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

[Hans_]

Amithony wrote:
Im surprised there hasnt been much talk around OS4.1 these days.

We're too busy using OS 4.1. ;-)

Hans

[xeron]

alexh wrote:

OS4.x for Classics doesn't run classic software (that bangs the hardware)

Thats not true. I've run quite a few demos that turn off the OS and bang the hardware successfully. Admittedly, WHDLoad doesn't work (this is on A4000).

[denli]

I just got my copy of OS 4.1 today.
Now I only need some HW to run it on  :-D

[alexh]

Hans_ wrote:
So, you haven't actually tried Amiga OS 4.1, yet you post about its pros and cons.

I don't need to try it to comment that the SAM440EP is expensive (cos it is). And I have seen pictures of the OS4.1 box so I can comment on that too ;-)

Hans_ wrote:
P.S. It was always made clear that hardware banging apps wouldn't be supported.

It wasn't that clear because myself and many others didn't know until after it came out.

BTW: What is JXFS? Is it a port of SGI's XFS to AmigaOS4?

[Hans_]

@alexh

AFAIK JXFS is a completely new journaling file-system written by the same guy that wrote SFS.

Hans

[alexh]

Joerg Strohmayer? He wasn't the original creator of SFS but I know what you mean.

[Hans_]

@alexh

Oops. Make that the current maintainer of SFS (or just the maintainer of the OS4 version of SFS).

Hans

[TiredOLife]

Only got Sam and 4.1 on Monday, so it's not fully configured to my liking, but I'm already very happy with it.

4.1 is an improvement on 4.0 which was an inprovement on 3.9 etc.

So what's not to like?
Put that on hardware significantly faster than my A1200 BPPC like Sam and life is rosy.

Admittedly Sam is pricey compared to other systems but is is cheap in comparison with other Amiga models of similar spec.

Compatibility with 4.0 wasn't an issue with 4 versus 3.9 for general use software in fact it became the other way round.

Some apps started to be developed for 4.0 only.  

The obvious acception to this is WHD (A great proggy)
I used the dual boot option same as others mentioned.

I'm told there are ways to use WHD under emulation EUAE, I think.

I will test this to see if this is a feasible option for Sam.

If not, It's not a  big issue as I will be keeping my classic system anyway.
 

[pVC]

Amithony wrote:
Im surprised there hasnt been much talk around OS4.1 these days.

Well.. there isn't that much to talk over 4.0. And it still needs to be developed in several areas to be really talkable

[takemehomegrandma]

alexh wrote:

On the plus side:

It does come in a very nice box.

 :lol:

[_ThEcRoW]

$1400 is definitely insane.

[spirantho]

OS 4.1 is the best O/S I've ever used. At all. And I've used a few (including AmigaOS 1.2 through to 3.9 and 4.0).

Why? Because it's very very fast and responsive, isn't full of bells and whistles that lower reliability and speed, it's intuitive to program (pardon the pun) and it's just NICE. It does all I need an OS to do, and doesn't pretend to be something it isn't (c.f. Windows pretending to be some kind of  media hub or something). Backward compatilibity is also pretty good and runs most things I've thrown at it.

OK, it's not as solid as a proper UN*X system, but it gets a darn sight more bang/buck because of it, and that's how I like it. It's a cost of the Amiga-style memory system.

[ssolie]

@Amithony

Im surprised there hasnt been much talk around OS4.1 these days.

That's because you are reading the wrong web forums.
Try www.amigaworld.net and www.amigans.net instead.

[bigmac]

Ram was included with motherboard my friend :lol:
you should try it Alex you will be pleasantly surprised.
cheers :-D

[persia]

Anyone know if Moana is going to be available any time soon?  I'd be pissed if I bought uncle SAM and then found out I coud use an old PPC Mac mini with twice the power at half the price...

[drHirudo]

@persia
No! And don't count on it.