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Offline SilvrDrgn

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Re: Why do you still use your old Amiga?
« Reply #14 on: September 30, 2003, 02:16:27 PM »
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..., and he was curious to know exactly why people still use their amiga over more modern (sometimes even cheaper) solutions/systems.
So, what are your reasons?

My Amigas are much more quick and responsive at the user interface level than Win-DOHS could ever hope to be.  Plus, my web site runs on my A4000T, which is turned on 24x7.
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Re: Why do you still use your old Amiga?
« Reply #15 on: September 30, 2003, 02:51:07 PM »
Because it's the only machine which I've been able to use OctaMED on reliably.
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Re: Why do you still use your old Amiga?
« Reply #16 on: September 30, 2003, 02:59:00 PM »
I think if it wasnt for octamed I would have quit using it ages ago. Now im online so i#ve got another use for it. Aprt from that, i got a couple of games I still play, and use it as an mp3/cd player etc. Oh yeah and a tv too. Cant quite put my finger on why I like the os, but windows makes me annoyed, and amigaos doesn't- end of story
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Re: Why do you still use your old Amiga?
« Reply #17 on: September 30, 2003, 03:02:13 PM »
  Toaster/flyer
 Can't afford anything similar on the PC. The Amiga is too slow at everything else.

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Re: Why do you still use your old Amiga?
« Reply #18 on: September 30, 2003, 03:03:12 PM »
It's that beautiful lady inside, Paula.  Ever so perfect for industrial and techno music.  And our lovely miss Paula has a lot of great software to take advantage of her voice!  :-D
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Re: Why do you still use your old Amiga?
« Reply #19 on: September 30, 2003, 03:20:03 PM »
Because i like my amigas and have much better software for it than i do the pc.I also like to listen to sound mods from aminet cd,s. and os 3.9 is much more easyier to use than windows. :-o
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Re: Why do you still use your old Amiga?
« Reply #20 on: September 30, 2003, 03:23:20 PM »
I use it when my PC stresses me out. Hahaha! Its in bits at the mo, so virtually nothing.

a1200 - apps
a500 - games.

pc - door stop. (and internet).
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Re: Why do you still use your old Amiga?
« Reply #21 on: September 30, 2003, 03:35:30 PM »
> Why do you still use your old Amiga?

Because there arn't any new ones.
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Re: Why do you still use your old Amiga?
« Reply #22 on: September 30, 2003, 03:37:55 PM »
Thats the best answer ever posted! :-D
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Re: Why do you still use your old Amiga?
« Reply #23 on: September 30, 2003, 03:56:17 PM »
Because it is easy and fun to use.

The Amiga is my hobby machine.  There are some games I like to play on the Amiga.

Mostly I use it for programming in ARexx, AmigaDOS scripts and AmigaVision.

I also like to use the "Write" program from the Amiga Appetizer package, FinalWriter97, and MicroFiche Filer.

However, I don't use it for browsing the internet much anymore, because I have a pc with an ADSL connection.

My Amiga uses a dialup connection over a 14.4Kbps modem.  It gets the job done, but seems very slow by comparison  .... yawn.

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Re: Why do you still use your old Amiga?
« Reply #24 on: September 30, 2003, 04:09:45 PM »
Because they don't make computers like they use to.
Amiga could do alot more than anything during its day.
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Re: Why do you still use your old Amiga?
« Reply #25 on: September 30, 2003, 04:13:05 PM »
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In what way is a modern, sub £1000, 3Ghz, Win2K/*nix PC "useless crap"?


Not useless, but hardly as fun to use as an Amiga is. I have the benefit of experience.
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Re: Why do you still use your old Amiga?
« Reply #26 on: September 30, 2003, 04:20:45 PM »
The spirit of the AmigaOS...
I'm using MsWindows daily in my work...so fed up with it...
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Re: Why do you still use your old Amiga?
« Reply #27 on: September 30, 2003, 04:23:00 PM »
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In what way is a modern, sub £1000, 3Ghz, Win2K/*nix PC "useless crap"?

Try for example doing a small task like reading/writing from/to a floppy disk... What happens then? the whole system slows down! Now go try the same thing on a classic amiga.  :-)

a x86 is generally less reliable too.

not totally useless though.
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Re: Why do you still use your old Amiga?
« Reply #28 on: September 30, 2003, 04:29:48 PM »
HI ACILL:

I AM NEW AT THIS AMIGA THING, HAVN'T USED MINE FOR A LONG TIME.

WAS WONDERING, I AM THINKING OF BUYING FROM ELBOX, BUT DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THEM, I SEE U HAVE SOMETHING FROM THEM AND WANTED UR OPONION.  ARE THEY A GOOD COMPANY TO DO BUSINESS WITH?

THE THING I WANT IS THE ATA HARD DRIVE CONTROLLER, $90.00. THATS A LOT FOR A CONTROLLER BUT IF IT WORKS THEN IT IS WORTH IT.

WOULD U LET ME KNOW WHAT U THINK?

BJ-BILL
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Re: Why do you still use your old Amiga?
« Reply #29 from previous page: September 30, 2003, 05:30:25 PM »
Well, these plataforms, can be faster but cant be better than ours.

They will never be an AMiGA.

Amiga is fun to use, my sistem is fast and the soft is great. I dont need a Ghz order cpu, for wasting it with Windows or Linux.Thats crap!,and my 1200 is beautiful.

If we get the subject expanded to the pegasos -as an amiga like system- is very cheap, and far away stable and faster any nasty peecee you can buy.

AMiGa, and the likes, ROOLZ -Its so simply-
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