How is OS4 ?

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Leave us alone, go back to morphzone

You are not the site owner, please do not try to run off our visitors.

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I would probably be running MorphOS before now along side my other Amigas, but this constant hijacking of threads and the negitive and nasty sales tactics from some of it's supporters means it's doubtful I would touch it.

You should use what you want to use and it should not be based on what some end user is posting in some open discussion forum. Every platform has it's rabid advocates. Would you not use any Apple products just because some Mac users are the some of the most rabid platform fans in the world?

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@Piru
I don't think that keep on doing heavy OT even after a moderator politely asked to quit it is part of the TOS

@TMHM
Don't get too exited, i hate OTs and if you check my post count (VS registration date) at AW, you might realize I don't skimp on replies

Moderating for going OT is that area where a moderator can never win. Personally it seems going OT is inevitable and moderating due to it would simply make the moderator get labeled "Hitler" as I have been labeled in the past.

If another moderator feels this thread should be moderated, I would support it. So far I don't see enough to moderate it, without pissing everyone off.

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My god this thread is awful. I thought we'd grown up more than this by now...
 
FWIW, I prefer OS4 to MorphOS, but MorphOS is very good too.

 
Mud slinging from both sides... Then again it is no where near as personal as it was almost a decade ago. It was downright nasty back in 02-05ish.

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It's worth noting that some eMacs were among the machines affected by the "capacitor plague"
 
http://macosx.com/topics/emac-capacitors.html

Meh, I've recapped a few machines in my life. I can recap this $40 eMac if need be.

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I know old macs may be cheap second-hand but do you really want to have practise runs?

If they haven't failed by now, they are probably fine for another 15-20 years.

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That kind of depends on what role a given cap has and how the machine has been used overall. Caps that just decouple audio aren't subject to the same stresses as those that are used in power stepping/regulation.
 
If the previous owner hasn't used the machine since he got his juiced up Xeon based Mac, the chances are suspect caps haven't yet reached failure. The second hand owner, if making this their main machine might end up having to bite on that one.

Most eMacs were sold to schools afaik, "e" standing for education. Mine certainly came from a school, it has plenty of miles on it. Still, if it fails the next one will probably even be cheaper than the $40 I paid.

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I allways find irritating how MorpOS guys allways attack every OS4 thread, even when it is purely OS4 here in amiga.org

Since when has it been purely OS4 on Amiga.org? That is not in the TOS, not Wayne's intention and AFAIK not the new owner's intention.