Which OS?

[drewz21]

Which OS would you run on your Amiga if given a choice and why?

OS 3.1
OS 3.5
or
OS 3.9?

[InTheSand]

What, you've not listed 1.3?  :-D

For a stock Amiga, especially just a 68000-based one, 3.1 is fine as the later versions just add bloat.

But for an accelerated Amiga with graphics card, I'd go for 3.9 to get the pretty icons!

 - Ali

[djbase]

OS3.9 because it has many things you would need already included.

[InTheSand]

Agreed - OS3.9 saves having to trawl round Aminet to get the basic stuff installed.

 - Ali

[ltstanfo]

drewz21 wrote:
Which OS would you run on your Amiga if given a choice and why?

OS 3.1
OS 3.5
or
OS 3.9?

This is strictly a matter of personal preference.  OS3.1 was the last version released by Commodore.  OS3.5 and 3.9 were contract developed by a German company (Haage and Partner), released through Amiga Inc and are really nothing more then a bunch of third party applications bundled into a mildly updated OS3.1.  If you are willing to do a bit of internet searching, you can get anything that comes as part of OS3.5 or 3.9 and install it on OS3.1, much of it for free.

I personally do not like OS3.5 as it had stability issues, IMO.  OS3.9 was a much smoother update and if you have an accellerated AMIGA with an '060 or PPC then updating to OS3.9 is worth considering, if only for bundled convenience.  Anything less then an '060 AMIGA is just as well off with OS3.1

Regards,
Ltstanfo

[Tomas]

Why did you not include OS4?? I would definitely want to run that if i had the hardware for it.

But for now i stick with os3.1, because i simply doubt i have enough fast ram to upgrade to even 3.5

[djbase]

Why did you not include OS4?? I would definitely want to run that if i had the hardware for it.

Maybe it runs only on PPC and he wanted to know for the Classic line?

[drewz21]

Well the reason I didn't include OS4 is I don't think I can run it now plus it's not an offical release as of yet.  Still in testing I believe.

I just bought this today which is the main reason for my question as I'm trying to see which OS will meet my needs until OS4 comes out.

Commodore Amiga 4000/040/25mhz Desktop Computer


SuperBuster rev.11, Motherboard rev.B
68040 25mhz CPU & FPU A3640 rev3.1 Accelerator
3.0 Kickstart ROMs
3.0 Software Installed, 3.0 Disks Included
2mb Chip RAM, 16mb FAST RAM
1.76mb Internal High Density Floppy Drive
Battery seems to be ok, no damage to motherboard
1 Seagate Medalist 4gb Harddrive Installed (Boots & runs FAST)
Internal Lite-On IDE 40x CDROM Drive
with Audio cable hooked to internal Amiga audio
External Audio connectors work with CDROM drive audio!

Software Disks included are:
Amiga Version 3.0 - Install, Workbench, Extras, Fonts, Locale & Storage
AsimCDFS v3.6b CDROM Install Disk


It looks like I can run anything up to OS 3.5 without any problems based on what I saw on AmigaKit.com.  Probably going to order my 3.1 ROMS, 3.1 OS, and 3.5 OS for now.  After I get everything installed and stable I may look at 3.9.  Would 3.9 have any problems running on the above system?

Thanks for all the help!

[steve30]

If it was on my A500+, I would choose WB2.04 or 2.1.

On my A1200, I'm using 3.0. I will change to 3.1 when I get my 3.1 roms. I will then upgrade to 3.9 when I get an HD and a CD drive.

[djbase]

After I get everything installed and stable I may look at 3.9. Would 3.9 have any problems running on the above system?

I would skip 3.5 and use 3.9 instead.

[itix]

OS 3.1 definitely but only if I get my Miami back.

[KThunder]

aros
or os3.1 with all the stuff 3.5 and 3.9 give you downloaded from aminet for classic hardware.

[fx]

steve30 wrote:
If it was on my A500+, I would choose WB2.04 or 2.1.

Why? 3.x is much faster than 2.x and nicer in almost every way!

[steve30]

Since when has WB3 worked on KS2 roms?

It hasn't. Therefore my only option is WB2. Or WB1, which isn't as good.

[Zero]

I run OS 3.9 on my miggy, (specs in my sig).
It runs well, altough quite often I find myself going back to OS 3.1, but mainly because I am more use to it, and it seems a bit faster.

 :-)