A feeling about the Amiga that I cannot describe!

[KingTutt]

Man, I have tried countless times to put the 'Jay Miner Factor' hehe, into words. To articulate the sensations and enthusiasm one feels when using this amazing machine is almost impossible. Mind you all the software devs in the day, contributed immensly to this 'feeling'. Their products had soul. And funny enough, my guess is that the Amiga inherently has a certain something, that is still novel, even in this day and age. It was certainly groundbreaking in its heyday.

And you know what? It matters little, that PeeCees have caught up and now boast the latest gfx capabilites or the highest Ghz, its still just a revamped electronic typewriter from the 70's juiced on steroids. The marriage between h/w and s/w was sheer bliss on Amiga, meanwhile PeeCee's have struggled for long years to reach what amiga had a decade ago. And they still haven't made the right connections. The PeeCee feels so labored so forced on the user, its not sublime like Amiga. Its latest and greatest h/w, still doesn't make up for the flawed OS designs and basic computing philosophies that plainly and utterly suck to this very day. Whenever I want to do something, I end up frustrated and empty. Its not my way, its the m$ way. Amiga was never about imposing itself on the user, and that just rocks! And its this very reason we love our miggy's.

Jay Miner did it right the first time, with his little team, he realised a dream, and his dream still lives on in every one of those white and beige keyboards out their that still bear the amiga A logo. Everytime an Amiga fires up in the morning, somewhere in the world, its like a defiant cry against the dominant standards like m$, apple and linux. Its like the battle of the Alamo, we are the last remaining soldiers in a hopeless battle against market forces that try to drive us in their direction, but we will never falter, never retreat nor surrender.

Maybe one day this discovery we all made years ago, about the Amiga being the only computer with spirit, will finally be discovered by the average joe on the street that is fed up with m$, maybe by the time of the A2 and OS5, who knows.

But one can certainly dream!

[KingTutt]

In 1985 I was only 9, and still in awe over my first glimpse of the C64 (since Atari 2600 was the best gfx I had ever seen since then). But I didn't know about Amiga back then. It wasn't until early '87 that I witnessed the sheer power of the A500 at a friends birthday, lucky bastard! lol.

Of course being only 11 by then, I had to save all my pocket money for the next 2 years, before I could afford my own miggy. Best thing I ever did!!!

As you can imagine, it was a painfully slow 2 years. Going to friends houses just to get a hit of Turrican, Silkworm or Dogs Of War was the only way I could manage my miggy withdrawals. Eventually seeing Street Rod showcased at a big department store was the last straw. I had to have it dammit. Finally in the xmas of '89 my dreams came true. The most amazing thing was that in almost 3 years my resolve had only strengthened.

Amiga has to have been the thing I have desired the most in my entire life. It even boggles my mind today when I think about it.  I wanted this system so badly and waited so patiently for 3 years to finally have it - I had never done that until then or since. I have never ever wanted anything so badly! Usually I would see something that caught my eye, like a new bike, an electric guitar, Sega Megadrive/Genesis or a girl, lol! But none of those things held my interest for more than a few moments, before putting them on the backburner. But not Amiga, nuh-uh.

Where has my passion gone since then? Even when I last broke up with my gf who I loved very much, I got over it very quickly. But the Amiga is a different story altogether. I don't think I will ever get over it! lol!

Girlfriends come and go, but the Amiga is forever!

[KingTutt]

Im>bE wrote:

Im 20 and im a hardcore Amiga'n.
I use it in -all- times possible. (10hours/day)

several people want me to quit it,
and start using a "real" computer.

I do all that my creative mind desire,
draw,code,play...etc etc, and so on...
8
I tried (W word) in-depth for some months,
but I had to stop because of all the
snaily speed of the OS and not to mention
all frustration and headaches in my head.

I luuuve 68K Amiga
I luuuve Workbench
I luuuve Aminet
I luuuve Jay Miner
I luuuve Commodore
I luuuve my 1260T
I luuuve AGA
I luuuve anygirl who loves the same. 8D

Hehe, I guess finding a girl that likes Amiga let alone used one, is like finding a needle in a haystack x1000.

I once met a girl really into BeOS and a frequent Unix and Linux user, she really knew her stuff too! And was a lifeguard at my local beach. Wow what a sweetheart. She really opened my eyes (I mean with her knowledge... oh and the other stuff too, when we got to know each other better, lol!) I got her into Amiga eventually and she really couldn't believe how she missed that whole Amiga scene (too busy with her mac and unix manuals in the 80s, sheesh) believe me she was kicking herself over it. Told me how her blockhead brother got her into mac computing and how she was told it (mac) was the pinnacle of modern computing, and how different things would have been if she had learnt about Amiga in the 80s or early 90s.

Suffice to say, she's a happy little Amigan now. But yeah girls and Amiga are a rarity, especially those that are as passionate as we are about our miggy's. But I do believe there might be at least one on these forums. Now what was her name again....hehe