POLL: Which word, in your opinion, best describes AMIGA today?

[guest3110]

Poll Question:

Which word, in your opinion, best describes AMIGA today--DEAD or ALIVE? (i.e, did it burn up in its own ashes, or not.)

Only possible answers to pick from (choose one):

DEAD or ALIVE




*note: the question has nothing to do with the future. It is about the 'state of Amiga' as you see it.

[crawff]

100% ALIVE

I have just upgraded the firmware on my Minimig!!!

:-)

[bloodline]

DEAD

[tone007]

You must allow this variation.

DEAD-DEAD-DEADSKI.

(name that movie.)

[orb85750]

By my estimation, demand for new and old Amiga equipment has actually increased in the past couple of years.  By that measure, I will have to say ALIVE.  (Atari ST is a good example of DEAD?)

[mingle]

As DEAD as a-line flares!

[VingtTrois]

ALIVE:  

- A3000(T) 030@25Mhz + ROM3.1 + 16Mo Fast + PPS040@33Mhz Mercury 32Mo
   +  PICASSO II + VLAB Y/C + VLAB MOTION + VD2001/VSC-10
   + Z3 FASTLANE 16Mo + Tandem IDE + CDROM + Samsung SyncMaster 950p 19"
- A2500/030@25Mhz/ECS + 8Mo + ROM3.1 + HDD100Mo + RETINA Z2 v1
   + GVP I/O EXTENDER + MIDI + LG Flatron F700B 17";
- A2000HD/ECS + 6Mo + HDD52Mo + Switch ROM 1.3/3.0 + 1084S-P1;
- A1200 + HDD 5Go + 1083S ;
- A600 + CF1Go + 1084S
- A500 KS1.3 + 512MB + MIDI
- C64-II + 1541 + 1541-II + Power Cartridge + Final Cartridge III
- GST GOLD AMIGA  +  DIGI GOLD PRO + GVP G-LOCK

Definitely dead for my 2 A3000-030@2Mhz Motherboard  :evil:

[save2600]

Shame on some of you! To say the Amiga is "dead" on this site is a slap in the face to the Deneb team, Indivision, Amigakit, Red, Softhut *US* and everyone else associated with reselling, developing, supporting, etc.

I know this thread is kinda early, but like I tell soooooo many other clueless people I run into each and every day:

NOTHING is dead or "obsolete" if you still use and enjoy it.

Doesn't matter if it's a computer, an auto, feelings for either, MUSIC (especially), yada, yada, yada.

How dare anyone ever exclaim that something is "dead". Unless of course, you're talking about chivalry, common sense, class, decency and awareness. ALL of these things used to be part of society and you MAY say are all but dead today, but NEVER the Amiga   :-)  

Can anyone truly ever say that their first love and the feelings they have for them are "dead"?

[guest3110]

DEAD

[save2600]

Explicitly speaking - I say the Amiga and its spirit is more alive than most of the deadbeat corporate robot zombies that comprise most all of todays modern society   :-D

[guest3110]

Explicit votes only.  :-D  Has to be DEAD or ALIVE.

[guest3110]

Amiga as a commercial viability *at the current time*. Company, community, availability, market, common public usage.

Not really the Amiga *machine* you might have in your closet.

[save2600]

My Amiga has never been in the closet. That is to say, it never needed to come out! It was born proud, right and just  :-)  

Oh - I think I hear what you're saying. Well, this question is best left answered to the people still making money on this platform then. See my original post (1st paragraph). They would not tell you the Amiga is dead. Unless they are all gluttons!  (some are, and may God bless them!!)

I've spent more than $1.5k within the past few months on this obsolete stuff. Would that money be better spent elsewhere? Umm... let's see: I bought Micro$oft Office & the entire Adobe Creative Suite 4 (Mac). And without a doubt... the Amiga investment is vastly superior. I have my reasons for fronting the cash on this Adobe crap (absolutely hate ALL of it) and the Office garbage (for strict Word compatibility)- but both purchases centred around my GF getting a job -which she finally landed at half the pay she was used to getting (yay). I totally resent spending XXX on these two "suites" that I will be getting almost zero use out of  while I adore all the goodies I recently spent on my Amigas.

At this point, I'd actually be quite happy dumping this modern crap off on someone that can make use of it, rather than it collect dust on my shelf or HD's. I'm not a tard when it comes to editing photos or taking good quality photos, or making a website for that matter - but this Adobe suite is for the birds. No wonder it's current... you have to go to school in order to perform basic functions for crying out loud!  Student pricing on this crap... anyone? lol

[guest3110]

A phoenix cannot rise from its own ashes...until is has burned and died to form ashes. Get me?  :lol:

[Tension]

SH1T