new AmigaOS feature requests

[mikeymike]

@ DonnyEMU
You don't want much, do you?

1) a new unified driver model that supports 64bit and 128 bit OS..

You mean to cater for that processor that we've got no hardware support for, and that non-existent processor?

4) driver roll back model (one touch rollback) and system rollback.

You've been using Windows waaaaay too long.

what new would you like to see?

"Windows clone mode" apparently would be a desired feature... ick.

[mikeymike]

@ DonnyEMU

I've never suggested AmigaOS is bug-free or at the peak of the OS development pinnacle, ever.  However that does not mean everything should be done on it just like how it's done on Windows.

I don't use Windows Update.  The detection system for patches is extremely poor, if you read the NTBugTraq list, there are emails on it all the time how patches re-appear on the list of patches to install even though they've been installed before, the patch installation management system in Windows is absolutely horrendous.  Also, I don't want to have to leave my machine dialled up for hours on end to download half a million patches, every time I reinstall my machine.

[mikeymike]

If you think about the diversity of hardware that windows update runs on and the mix and match of the hardware etc, it's actually great.

This has nothing to do with the issue you perceive.  Windows Update "does what it says on the tin" BADLY.  For an OS like Windows, patches are critical, the delivery system needs to be perfect.

But I have had flawless updating with windows updates.

I'll tell you what, subscribe to the NTBugTraq mailing list, and read.

[mikeymike]

Note, you don't *have* to have Windows Update being done automatically. I only use it when I want to, and I pick which updates I want.

Believe me, I know that :-)  I don't use Automatic Updates or Windows Update.

I also know the theoretical benefits of WU, it just doesn't work very well.

[mikeymike]

IIRC 64-bit limit is 8 terabytes isn't it?  I think your future reference might be waiting a while, gnarly :-)

[mikeymike]

The current way of installing of software is fine.

Two things that would be useful though:

 - if programs had in their readme what files they installed and where

 - an uninstall mechanism (extension of installer?)