Curious how the rest of you juggle multiple computer platforms yet still enjoy each one so non are going to waste, hardware and software included.
I enjoy many platforms, Mac OS X, Amiga OS 1.x up to 4.x, BeOS, NeXTSTEP, Atari 8bit, Atari TOS, and now tinkering with MorphOS.
Just wondering if I am getting in to deep where each platform will suffer non use as I have just too many to keep track of.
Not a bad problem to have but wonder how you all handle it.
I use Mac OS X professionally so have to stay very proficient with it but the rest I dabble in. Wondering if one of them whether it be Amiga OS 4.x or another platform will start to over-ride and be used more than the rest.
Since this is an Amiga site, I would bet you are all pulling for me to become addicted to Amiga but just curious is all how the rest of you juggle many older systems and OSes and giving them all equal time, or is that impossible and he Amiga just takes over my life. :hammer:
tj
Hi,
We always welcome the rookie amatuers here that use MacOS X and I am happy to learn that you want to use other (or juggle as you say) professional systems. We also know that just turning on another computer for most people using Apple systems can be a terrifying experience for an apple user. I myself use Amiga OS (1.0 -- 4.1), Ubuntu, Radio Shack OS (much more complex than apple OS X) C64, and Windows (only for todays modern games). Whatever you do, don't trust Windows for any data that you want to keep without backup, backup and backup). All the other OS's seem pretty stable. As far as Amiga, it is a great computer for being a hobby, I use mine for a lot of data basing, and stuff that I really want to keep like pictures, music, my database collection of software (where since getting married back in 87, I have been doing a very poor job of doing).
Well anyhow as far as learning other OS's, it is not like Apple, where they strangle and confine you to certain areas of the OS, in other words the other OS's are open so that you can explore them and try different things, but try to read the books before you try stuff so that you don't crash the whole system. This is quite a bit fun, and sometimes you will really like the results. So here is a list of rules for playing with other OS's:
1. Read the books, we realize that this can be hard for apple fanatics.
2. Do not be afraid of pushing the buttons on your computers, you can always reload the system.
3. Unlike Mac OS X where Steve Jobs tries to keep you confined to just knowing where the on/off switch is, so you can just turn it on and use it, then turn it off when done, other OS's are made to be fun to play with. Linux being the most flexible, Amiga being the most fun and easiest to backup, and reinstall (usually a 15 minute process in a really bad disaster, which I haven't had one since 1992) Amiga I have found is the most reliable computer I have ever owned.
4. Don't be afraid to experiment, remember computers and programming can be lots of fun.
5. I would start off by learning basic, than move up to the more complex programming languages like C+++, pascal, fortran, etc.
Remember real computing was made to be fun when if first came out, it was Steve Jobs, may he rest in hello operator, that stiffled it, and locked in its users to on/off switches. Even Bill Gates, made a pretty flexible but unstable OS, that if you dig into it, can be lots of fun. Plus the PC is probably the most open to hardware, programs, and games, but it is also most open to hackers, crooks, and viruses, just because it is so popular and used throughout the world.
The one good thing about the Mac OS X is that not to many people really think of it, and if they do it really isn't worth the time to attack it. I mean what fun would it be in attacking a non computer user, it would be like attacking a handicapped person. Hackers would be just to embarrassed to do it, I mean they have scrupples too don't you know.
smerf
