Amiga's place in the modern computing world - 00s

[B00tDisk]

Raffaele wrote:

It is obvious that actual hardware surpasses many times a 20 years old hardware, and actual software is handy and useful, and recent OSs are full of EYE-CANDY graphical GUIs...

Yes, because ugly GUIs are the only ones worth using.

But it is still true that ONLY THE AMIGA it is the only 20 years old hardware+software system capable (with decent Accelerator, graphic card, and Audio Card [Maybe PCI-BUS based]) to be still productive to write documents, browse internet and get mail and FTP (without be harassed from viruses), and to listen music, and good enough for painting and image retouching too...

I've got a closet full of Mac systems from about 1989 onward that would like to disagree with you.

[B00tDisk]

pkillo wrote:

 The lack of choice in operating systems stifles competition and creativity in application design, artificially inflates software prices, and raises the cost of doing business. Bah.

Lack of choices in OS?

I've got a PC here that will run:

Linux
Windows of any vintage
Unix
MacOS
BeOS
AROS
OS/2
...

How many can I run on a bog standard Amiga?  m68k linux and AOS you say?  

Now talk to me about lack of choices in operating systems.

[B00tDisk]

pkillo wrote:

So, adding up the viable operating systems, there's UNIX, and Windows.

And yet the choices you arbitrarily rule out still do as much as if not more than the Amiga.  Just off the top of my head, I can tell you straight up they all sport better web-browsers than the best ones for the Amiga.

[B00tDisk]

Sig999 wrote:
I'm just enjoying the show and waiting for the first 'FIHMA' (fortunately, I had my Amiga) story to bust out

You know the one.... 'Me and Bob here were sitting on the porch waiting for the space shuttle to cross the sky when suddenly we heard one of the dishes had gone bust... well... fortunately I had my Amiga.... So with some wires that Bob stripped from his grandmothers vibrator, and a few arexx scripts we hooked up his TV dish and managed to reestablish coms and save the day...'

Always good for a giggle.

This, FTW.