MorphOS, AmigaOS 4 or BeOS

[dr_no]

Hi people,

With the recent pre-release of AmigaOS 4, I'm looking into my options - which are suprisingly quite a few atm :-D

I've been using BeOS for a past year or so and have found it great for a 'home' use and some development work. What I found lacking are some serious M$ Office-like applications. Future BeOS development is also under question. On the other hand, I don't need to go to a new hardware platform and most of the software is in freeware/shareware domain.

Well, with MorphOS and OS 4 I'd need to get my wallet out and invest some serious money into a sub-standard hardware (i.e. when comparing what can be bought in terms of Wintel platform for the same amount). However, there are abundance of software for both out there. I mean, when OS 4 is brought up-to-scratch they may be 'au pair' with eachother.

So many decisions... Would it be fair to say that MorphOS is at the top, while BeOS is still viable and cheapest option?

[Brian]

I'm baised but I'm going to keep the fire extingusher near and say that neither OS4 nor MOS have the office package you're looking for... but there's always Linux and OpenOffice for a cheap alternative.

*hides*

[itix]

Try both and decide. They have their own fanatic user base ;-)

[Holley]

Yeah, Papyrus office has been made for MOS (previous versions got high praise on OS/2) but they're holding it back until MOS 1.5 gets released (may be a while yet, as it's a major overhaul).

While some people have mooted OpenOffice to be ported over, nobody seems to be doing it.  There's older Amiga programs that do most things that are needed from an Office suite, but you have to be willing to dig for it.

[FuZion]

I could be considered pretty biased so I'll keep this short.

You mention that BeOS lacks a decent Office Suite. Being perfectly honest, I think neither BeOS, MorphOS or AmigaOS4 can offer what you want in this. You should maybe check out Linux or Windows (Ergh!).

Saying that however, if you go the AmigaOne route, you can dual boot with Linux & OS4. This will keep your foot in the door with respects to future AmigaOS developments as well as having various Office like Apps available for Linux.

Still, it's entirely your choice. Hope there are a few genuine ones in this thread for you to consider.

FuZion.

[TheMagicM]

I havent seen OS4 running yet...so I'd stick w/MOS.

[KennyR]

Fuzion wrote:
Saying that however, if you go the AmigaOne route, you can dual boot with Linux & OS4. This will keep your foot in the door with respects to future AmigaOS developments as well as having various Office like Apps available for Linux.

He can use Linux dual boot on any one of the three machines. The A1, however, still doesn't have a Linux kernel with a fix for Articia UDMA issues, and isn't ideal for this purpose.

[peroxidechicken]

Hello dr_no.  You mention future development of BeOS being under question - are you aware of Haiku/OpenBeOS?  

Link to Haiku forums.  

[cecilia]

TheMagicM wrote:
I havent seen OS4 running yet...

i have. it's worth a look!
IFX, MooVid (the new beta version, and various other programs works on it.

plus the GUI seems amazingly configurable.

anyway, see if you can find a user group that has one.

[Panthro]

Os4 for me...... drool :-D

[DonnyEMU]

Hmm, right now for me its:

UAE and UAE for Pocket PC (Pocket Dpaint, I love it)
Windows XP 64-bit Edition (for AMD64) (UAE loves my amd64)
Windows XP 32-bit Edition

Later:
Windows LongHorn 64 bit edition
MorphOS

I have beos on an older box and love it.. I just don't hear much about Zeta or OpenBEOS anymore..

As for XP 64-bit.. I would use it as my main OS (even the preview edition) if there was a good wireless driver. The CPU and OS is faster than anything I have ever used.

[TheMagicM]

Cecilia: trust me, I will.. a Amiga club in a town about 60 miles north has a A1 but messed up his software and didnt have it ready for the meeting.. next month I will go again, hopefully its running.

[pc2mac]

I just ordered Zeta RC3 Deluxe Edition, and it should be here by the end of the month.



- Doug

[pc2mac]

 

DonnyEMU wrote:
Hmm, right now for me its:

UAE and UAE for Pocket PC (Pocket Dpaint, I love it)
Windows XP 64-bit Edition (for AMD64) (UAE loves my amd64)
Windows XP 32-bit Edition

Later:
Windows LongHorn 64 bit edition
MorphOS

I have beos on an older box and love it.. I just don't hear much about Zeta or OpenBEOS anymore..

As for XP 64-bit.. I would use it as my main OS (even the preview edition) if there was a good wireless driver. The CPU and OS is faster than anything I have ever used.

Please forgive my ignorance.  What is UAE?

[kal]

Please forgive my ignorance. What is UAE?

UAE == Unix Amiga Emulator. Try winuae.net (I don't remember the URL for the UAE home page, but there's a link on the WinUAE site).