Man I miss my Amiga...

[ToddH]

Computing these days just doesn't seem as fun. Windows PC's have no personality. My iMac is nice, but sometimes I wish I had my A500 and A1200 back. Heck, my one regret is I never got to own my dream machine...an A4000. Memories...

[cv643d]

You can buy my A4000 for 200 euro if you want?

[ToddH]

You can buy my A4000 for 200 euro if you want?

Hmmm...tempting. All the ones on eBay are usually going for a ton. I've been waiting to see if the Natami ever gets released but it's looking more and more like vaporware.

I think I miss the camaraderie as well. I used to love going to users group meetings back when I was in college. There's just nothing like that these days. The worst thing that ever happened was Windows killing off everything.

[dougal]

Amiga were/still are fun ... PC's in the earlier days like when i had my 486DX2/66MHz and my 14400Baud modem to connected to BBS's were fun too ...

Now a PC can be fun , but it is more of a nessestity as in we would be lost without the internet and we would be pissed of if we had to browse the web , download etc.. with the speed of the Amiga .

[ToddH]

I think I'm just feeling nostalgic since I turned 40 a few months ago. Maybe I'll pick up an A4000 one of these days just to play around with and relive the old days.

[spookyx]

I like UAE     and freebsd can be fun too

[ToddH]

I like UAE     and freebsd can be fun too

I've tried UAE a few times but it just seemed like there was something...missing. I couldn't quite put my finger on it.

I've actually ran about every operating system under the sun at one time or another including DOS, Windows, Beos, freebsd, and various flavors of Linux. I like to tinker.

[DiskDoctor]

Computing these days just doesn't seem as fun. Windows PC's have no personality. My iMac is nice, but sometimes I wish I had my A500 and A1200 back. Heck, my one regret is I never got to own my dream machine...an A4000. Memories...

Same with me.  Bored with Win-Lin-Mac.  There's still a hope for new stuff you know.  AndroidOS is coming, also you've got mobile oses like BlackberryOS, WinMobile or Symbian.  I like Symbian s60.

But you're right.  It is not the same.  I use UAE until something comes up on Mac Mini this very year.  But again, no personality nowadays.  To me comparable stuff - Symbian maybe.

Get OS4 or MOS and you'll see the difference! :lol: Plus the miggy!!

[4pLaY]

I've tried UAE a few times but it just seemed like there was something...missing. I couldn't quite put my finger on it.

I've actually ran about every operating system under the sun at one time or another including DOS, Windows, Beos, freebsd, and various flavors of Linux. I like to tinker.

Have you tried AROS? (http://www.aros.org)

[ToddH]

Have you tried AROS? (http://www.aros.org)

I actually played with the livecd and was impressed. I think a Natami with a 68k version of AROS would make a nice machine.

[4pLaY]

I actually played with the livecd and was impressed. I think a Natami with a 68k version of AROS would make a nice machine.

I hope you tried the icaros distro and not one of the nighly builds :-)....

[ToddH]

I hope you tried the icaros distro and not one of the nighly builds :-)....

Yep, it was icaros.

[save2600]

Computing these days just doesn't seem as fun. Windows PC's have no personality. My iMac is nice, but sometimes I wish I had my A500 and A1200 back. Heck, my one regret is I never got to own my dream machine...an A4000. Memories...

Wholeheartedly agree. That's why I like to keep a stash of old Compute! and AmigaWorld's nearby  :-)  

Compute! rocked. Today's kids nary have anything like it. Some programming rags exist, but they are highly specialised and do not have the personality (games, apps, etc.) that programming on an Atari, Commodore or TI (to name a few) had.

"Computing" (if that's what you want to call it) today pales in comparison. But then again, so does most everything else. Freedom from choice is what you want and freedom from choice is what we got ;-)

[Nostalgiac]

oh heck... an A500 is cheap as peanuts these days... and an A1200 not much more - if you want a basic machine... just go get one :-)

Tom UK

[Nlandas]

Same with me.  Bored with Win-Lin-Mac.  There's still a hope for new stuff you know.  AndroidOS is coming, also you've got mobile oses like BlackberryOS, WinMobile or Symbian.  I like Symbian s60.

But you're right.  It is not the same.  I use UAE until something comes up on Mac Mini this very year.  But again, no personality nowadays.  To me comparable stuff - Symbian maybe.

Get OS4 or MOS and you'll see the difference! :lol: Plus the miggy!!

WebOS looks kind of original too. I'm interested in picking programming back up because of it. Now I just need a good idea.

I'd also like to see a game toolkit for it.

Although, I have to say - you are not alone in your feelings for the Amiga. While a lot can be said that raw computing power as surpassed the old girl - I for one, don't feel that the flair has. For me modern computing is functional but soulless.