More people every day!

[dbrads]

Hello all,

1. More people are returning to the Amiga every day, is anyone keeping count?  

2. How many return but dont use this site?

3. The price of Amiga hardware on Ebay is going up!!!

4. What next! :-o

 Vive la revolution!!!! :lol:

[ravnen]

I am a recent returnee.

I think that the reson we see so many coming back to the comunity now is that my generation, that grew up using amiga and had to save for a long time to get some addons, finaly is starting to get established and now have the cashflow to afford this kind of hobby.

[stopthegop]

Revolution is probaly an overstatement, but clearly there is a trend in the right direction.  Most Amiga users nowadays are either hobbyists or technology buffs. But quite a few professional users as well: DTP publishers, graphic designers, videographers, musicians and others. When I say "quite a few", I mean objectively not subjectively.  Some people are returning to the platform for nostalgia, others because of the tiresome innovation vaccuum of the x86 world -- year after year, the same "stuff" (like McDonald's). PCs seem to get incrementally a little bit faster, and incrementally a little bit bigger each time.  Oh. And they always come with a bigger version of Windows, which means that any hardware improvement will be negated by the needier OS, resulting in a machine that never really gets any faster, just costs more.  And becomes suspiciously "obsolete" just before each holiday shopping season. I digress.  Anyway, its not just returnees but also first time Amiga users as well, which is great to see!  Lets hope the trend continues.

[X-ray]

Cashflow is a big influence.
Back when I was working in South Africa I couldn't afford things like gxf cards and fancy accelerators. In those days I had to work very long just to get an 030 accelerator for my A1200. I could only afford my A4000T when I came to the UK.
Of course by the time I could afford all the extras, Amiga was well and truly sunk.
It is an expensive hobby, no doubt about it. It is a shame I didn't have money at a time when I could have been more productive with my Amiga than the PeeCee gang was, with their computers. The timing was all wrong. Actually that is a recurring theme with me  :lol:

[Tomas]

And more and more people are leaving as well...

[blobrana]

Hum,
we try our best.

[Magic-Merl]

I would like to know.

Something I have noticed recently is the number of people browsing Amiga.org at any time.  The numbers do seem to have risen compared to say....this time last year.

[Tomas]

Something I have noticed recently is the number of people browsing Amiga.org at any time. The numbers do seem to have risen compared to say....this time last year.

I bet most of it is due to zombie drones.. Notice how most of them are non members. I dont think the online members have risen since last years.

EDIT: You are right, there are indeed more members surfing this year than at around the same time last year..
I have a feeling we got some new members from other portals..

[kd7ota]

There are many times which I surf amiga.org without even signing in.  Im sure as much as some people don't like this site, still visit this site.  I basically go on here wherever I am near a computer with internet just to see whats happening.

I dont have my amiga with me now, but I just like the fact that I once had it and to me, it still rocks.  The Amiga comes in 2nd... First is teh Commodore 64. :-D

[lofstudio]

ravnen wrote:
I am a recent returnee.

I think that the reson we see so many coming back to the comunity now is that my generation, that grew up using amiga and had to save for a long time to get some addons, finaly is starting to get established and now have the cashflow to afford this kind of hobby.

Yeah, cashflow has a lot to do with it. Also, there's a lot of us who probably migrated to Mac or PC after a year or two. Then when UAE came out, we tried to get our Amiga fix that way. But ultimately we want the real thing. No new Coke for us.

And for me, my kids are old enough to appreciate just how old their dad is.

[Magic-Merl]

But does it matter....really.  I think what I am saying is there is more of a general interest in Amiga.

[stianstr]

@ ravnen

I think that the reson we see so many coming back to the comunity now is that my generation, that grew up using amiga and had to save for a long time to get some addons, finaly is starting to get established and now have the cashflow to afford this kind of hobby.

I would agree a bit with that. I know that's the case for myself at least. Now that I'm working full time I can easily afford both a peg and an AmigaOne or two.

I could not afford the AmigaOne when it was available, and of course when I had started working it was already out of production.

I also think it has some todo with the fact that Windows is getting worse by each new release. A lot of people are getting annoyed and are looking for a new platform.

[Starrunner]

I had a C64 as my second real computer, the first being a TI 99-4/A.  After a while I got an A500 with no HD and just the basest of configs on it.  I ran an A3000 for a while, before it died a miserable death.  I had an A2000 I got off someone turn out to be a piece of junk.  At that point I was using a PC for things and got out of the hunt.  

Now, after all these years, I am trying to get the A4000 I picked up to work.  I still have a PC, in point of fact I am going to be retiring my current PC for another used one that is faster.  However, I always have loved the Amiga.  For me I did not have the money to pick up or work on an Amiga.  Now I do so I am back.   :idea:

[Andeda]

I have only been a member for 1 year now but i remember the first time i was reading amiga.org, i could not belive there still is so many active Amiga users.
it would be nice to know how the situation is after for example ten years..
 :-o

[davidmace]

Well having had a 10 year break I'm now back in the Amiga scene, bought an Amiga 500 on e-bay, should arrive at the weekend. Why did i suddenly decide to come back? Mainly because i missed some of the games i used to play, maybe the best graphically but gameplay were top notch, also getting a bit annoyed with the current PC trend of games where they release then fix the bugs after it's been released.