PCWorld Review of WinUAE

[SysAdmin]

News from Jim Norris via PCWord.com

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,201995-order,4/description.html

Editorial Review of WinUAE

Back in the 1980's, a select group of computer pioneers got a glimpse of the future in the form of Commodore's Amiga computer line. Easily a decade ahead of the PCs and Macs of the era, these systems boasted hardware-accelerated graphics and stereo sound on a preemptive multitasking OS with a Unix-like desktop GUI supported by a fully featured command line interface. A darling of the entertainment and video industries in both the US and Europe, a wealth of innovative and fun software was developed for the platform, including some of the best games and 3D applications of the period. Many of these titles were never ported, so keeping them handy after Commodore went bankrupt meant devoting a sizable amount of desk space to an aging computer system. Fortunately, revisiting these classics today doesn't require you to redecorate your den. All you need to get your 80's inner geek on is the free WinUAE (and legally obtained Amiga software--more on that below).

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[Lando]

...a preemptive multitasking OS with a Unix-like desktop GUI

Workbench isn't like Unix, and Unix isn't a desktop GUI, though lots of Unix-based OS's do now have GUI's obviously.  I think the reviewer was confused.