@ Alexh:
thats not entirely true.
Ivebeen using xp for many, many years, and have always remebered how my farther hated the crashing and all.
I also remeber growing up with the A1000.
(Hate Gates for marketing a {bleep} product)
Then I remember trying various other OS's to try and replace windows, as I also didnt like many things.
However, I admit, it is easy for a human to adapt and get used to things, so although Iadmit I may have gotton used to windows, I must say, I still bought a SAM440EP and Amiga OS4.1 despite the courtcase.
ALso to note here, I have done like on and off research into this Amiga topic (new os stuff nd HW), be it A1200 refurbished, Efika, Pegasos, A1, they were all contenters.But it was price that always put me off, as it was meant to be second hand hardware.
the A1200 put me off, as A4000, when I did more research, realising my wish to have Amiga system OS as my daily runner may never be reached, due to hard to get PPC parts, that would allow me to run certain type of software or games.
Then, if I look back, its taken me about two or more years, and also, when I first started looking into it, I was not even sure abut anything, apart from that it would be nice to have an OS that is unique and is something I would be proud of to state in a conversation with thers, that may not even know what it is.
Another note here, would be the fact that I am literally, if one wants to look at it from a different angle, a novice user to the Amiga OS, as, the only real Amiga OS I wouldve gotton used to, before emulation and AROS, wouldve been 1.3 on my A1000.
HENCE, I believe that your statement may not be entirely true alex, there may be others out there willing to give the new system a go, if it were offerred for less.
If anything, I bought it, thinking that if Hyperion lost I wuld never ever be able to get a modern Hardware compliant Amiga system.
Lastly, I must say, that, there were a few time I could have had an A1, or an A1200 with PPC, from ebay, but again, the price made me stay away, as I was more or less after modern, or if not mdern,atleast new hardware that would come with support if something went wrong in future, be it my system, or perhaps some of the amiga people in the club here in victoria.
I must say, it is a bit nerve racking, when I carry it in a nike carry bag, to an amiga meeting, its like, If it werre x86 hardware, I would just chuck it in the boot if it were new or not, but I noticed, with my sam440ep AO4.1 in nexus case(with aftermarket psu, as the one the case came with failed the second night) I was treating it almost like a child. ANdyet this is me we are talking abut, a guy that hasnt really had the chance to experience a real amiga os as a daily computer(be it os3.0 or 4.1)
I only recently(again before the purchase of sam) experience A1200 personally at home usage.
Anything before this, was simply memories of 1 nighters of people my farther new to get burnt(copied) floppy games and software)
Sorry about the long essay.
One final note, I almost bought the efika from ausppc guy, thats how desperately I wanted to start steering away from windows at home, u see, I dont mind using it at work with the rest of the sheep, its not mine, nor my time being wasted with the slowness of the dual core, 1.5gigRAM CAD pc's we have.
I have always had a place for amiga in my heart.
But then at the same time, after looing for so long and hoping for so long that I dont have to be forced to get something else, I am here now, with the rest of you amiga freaks.
Well, sorry about this, but I had to get the story ofhow it came to be for me off my chest in public.
Thank you in advance for supporting me recent times since Ive joined, I know its been a long road, and I may have sounded out of tune many times, but, now I may be looking forward to further hardware in the future perhaps, just like bplan have been doing for MorphOS.
Cheers. :pint:
P.S. Im writing on a flexo rubber keyboard, so theabove wording may seem its missing letters.
