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What is the meaning of AMIGA..?
« on: September 10, 2007, 12:55:26 AM »
2 you..

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Re: What is the meaning of AMIGA..?
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2007, 01:02:04 AM »
a female in the spanish language
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Re: What is the meaning of AMIGA..?
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2007, 01:10:00 AM »
Hi:

amiga means female friend in the spanish language.
If you read 'on the edge:the commodore story'(or whatever the right name was)they explain how the name came to be.
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Re: What is the meaning of AMIGA..?
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2007, 01:26:39 AM »
Thats not what he meant.

The Amiga to me is the decision I made to buy one in 1989
after making a chart with the strengths and weaknesses of the Amiga, PC, and Mac.

Hard to believe that the Amiga was once the best.
 

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Re: What is the meaning of AMIGA..?
« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2007, 01:31:49 AM »
@huronking...thank you for claifying the post..

People I know What Amiga-means in Spanish..duh..

What does it mean to YOU!!!

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Re: What is the meaning of AMIGA..?
« Reply #5 on: September 10, 2007, 01:33:36 AM »
Gee Thanks Rednova..as you see by the # of posts I have....Im def. not a
NEWBIE..lol

Again I ask..What is the meaning of AMIGA 2U??

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Re: What is the meaning of AMIGA..?
« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2007, 01:47:42 AM »
OK:

Amiga brings me fond memories of my teenage yrs. when I played games like defender of the crown and started delving into 3d animation. I loved amiga back then...and still do.
For me..the c-64 and then amiga was the greatest thing. I had now my amiga 1200 for more than 10 years..and I still love it...still use it...and it still works fine.
My favorite amiga programs now are:
-aladdin 4d (animation)
-Amos Professional (programming)
-Deluxe paint (painting)
and countless others.
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Re: What is the meaning of AMIGA..?
« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2007, 02:28:28 AM »
Very nice..Rednova..that was Perfect :-)

 

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Re: What is the meaning of AMIGA..?
« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2007, 02:55:13 AM »
It once was, to me, the ideal of computers, merging of hardware and software til the whole became greater than the sum of it's parts.  

But then I got into the back-side, saw the backstabbing and fighting.  I saw good solutions blasted because of the "not-done-here" mentality of some.  I saw a wholescale abandonment of the hardware, citing it as commodity and irrelevent.  Then it became a bucket of broken promise, ruined plans and quixotic quests...
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Re: What is the meaning of AMIGA..?
« Reply #9 on: September 10, 2007, 04:16:13 AM »
I myself was a die-hard Amiga fan up until 2001 or so, then it all died out for me. All I can think of Amiga now is something to use and enjoy what computing used to be like.  At one point it looked like there was a chance for it to grow, but we all know how that ended up.  :-)

Amiga will always have a soft spot in my heart reminding me what computer was the first to accomplish many things. (Video Toaster, 4096 color pictures, etc.)  :-)
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Re: What is the meaning of AMIGA..?
« Reply #10 on: September 10, 2007, 09:34:59 AM »
Amiga is not a female because it's a machine, so maybe it's an acronym, such
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Re: What is the meaning of AMIGA..?
« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2007, 10:38:43 AM »
The name still evokes some fondness.  

But its more like nostalgia for that time in the computer world, rather than a desire for the physical machine.

In truth, I owned several Amigas and ultimately became bored with them all and moved on to other machines.  Now, I'm happy to remember "Amiga" as an interesting episode in computer history.
 

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Re: What is the meaning of AMIGA..?
« Reply #12 on: September 10, 2007, 11:22:43 AM »
For me Amiga is a combination of a lot of things which make it the best computer ever, not in speed, performance or versatility, but in everything combined:

- the hardware: Amiga is just something different than any other computer, both internal (custom chips) as external (I still find them the prettiest computers ever made - especially the A3000)

- the OS: I still haven't seen an OS which boots so lightning fast from a clean install. And it's so damn easy to work with, too.

- the community: Amiga users were (and still are, albeit in smaller numbers) the most loyal group of users of ANY computer I've ever known. And also the most fanatic (some still are defending their Amiga's against modern day PCs :-) )

- versatility: it seems to me that a lot of PC users use their machines for a few things - either downloading, or making videos, or programming something, while every Amiga user seems to do everything - I mean, almost any Amiga user can tell you something about either coding, doing video stuff etc. They just all seem to be interested in pretty much ANYthing their machines can do.

- the software: to be more precise: the PD scene. We all know that Aminet was THE largest software archive of ALL computers back in the day. And that while there were so much more PCs around. I can't think of any kind of software that hasn't been made for the Amiga. Just name what you want to do - there is Amiga software for it.


I can't really say what THE thing is that attracts me to the Amiga, it just does. I don't know why either...
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Re: What is the meaning of AMIGA..?
« Reply #13 on: September 10, 2007, 12:39:52 PM »
Gillooo...

I guess you DONT understand the question..

Read other post..so you get the idea..





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Amiga is not a female because it's a machine, so maybe it's an acronym, such
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Re: What is the meaning of AMIGA..?
« Reply #14 on: September 10, 2007, 12:42:22 PM »
@McVenco,

Good post..


as well as the other people who UNDERSTAND the question.. :-)..
Thank you and keep them coming..



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