, so I think performance wise when the x1000 arrives wont be a problem, availability of hardware also not a problem, you can go and buy a sam system now, there are a few second hand systems out their too, the biggest problem I see is cost, custom hardware and small quantity is always going to be a problem, but if more people bought and supported amiga ppc computers the price would come down, plus the price of second hand amiga ppc systems are coming down and isn't it a bit more cooler that the Amiga is being different to everyone else, that Amiga systems are nearly custom made. To me that makes it even more an Amiga system. If only aeon or acube could make a cheap ppc system for around the £300 mark I believe all this talk of x86 vs PPC would be over.