How many are Amiga only?

[FluffyMcDeath]

This must have been asked before, but here goes again.

I guess this is in response to the WarPipers "Bailing Out".

So I suppose the questin that it raised for me was, when does a person discovered that they have "bailed out" or what happens when they do?

I don't know if there are any people out there that only have an Amiga (or 5) and no other machines. Over the years, as I have more options, I have used the Amiga less and less often. These days I find myself using the iBook quite a lot. The PC is a paperweight and only gets turned on when it absolutely has to. My Amiga still gets a workout every couple of days, even though the hardware is old and she can hardly stay up for more than a few hours without having a seizure. Sometimes she won't even boot without getting her bits jiggled.

But, how infrequently do you use the Amiga before you decide you have thrown in the towel, or do you throw in the towel and then not use it anymore?

Are there still people here who have only one computer and it's an Amiga and are feeling trapped by it?

[whabang]

I used my old A600 as my only computer until I got an old 286 for word processing in '99 ( hey, Ms Works 2.0 was actually good, and it was good enough to type on... :-) )
A few months later I built myself a 486 from old parts, and after a few months more my grandparents gave me a ( allmost ) brand new Compaq. ( 233 MHz ) and that was enough for me to move over to the dark side.
After that I bought my A1200, but the PC ( 750 by now ) is still my main computer ( after all, I am a PC-technician :-P ).

[KrasH]

FluffyMcDeath wrote:
This must have been asked before, but here goes again.

I guess this is in response to the WarPipers "Bailing Out".

So I suppose the questin that it raised for me was, when does a person discovered that they have "bailed out" or what happens when they do?

I don't know if there are any people out there that only have an Amiga (or 5) and no other machines. Over the years, as I have more options, I have used the Amiga less and less often. These days I find myself using the iBook quite a lot. The PC is a paperweight and only gets turned on when it absolutely has to. My Amiga still gets a workout every couple of days, even though the hardware is old and she can hardly stay up for more than a few hours without having a seizure. Sometimes she won't even boot without getting her bits jiggled.

But, how infrequently do you use the Amiga before you decide you have thrown in the towel, or do you throw in the towel and then not use it anymore?

Are there still people here who have only one computer and it's an Amiga and are feeling trapped by it?

I think someone "bailing out" would be someone who goes and never looks back. I don't think that people who still hope for a future Amiga are true bail outs. They'll just need some incentive to get back to "normal" again. Although I don't use My Amiga's as often, I still talk it up at every chance I get. Even at a monthly PC gaming LAN that attend. At the LAN they are talking about having a Worms World tourny. I then suggested that a WormsDC tourny would be better. I will take along the A1200's I have laying around, and I will get people to play worms DC on them Oh well, the other gamers do know that I am a little crazy about Amiga's. What, with all the Amiga stickers on my PC boxes and my Amiga Mouse mat. I think taking alon A1200's to play WormsDC will freak them out totally

[Warface]

My BVPPC 060 fits my needs at home. I'll have a Pegasos next to it soon. As to a PC, I have nothing against Wintel, I use it at work, but at home I just feel better with my miggy.

[KennyR]

I personally know of a few people with no PC or Mac along with their Amiga. Most of the rest of us can buy a cheap PC for running Windows or Linux on to do the things an Amiga can't. And I mean cheap - anyone who spends more than £300 on a PC has conned themselves out of money.

As for abandoning the Amiga - never. Not while mine is stable. If it breaks, I fully intend getting a new PPC Amiga. If there are no good choices, I won't get another computer. I certainly won't ever become a regular PC user - IMHO they aren't worth the hours of my life I'd have to spend on them.

I do feel trapped, yes, but only because the affordable computers out there are crap IBM-clones and the only two feasible OS's are horrendous. Until that changes, I'll always feel trapped.

[Mr_Capehill]

I have never bought x86 machines  :-D But I have a laptop which I got for my work, so I use it for some of my homework too, and for networking, because I don't have a TCP stack which support PPPoE currently.

I use my Amiga mainly for programming - it's fun :-D Now that I got finally GCC installed, I think I will study some MiniGL when I find time.

I hope that the Amigas (and likes) are coming soon to the larger public audience. It would fantastic to develop for OS 4 - and MorphOS coding really isn't that different, so the programs I write may be easily adapted.

Amiga Forever!!!

[xeron]

Well, I don't own "only" Amigas, but they are the only computers I use outside of work on a regular basis. (my computer collection is listed here).

My souped up A4000 is a joy to use, and it does everything I need from a home computer. Admittedly, it IS annoying when playing mp3s or using MakeCD slows down the whole system, but thats what my AmigaONE is going to solve  :-D

[Karlos]

Gotta agree with tickly on this one.

My A1200/040/PPC is a joy to use and better still, I don't suffer any meaningul lag from mp3 playing ;-)

I do own a PC, but it's ageing far worse than my miggy (a K6-II 350/64Mb running Win2000Pro - ouch!). It has its uses, however...

[Kay]

> Are there still people here who have only one computer and it's an Amiga and are feeling
> trapped by it?

Well, besides a Dragon 32, all my computers are Amigas. Being trapped by it...hmm, maybe sort of. Waiting for my G4XE to set me free! :-D

Kay

[Dagon]

Until last year I had only Amigas but then I bought my first PC an Athlon 1700+ xp. Well I I use more frequently the PC (divx, kazaa, games etc) but I use also my Amiga everyday. My e-mails I get them from her, and while waiting I browse in some sites, I also have the irc client always open so I can see if someone talked to me. I have a monitor with two inputs.  When I have time I also do some stuff in C++ with her

Well when I get one of the new Amigas things will change.
As I have said before I`ll do my everyday computing with her.
- Watch dvd, divx
- Download divx with amiga directconnect for Amiga old movies I cant find in dvd
- Hear internet radio,  mp3z and my CDs
- Browse
- e-mail
- IRC
- yahoo messenger with jamberwaky (I heard that it works)
- My usually C++ programming
- And hopefully find the time to make mod music and try to make a demo.
- Ah.. and play some of the old/new Amiga games I couldn`t play because of my setup (040)

[lempkee]

i am pretty much amiga only when it comes to entertainment, but i have a Saturn,DC,Lynx,GBA,PSX,Ps2.GC and ps2 aswell.

no pc's , no x86 hw in tha house, no mac's ...only AMIGA and a cd32 , as u all know i like games

and that warpiper message was very sad,and i know what he is saying but i will use it abit longer anyway.... till i die...

count me in as AMIGA ONLY , for games and game dev i use amiga also (ofcourse) but i play it all on the consoles.....

[MAD]

Hoya!

I am a TRUE Amigan myself!!!
No fecking peecee.
No fecking Mac.
No fecking console (well, I have a Philips Videopac! Beat dis! ;-D )
No fecking JavaScript.
No fecking Flash!

I have currently an A500+ at my parents' and my main computer, the one
I am typing on, is a C= A1200+060@50mHz+16mb+AGA+SCSI.

I just LOVE the feeling provided by this Beastie!!!

Be funky!!!

M A D

AMIGA -WHEN PEECEES AIN'T ENUFF-

[bobal]

I have an A2000/060 and an A1200/060. I've never owned a PC. I use them (PC's) every day at work, so why would I want to waste my money for one at home? I'm waiting for the A1/OS4.

[Roj]

My main machine is still a beefed up A4000, CSPPC 128MB RAM, PIV, CDRW, Toccata audio, VLAB Motion, etc. etc.

Unfortunately, I have to admit that I also have access to a PC at the swivel of my chair. However, I'll only admit to needing it for two things:

1. For hosting one of the most popular text-based RPGs around,MajorMud, and

2. For running MegaMud, a client which puts MajorMud ahead of all the other RPGs I've played before.

For everything else, there's Amiga. ;-)

[Nick]

I`m Amiga only. www.NOLIN.net/computer.htm <-My system

Unless you count my PSION 5, PSX and PS2 I have no other computer. I hace access to a PC (which i use extremely rarely), but I don`t own a PC or Mac.