I have never tried AOS 4.x. I still actively use 3.9 on classic hardware and MOS 3.6 on a powerbook.
IMHO, MOS seems like a very natural progression in the user experience to 3.9. It has a balance of modern elements, and classic look that works for me.
The upgrade process from1.4x to 3.6 has been solid. Burning a CD is simple and ever since Jalapeno, it is native to the os.
I agree if "one banner" was working together instead of red/blue it would have helped, particularly in the software application area which is the biggest void of all flavors of Amiga.
Welcome to MOS...
Thomas has a good work-a-round but not really an official update program as such, would be good to have something along those lines.
No more downloading ISO's just run the update program and it does the work.
AmigaOS has done some great work with amiupdate along those lines, although it did error out on first update and I had to manually update one of the libraries after that it was away.
Grunch has it's moments, doesn't always connect to the database and some updates wouldn't download/update so in the end I just googled the recommended versions it put forward. It's come along way though from when I first used it. If it wasn't for Grunch I wouldn't have found cyber lemmings ;-)
I even tried it under 3.9 and it had similar issues.
Where MorphOS has the edge over AmigaOS is driver support, speed of updates and boot time.
The GUI isn't for me though, to me AmigaOS has the feel of 3.9 without the need of all the software hacks which is a good thing for me.
I've tried various AmigaOS 3.x/4.x style themes for MorphOS but just can't get into it.
I'm still impressed with the boot time though, and the developers are amazing. The amount of work they have put into it is incredible. I'll register it at some point (now that I have my Peg board) just to support another Amiga project. I try to support most things Amiga.
However would be nice if everyone worked together on an "Amiga OS" just so we can leap frog a head at a faster rate but then history would say this isn't going to happen.
Red/blue camp bollocks etc...
