Why AmigaOS 4.0 is going to be successful…

[Doobrey]

fatman2021 wrote:
They don't want to use linux or bsd becouse it is complicated for the average user and MacOS X won't run most of there software

And OS4 will automagically run all their old Windows apps??
 Also, if it comes to a choice between Mac and Amiga, which system has the most apps available (native PPC apps, not 68k under emulation)? Which system has the better browser? etc etc

OS4 and MorphOS won`t overthrow Windows. I wish they would,but I don`t see it happening.
 

[Doobrey]

SHADES wrote:
See if anyone else would be interested in it, ask them to have a look for themselves.

 Attracting potential new users isn`t the hard bit, it`s converting them into actual users that`s going to be hard.

 If someone is on the lookout for a computer, they can just wander into PC World and play about with the latest demo models, or go to an Mac shop and drool over a titanium powerbook, and at the end of the day decide what they like and what to buy.

 But how are they gonna test out OS4 and the Amiga One?
Considering an A1 motherboard & CPU is over £600( or a pre built system at £1000 without monitor) it`s gonna take more than a good review and a fancy website to get non-amiga users to risk buying something they haven`t tried.

The new owners of the OS need be professional about it,proper advertising and marketing, but also to cut a deal with a couple of major stores to have demo models running.

It`s no good getting their attention, and then tell them to go a visit an amiga club meeting one evening to try it out cos they`ll just go and buy a PC or Mac instead.

[Doobrey]

mikeymike wrote:
We do pest extermination though.  We're quite humanitarian about it though.

And that`s why you`re an Amiga.org moderator and I`m not  :evilgrin:

[Doobrey]

SHADES wrote:
@Doobrey
I dissagree. How many people go into a store and buy a Linux PC?

 People can download Linux for free and run it out on almost any hardware they currently own. If they decide they don`t like Linux, they can always go back to Windows.
 Apart from the user groups,potential new OS4 users have no way of testing it out without spending the equivelent cost of 2 budget PC`s.

 Imagine it was a car, one that cost almost twice as much as the average car. You`re thinking about buying one,but you`re not sure,so you go to find out more but can`t even find a dealer. When you finally get in touch with the company and ask to arrange a test drive, how would you feel if they just said "Er, find a bloke down the pub who has one and try his..", would that inspire you to buy from them, or would you look at another brand?