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Re: Which Amiga OS Is Used Most...
« Reply #104 on: November 15, 2010, 12:22:06 AM »
Lol! My old band we had an album out on Universal Records a few years back... we were doing to sort of Electronic Rock music that was popular for a while... our stuff is still available via iTunes if not in your local HMV anymore :)

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Re: Which Amiga OS Is Used Most...
« Reply #105 on: November 15, 2010, 12:23:13 AM »
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Well you're obviously a fan of The Cure...
Actually yeah :) Though I'm a synth guy, so I'm more Depeche Mode!

-Edit- my nickname is actually a clue!

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Re: Which Amiga OS Is Used Most...
« Reply #106 on: November 15, 2010, 12:31:01 AM »
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Actually yeah :) Though I'm a synth guy, so I'm more Depeche Mode!

-Edit- my nickname is actually a clue!


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Re: Which Amiga OS Is Used Most...
« Reply #107 on: November 15, 2010, 12:32:35 AM »
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@ Desiv  -I don't think anything in this thread is related anymore, but what the hell, it's kinda interesting...

And the rest of that quote from the movie Blade Runner is:
"I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate."

Any band named after a Blade Runner ref is a great start..
And Depeche inspired/influenced on top of that??  :)

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Re: Which Amiga OS Is Used Most...
« Reply #108 on: November 15, 2010, 12:34:50 AM »
Quote from: bloodline;591811
Actually yeah :) Though I'm a synth guy, so I'm more Depeche Mode!

-Edit- my nickname is actually a clue!


Depeche Mode was one of the bands I was thinking you may have been in and thought that was an old photo, but I couldn't spot you in any of the pics when I googled them... :)

Still now we know the answer, can I still get your autograph, might be worth a few bob on ebay one day :lol:
 

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Re: Which Amiga OS Is Used Most...
« Reply #109 on: November 15, 2010, 12:37:39 AM »
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And the rest of that quote from the movie Blade Runner is:
"I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate."

Any band named after a Blade Runner ref is a great start..
And Depeche inspired/influenced on top of that??  :)

desiv


Yeah, spotted the Blade Runner quote straight away, best version was the Directors Cut though... :)
 

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Re: Which Amiga OS Is Used Most...
« Reply #110 on: November 15, 2010, 03:54:54 AM »
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.....

On a side note, just before I logged in I was looking around ebay and spotted an old iMacG5 going for £250, dunno why but I ended up bidding on it and got it for £325 + £25 delivery, then I noticed the seller only live 7 miles away from me, crazy thing is he won't let me pick it up and insists on posting it and I should get it by Thursday, Gawd I could be their and back in less than 20 minutes, crazy or what... :)

@Franko,

That sounds like a lot of money for a G5 iMac ($565 US, what size and speed is it), but of course it depends on what the prices for such computers usually sell for in your area.  For that amount of money, I could get a Dual 2.7GHz G5 PowerMac, or even a Quad Core, Dual 2.5GHz G5 last generation PCI-e PowerMac (or a Dual 1.42GHz G4 PowerMac and  a 20" to 23" LCD wide-screen monitor too, with money left over).

If VAT or other import taxes were not so expensive to ship computers from the USA to the UK and EU, it would be worth the trouble to get them from here and ship them over the Atlantic.  Anyone want to go into partnership of selling of old computers in the UK and EU?  I will be the source and responsible for finding what customers want here in the States, Canada, or Mexico and then ship them to you, or directly to the customer's address.  There was a month or two where the prices for G4 and G5 PowerMacs had fallen to really low prices just a few weeks ago, but now prices seem to have crept back up a bit, but not too much and certainly not nearly as much as the amount Franko just spent on his G5 iMac (sorry, don't mean to run it in).  Six weeks ago I could have purchased a Dual 2.7GHz G5 PowerMac w/2-4gb RAM & 250-500gb hdd capacity for about $390 to $475, a top of the G5 range Quad Core, Dual 2.5GHz G5 PowerMac w/PCI-e slots & 2-8gb RAM for about $450 to $575 and Dual 1.25GHz, or 1.42GHz G4 PowerMacs for about $75 to $125, or less.  If you can find dead PPC Mac computers that you want over there that still have nice cases and other peripherals, I could get just the motherboards and CPU units here and save a lot on cheaper shipping costs.  Then I would part out the rest of the computer here, the heavy parts that don't make sense to ship overseas.
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Re: Which Amiga OS Is Used Most...
« Reply #111 on: November 15, 2010, 04:08:09 AM »
Quote from: Franko;591404
@ amigadave

First off, I didn't deliberately neglect you or anyone else, read the thread and you shall see my answers to that already.

If you find it annoying then sorry but what my own personal preferences and choices are have nothing whatsoever to do with you. If you don't like what I have to say or take part in polls that I post then just ignore them or start your own polls that you would feel suit your personal choices & opinions better. No one is forcing you to take part in them and no one is forcing you to read my posts. If I see a poll that if feel doesn't include or have an interest for my own choices or preferences then I simply don't take part in it, I certainly don't go whining to the polls creator that they left me out.

There is an option on this site to block or ignore what a particular person posts so perhaps you should put me on that list as others have done, then anything I have to say will not cause offense or upset you.

If other members wish to express their opinions on what they think is the best OS version then that is their own free choice and I'm not complaining that they do so and I'm certainly not responsible for what other members may post.

As for insulting you with my own personal opinions then that really is just pathetic to be perfectly honest with you, I may not like what your opinions are but I don't go on a rant telling you so. If I really did have an issue with you about something you had to say then I would have the decency to PM you about it first. As you chose to take this course of action I am simply responding in kind in this case.

As for taking my 'exclusive polls' elsewhere, let me make this perfectly clear to you, I don't take kindly to someone whom I don't even know telling me what to do in public and in such an offensive manner as you have chosen to do here, so if you would be so kind in future to take up any issues you have with me by PM then I can assure you you will receive from me the reply you deserve.

As for why you have chosen to do this I have no idea, but I consider myself a very reasonable and carefree type of person so if you wish to discuss this further in a more civil manner then feel free to PM me, if not then so be it. I wont be putting you on my ignore list but shall read your future posts but choose not respond to them in any way if this is the kind of silly & childish attitude which you have displayed here is all you have to say in future.

Yours Sincerely

Frank Spiers


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Re: Which Amiga OS Is Used Most...
« Reply #112 on: November 15, 2010, 05:06:09 AM »
So, AROS is exactly twice as popular as MorphOS? :)
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Re: Which Amiga OS Is Used Most...
« Reply #113 on: November 15, 2010, 06:05:09 AM »
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So, AROS is exactly twice as popular as MorphOS? :)


I guess OS4.1 is 22 times as popular as MorphOS...somehow I doubt the accuracy of those numbers ;)
 

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Re: Which Amiga OS Is Used Most...
« Reply #114 on: November 15, 2010, 06:13:36 AM »
SHOCK... are you guys trying to say this poll was rigged, It kinda reminds me of the results when George W Bush and his bother Jeb made an erm... little discrepancy with his second term results... :eek:

But of course this poll is more important than electing a president... :D
 

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Re: Which Amiga OS Is Used Most...
« Reply #115 on: November 15, 2010, 06:17:43 AM »
@ amigadave

It's an iMacG5 PPC iSight 2.1Ghz 20" model as I got for £325 that's the best deal I've seen in months on ebay, just wish I could have collected it as the seller only lives 7 miles away but he said no and it's costing me another £25 shipping and I have to wait till Thurday to get it, crazy or what... :)

here's a link to the current ones on ebay

UK Ebay Prices For iMacs

If you keep your eye on them you'll see the silly prices they go for over here and it's always within the last 15 minutes of the sale that thing go mad.

But thats the problem here for folk like myself, if you really want it it's going to cost you... :(

(Wish I could get hold of them at the prices you have in the States, could be even richer than I already am...  :) )
 

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Re: Which Amiga OS Is Used Most...
« Reply #116 on: November 15, 2010, 07:48:57 AM »
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@ amigadave

It's an iMacG5 PPC iSight 2.1Ghz 20" model as I got for £325 that's the best deal I've seen in months on ebay, just wish I could have collected it as the seller only lives 7 miles away but he said no and it's costing me another £25 shipping and I have to wait till Thurday to get it, crazy or what... :)

here's a link to the current ones on ebay

UK Ebay Prices For iMacs

If you keep your eye on them you'll see the silly prices they go for over here and it's always within the last 15 minutes of the sale that thing go mad.

But thats the problem here for folk like myself, if you really want it it's going to cost you... :(

(Wish I could get hold of them at the prices you have in the States, could be even richer than I already am...  :) )

I can only sympathize with you and agree that if you want something and don't want to wait while looking around for better prices, eBay will get you where it hurts (the wallet) every time.  The best price I could find here for the same computer as yours on eBay was about $350 to $420.  Shipping is expensive due to the size and weight of such computers, so buying here and sending it there is not really an option for these models, but if you ever need parts for yours, that is another story.

That is a nice computer for web browsing, Skype calls, iChat with family and friends, listening to music and watching movies/dvd's.  When my 80+ year old Dad wanted a new computer a couple of years ago, my sisters and I talked him into buying a used 17-inch G5 iMac from eBay USA, instead of buying a new eMachine with no monitor or webcam, for about the same price.  He loves it and is very happy with the switch from Windows98 to MacOSX.  You will now have a much better iMac than your 800MHz G4 iMac. Since one sister lives near Auckland, NZ, my Dad likes using the iSight and iChat to see and talk to her from time to time.

If yours is the model I think it is, it should have an ATI X600 graphics card, which gives you a better chance than models with NVidia graphics cards, for a possibility of MorphOS2.x being ported to it some day in the distant future (just in case you want to see what it looks and feels like, the demo is always free, but time limited to 30 minutes before a reboot is needed to give you full speed again).  One drawback of getting the G5 model of iMac, instead of the newer Intel Core2Duo models is that the Intel models run WinUAE and Amiga emulation much better than the G5 and E-UAE.

Lastly, I am usually very wary of eBay sellers that live so close by, but still refuse to allow you to pick up your won auctions in person.  It can be nothing more sinister than the seller not wanting to bother with trying to arrange a time to meet with you, or the seller has had bad luck in the past where the buyer changes his/her mind after seeing the item in person, or worst case, the G5 iMac is in bad physical condition (or does not work at all) and the seller does not want you to know where he/she lives after the sale, so you can't bother him/her afterward and try to get a refund, or some kind of compensation to resolve a less than perfect, or less than described item.  Hopefully you won't have any such problem, but I know how you feel when the seller won't allow you to pick up your item, no matter how close you are to them and you are forced to pay the shipping.  Another reason that some sellers will not allow local pick up of your won auction item is because they have added a few pound/dollars/euros to the shipping cost to pay them for their time to box it up and take it to the shipping company and they might not want to lose that few extra dollars/pounds/euros because they did not get as much from the auction as they would have liked to get.

Good luck with your new computer purchase.  Now what are you going to do with that G4 iMac 800MHz?  It has a very unique case and monitor design, some hate it and others love it.  Too bad it could not run MorphOS2.x for you due to the graphics card inside it as well as other drivers probably.  800MHz G4 is plenty fast for MorphOS2.6 and you could have gotten some good use from it for a few more years.
« Last Edit: November 15, 2010, 07:52:16 AM by amigadave »
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Re: Which Amiga OS Is Used Most...
« Reply #117 on: November 15, 2010, 11:30:06 AM »
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Wow... didn't realise you could do that, cheers Karlos... :)

Might be a wee bit too late now as the polls closed and I'd probably get more flack from folk who wanted to vote that way in the first place and who then chose something else...

If you'd care to change it then feel free to do so, maybe best just to consign this one to the archives though... :)


Now there is problem that I already voted AmigaOS 1.3 and I can not change my vote... not big deal tho but the original poll was more useful. When it comes to the original AmigaOS I am using 1.3 only.
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Re: Which Amiga OS Is Used Most...
« Reply #118 on: November 15, 2010, 11:40:44 AM »
@itix

Piru voted for 3.1, but it's probably a fair assumption that you both use MorphOS more. Just mentally subtract 1 from 1.3 and 1 more from 3.1 and add them to the MorphOS option :)

If you do that, it doesn't change 3.9 as first place, in fact, it increases it's lead over 3.1
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Re: Which Amiga OS Is Used Most...
« Reply #119 from previous page: November 15, 2010, 12:03:27 PM »
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Piru voted for 3.1, but it's probably a fair assumption that you both use MorphOS more. Just mentally subtract 1 from 1.3 and 1 more from 3.1 and add them to the MorphOS option
No it really isn't the same thing. The original poll was about AmigaOS. The option for MorphOS and AROS were added later on. I really wonder what use is a poll that has options added after the fact? The poll result is now useless as there is no way of see only the results before and after the new options.

The correct way to handle situation like this would be to have a new vote with title "Which Amigoid OS is Used Most", and to have the correct options to begin with.

Even then, it would likely get dismissed by most who already voted in the first poll ("didn't I already vote in that poll?").

So whose great idea was it to modify the poll anyway? Well done, you made a mess out of it.
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