Anyone happy with OS 4.1? Is it much to write home about?

[Hans_]

@jorkany

That depends on how you look at it. If you simply compare an old Amiga to a new one, the new one leaves it in the dust by a huge margin, hence bigger bang for buck. Of course, one could also take a PC bought in the 90s and compare it to a new PC and say the same thing.

You, on the other hand, factor in your personal desires/expectations and compare the new Amiga to what you wish that it were (I know you said that you were extrapolating from what it was, but it's the same thing). Obviously your expectations for a product that hasn't been developed continuously by a large corporation is rather unrealistic. Clearly you won't be happy with one of these new machines.

Personally, as someone who actually has Amiga OS 4.1 (not the SAM), it really is a much improved version of the original Amiga OS.

Hans

[persia]

Part of the price comparison issue is that most of us are old timers, we remember when Amiga was state of the art.  When Amiga defined personal computing.  Those days are gone forever, once we accept that and take the Amiga for what it is now, a hobbyist and collectors machine, we can better appreciate the price.

If your waiting for a state of the art machine that does video and graphical processing faster and better than what's out there for less money, you are going to be disappointed, but if you are looking for a machine that you can relive the head days of '80's computing, where you get to understand the processes you are doing rather than just let the computer do them for you, where you are running on bailing wire, a wing and a prayer.  They you understand the Amiga and will appreciate OS4.

Amiga, the coelacanth of computers!