You & Amiga in a year

[Marcb]

There are a few possibilities for running an AmigaOS or a derivative either already available or in the works.
What do you see yourself using in the future and why?

[hayashi]

I'll probably still be on my classic A1200 running 3.x, though I might have moved from 3.1 to 3.5 or 3.9 and I'll probably have managed to grab an accelerator for it. I haven't really any plans as of yet to use 4.x or a derivative.

Reason being that I'm really in the whole Amiga scene for the classic Amiga, its aesthetic, and its uses (early 90s games, DPaint, and quite possibly one of the best OSes ever especially given its age =P), and don't have any plans to move to modern AmigaOS-based systems right now. Truth be told, I don't really need such things when I've got my IBM PC-compatible (lol archaic term) running Linux. (Feel free to point out reasons!)

[Wayne]

There are a few possibilities for running an AmigaOS or a derivative either already available or in the works.
What do you see yourself using in the future and why?

Do you mean specifically Amiga related usage?  If so, then I'm afraid none.

I've gone Mac about 3 years ago now and never looked back.  I run Parallels for the one, single task I can't do under MacOS (a news aggregator program), and I've got WinUAE loaded but literally haven't fired it up in... well I really don't know how long it's been...

About the closest I think I'll get is looking for a CD32 in good condition and a few fun games.

In my truly humble opinion, I feel the time for AmigaOS to actually move forward has passed by with a whisper.  Unless a multi-billionaire wants to have a weird hobby/tax-write-off of rewriting AmigaOS for real hardware (non PPC) like Apple did with OS X, I'm afraid we're going nowhere.

That is to say this is MY PERSONAL opinion.  

That doesn't mean that anyone who still enjoys AmigaOS should change in any way.  I simply can't think of a single, legitimate use for it any more, which is a shame because in 2000 when the current reign started, I could still see a huge market in embedded devices and things like TiVo clones.    

Unfortunately that time has passed.

Wayne

[bloodline]

No AROS option... That is the last vestage of Amiga for me really... I've moved all my music production to Mac and can now run all my favourite Amiga games natively on my iPhone... The Amiga is dead for me

[Wayne]

No AROS option... That is the last vestage of Amiga for me really... I've moved all my music production to Mac and can now run all my favourite Amiga games natively on my iPhone... The Amiga is dead for me

That's sad to hear really.  Completely understandable, but a bit sad.  AROS was about the only chance the OS had (in a related way anyway).

Wayne

[T3000]

I'm divided between Purist and Pancakes.
And just like the Amiga, pancakes come with different flavors of suryp to pour on and enjoy.
I use my PC for most all my daily computing needs. My Amigas are a hobby.

[yoodoo]

Slightly limited poll options ;-)

In a year's time I'll still be using OS4.x on my A1, or if that dies, on a Sam.

Yes, it's slower than a Mac or other x86 machine but there's a limit to how fast I type (especially when coding ;-) )

[klx300r]

Samantha & OS4.1 for me :-)

[Marcb]

Oops, I inadvertedly left Aros out...

I am sticking with the classic Amigas, not because I resist change but because I still get a buzz out of using them. Sure, I jump on the pc when I have work to do or need to burn a dvd/cd but for pure indulgent me time, I can't go past the Amiga.
I am curious about MorphOs though so will give that a go eventually

[Marcb]

Slightly limited poll options ;-)

I have a limited imagination!

[rbelk]

I'm hoping, or either dreaming, that the Netami will be out next year. If so, I'll buy one!!

[save2600]

I'll eventually get a SAM or (hopefully something more powerful will come along) to
run 4.1 with. But really, the legacy Amiga systems are where it's at for me. I do use
my A2500 for a lot of modern things. Why? Because it can. Especially newsgroup
reading, mail and surfing. For me, it's about using the original hardware in ways I
never have before. The Deneb is a great example of this. So is the accelerated video
card. The machine seems like two machines really... the Desktop environment and
then the 15khz games aspect. OS3.9 is new to me (even though I've had it for 7 years)
as far as my every day Amiga usage goes and I'm still pretty thrilled with it. The fact
that there's an Aminet repository really makes ownership of a legacy Amiga totally
legitimate for usage as an every day machine. Tinkering around with or not, I'm
still "using" the system in the literal sense. While I do use my Mac's to burn a DVD
or CD or transfer music files ala iTunes & my iPod, there's really not too much I can
think of that I can't get my Amiga to do. Stuff that *I* personally use a computer for
I'm talking about. If I was more serious into electronic music, I guess I'd learn to use
Garageband more. If I was more serious about using all the crap that came with my
$1800 Adobe suite, I guess I'd take better pictures worth editing in the first place. But
as they sit now, the Mac stuff is pretty useless to me. Going back and using programs
on the Amiga I never got a chance to in the past is where a lot of the fun is. They're
more compelling to learn than a modern program IMO. Deluxe Music and MIDI for
example. On an A500 with 3mb RAM no less.  

The legacy Amiga computers work and they work extremely well. From the minute
you turn them on to actually working with and loading programs - they're quick. Way
snappier than my Mac. To be honest and this may seem like a lame excuse to some, I
hate opening any of that Adobe stuff up on my G5 2.1ghz Mac. It especially takes
forever for Photoshop to load and when it does, I still don't know how to fully use the
damn thing. And Dreamweaver?!? Bah. Guess it's time to take some courses, or stick
with iWeb & iPhoto  ;-)  

Bottom line - I will get a 4.1 system someday and I suspect I'll be just as tickled with
it as I was when I got my first A1000 with OS1.1. I want an alternative to the Mac and
I've been PeeCee free forever now. I would and plan on using an OS4.1 system truly
as an everyday computer. Be nice to not even use a Mac to be honest. The uniqueness
is gone with the release of 10.5. My system feels like a bloated and inefficient
PeeCee clone.

[bloodline]

That's sad to hear really.  Completely understandable, but a bit sad.  AROS was about the only chance the OS had (in a related way anyway).

Wayne

I'm still gonna hang around, and I still enjoy hacking away with AROS in old hardware that I should have thrown away years ago! I'll keep all my old classic equipment to show the grandkids... But I don't have a need for any amiga software so I won't power up my old machines and I don't need to run UAE...

If Jens gets out something from the cloneA projet I probably will get one...

[Colani1200]

I'll enjoy gaming and things like DPaint and trackers on my classics, hack around with Aros & stuff like hivelytracker running on top of it and maybe get MorphOS for my Mini.

[efrenmgp]

I like the classic and already have one, I think it would be my only Amiga system for a while until the economy gets better and then I'll decide between the SAM and (if available by then) the Mac Mini MorphOS port.