Samuar wrote:
Serious question. Theres a bit of rivalry and competition between PegososPPCs and the AmigaOne. But, do people consider one or the other, or neither; to be true Amigas?
Hmmm. Tough question. After a lot of thought I'd have to go with neither.
Both offer 'Amiga look alike' solutions, each in their own way, but to me the Amiga was the sum total of it's hardware, OS, and design philosophy.
It was cutting edge technology in it's day - but I think that day is over to tell the truth.
The way I look at it is similar to this:
My neighbour is a classic car buff. He restored this beautiful old 60's hot rod (I'm not a car buff - god only knows what it is) - one of those open engine, big cab, millions of chrome exhaust pipe numbers.
Great looking car, not that great on gas milage, and you couldn't use it for the everyday commute. But it's still nice to drive around in, and none of todays cars really compare to it.
Now I could buy a Prowler, or a PT cruiser - it has the same kind of look and feel, but it's not really the same.
Do you think whether it has AmigaOS 4 running on it would affect your opinion on the above question?
Wouldn't make a lick of difference to me to tell the truth. At the end of the day I'm not going to judge the machine or the OS by the sticker on the front, but by what it can do for me.
And at the end of the day, neither solution has shown me anything that will make me open my wallet yet.
Siggy.
