A bright future for Amiga?

[dammy]

by Gopal on 2003/10/26 10:19:42

The rise of Linux is part of why I can toss my wintel stuff right away. They have the applications. I will propably be using OpenOffice, opera, mozilla and more ´till decent applications become ppc native for OS4.

But what is the driving force for Linux users to go PPC?  Going for a A1 G4 1GHz or ~$920 USD for a MSI mobo with dual 240s? Somehow, I think the Linux geeks are going to be coughing up the $920 for dual Opteron combo, and not the A1.

Dammy

[dammy]

by ruben on 2003/10/26 10:45:47

So, to answer to initial question: There is a bright future for Alternative Computing. It's already starting. In my opinion you have 3 choices:

1. Just use Windows/Linux/Mac all the time and ignore the whole thing.

2. Sit on your arse all day posting at Amiga.org and ann.lu about how depressing the whole thing is, that Windows has so many things that we don't, that people that bought a Pegasos or A1 and are having real fun playing with it must be really stupid.

3. Support your favourite platform in whatever way you can and have fun in the process, knowing that you are part of this effort to create an alternative, fun, computing platform.

I clearly chose option 3.

4. Run AROS on  your favorite demon x86 and have fun. =)

Dammy

[dammy]

by Brianew on 2003/10/26 10:49:44

I have 1 need and 1 want. The need is a Win XP machine, I'm a systems engineer and work on 80% Windows and 20% Solaris. The want is an Amiga, because that's the OS I like the best.

Would the ability to dual/tri boot your x86 with AROS change your mind?

Dammy

[dammy]

by Brianew on 2003/10/26 11:15:51

I haven't been following AROS much. But, if I can freely replace x86 hardware without long periods of waiting for drivers to be updated or worse no driver updates, such as the Geforce4, it might be an option.

Go grab the latest AROS ISO CD and take a look for yourself since it's self booting. =)

Dammy