Simple Question Really... (I think...)

[danwood]

Simple question really...

Having only been on the net for less than a year and visited many computer related forums, I can safely say that for some reason it only seems to be the Amiga forums and sites that arouse such passions and feelings when it comes to talking about a computer...

Just wondering if anyone has a theory or indeed the answer as to why the Amiga invokes such feelings & passions in folks when none of the other platforms seem to have the ability to do so...

I dunno, the Mac forums are pretty much the same really.  Especially when the Mac and PC fanboys go at each other.  I guess those who use alternative platforms like the Mac or Amiga do so because we love the machine/os, PC users generally just use them as commodity devices.

[gertsy]

I think It's because the majority of us are quite mad. But it's most likely I'm wrong because of that.
But I tend to disagree we are the only ones.  There are quite a few web site interests and forums just as passionate.

[Fats]

Why does a Fake C64 made by the Fake Commodore arouse such passion in Amiga users these days...

What Franko ? A moment of self reflection ?
Staf.

[thedocbwarren]

It's all the same for all the classics.  Look at the Amiga vs Atari threads.  Look at c64 vs Atari 8-bit threads.  Look at Mac vs PC vs Linus.  Look at iPhone vs Android.  Look at iPad vs Galaxy.  People love turf wars.  It's like a religion in a way.  Personally I was a bloody Atari fan-boy for years and dodged the Amiga.  I'm over that rubbish now and see how much I missed.  Such a shame!  The Amiga had so many strengths over the ST (so so SO many!)  Falcon, maybe not, but Falcon was a short-lived hobbled mess from a company with the same problem!

So I just channel my fan-boy-ism into Apple these days.  Bloody Android...  Rubbish.

Anyway, I'm so glad I'm here now.  I have a lot of catching up to do!

[gertsy]

It's all the same for all the classics.  Look at the Amiga vs Atari threads.  Look at c64 vs Atari 8-bit threads.  Look at Mac vs PC vs Linus.  Look at iPhone vs Android.  Look at iPad vs Galaxy.  People love turf wars.  It's like a religion in a way.  Personally I was a bloody Atari fan-boy for years and dodged the Amiga.  I'm over that rubbish now and see how much I missed.  Such a shame!  The Amiga had so many strengths over the ST (so so SO many!)  Falcon, maybe not, but Falcon was a short-lived hobbled mess from a company with the same problem!

So I just channel my fan-boy-ism into Apple these days.  Bloody Android...  Rubbish.

Anyway, I'm so glad I'm here now.  I have a lot of catching up to do!

Look at Littlest Pet Shop vs My Little Pony..

[warpdesign]

Simple question really...

Having only been on the net for less than a year and visited many computer related forums, I can safely say that for some reason it only seems to be the Amiga forums and sites that arouse such passions and feelings when it comes to talking about a computer...

Just wondering if anyone has a theory or indeed the answer as to why the Amiga invokes such feelings & passions in folks when none of the other platforms seem to have the ability to do so...

Any other platform do so too... The difference is that on the Amiga only people that do so are left: others have left, and while the other passionated peoples are eclipsed by the millions of users of the platform, on the Amiga they aren't: they are the only ones.

But in the end it's just wires and lines of 0 and 1... So can we talk about "feelings" ?

[J-Golden]

Look at Littlest Pet Shop vs My Little Pony..

WHAT! WHAT!!!
 
How DARE you mention that hack of a product called LPS in the same sentence, NAY, the same FORUM as My Little Pony! There is absolutely NO comparison! You Heretic!
 
(Sorry, had to be done :roflmao:)