Which Amiga OS Is Used Most...

[Iggy]

Just wait till I get that new G5 on Thursday, should be a faster browser and faster net connection, gonna beat Karlos & Bloodline's high scores even if it kills me... :roflmao:

(PS: @ karlos... what's happened to my little teddy bears paw (medal) it's been nicked...)

Franko,
What have you got against MorphOS compatible Macs?
Your G4 wasn't a supported model and now you're buying a G5 model that isn't likely to be supported in the future.
Damn it man, you're ruining my sense of the universe scheme of things!


How can we prove to you the obvious superiority of MOS if you keep buying Macs that you can't run the OS on?

[Franko]

Franko,
What have you got against MorphOS compatible Macs?
Your G4 wasn't a supported model and now you're buying a G5 model that isn't likely to be supported in the future.
Damn it man, you're ruining my sense of the universe scheme of things!


How can we prove to you the obvious superiority of MOS if you keep buying Macs that you can't run the OS on?

Ah didnae ken rat did ah...

Fraid 20 odd years sitting here on me jack jones surrounded by nothing but Amigas & 13 squirrels, I've not kept up to date with the world of modern computers...

I know even less about Macs than I do about MorphOS, I'll just need to go back on ebay and find something better then... (seen a nice ZXspectrum going cheap, think that'll do ? )

[nicholas]

Ah didnae ken rat did ah...

Fraid 20 odd years sitting here on me jack jones surrounded by nothing but Amigas & 13 squirrels, I've not kept up to date with the world of modern computers...

I know even less about Macs than I do about MorphOS, I'll just need to go back on ebay and find something better then... (seen a nice ZXspectrum going cheap, think that'll do ? )

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Apple-MAC-G4-QUICKSILVER-800Mhz-1Gb-40Gb-DVD-RW-OS-X-/300488472272?pt=UK_Computing_Apple_Desktops_CV&hash=item45f68236d0

[Iggy]

Ah didnae ken rat did ah...

Fraid 20 odd years sitting here on me jack jones surrounded by nothing but Amigas & 13 squirrels, I've not kept up to date with the world of modern computers...

I know even less about Macs than I do about MorphOS, I'll just need to go back on ebay and find something better then... (seen a nice ZXspectrum going cheap, think that'll do ? )

ZXspectrum? Isn't that one of those tiny 8bit computers built for people that were too poor to buy a VIC-20?

Stick with yours Macs and Amigas.

[Iggy]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Apple-MAC-G4-QUICKSILVER-800Mhz-1Gb-40Gb-DVD-RW-OS-X-/300488472272?pt=UK_Computing_Apple_Desktops_CV&hash=item45f68236d0

Yes, that would do - if its got a supported video card (the listing doesn't mention what video card the unit has).

[Franko]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Apple-MAC-G4-QUICKSILVER-800Mhz-1Gb-40Gb-DVD-RW-OS-X-/300488472272?pt=UK_Computing_Apple_Desktops_CV&hash=item45f68236d0

Bit confused here... :confused:

That macs only got the same 800Mhz speed as the one I'm using now and if this one's too slow and not any good for running MorphOS, how is that one going to help ? :confused:

(or are you one trying to sell it... :lol: )

[Karlos]

Bit confused here... :confused:

That macs only got the same 800Mhz speed as the one I'm using now and if this one's too slow and not any good for running MorphOS, how is that one going to help ? :confused:

(or are you one trying to sell it... :lol: )

Your existing one is not too slow to run MorphOS, it is just not supported by MorphOS due to missing drivers for the graphics hardware (and perhaps other bits). Speed wise, an 800MHz G4 ought to run MorphOS extremely well. The 800MHz G4 in my A1 runs OS4.1 very nicely and that's on rather less well designed hardware than the G4 Mac. MHz for MHz I'd expect the G4 Mac to outperform the A1 and since MorphOS is, I believe, heavily optimised for G4 (liberal use of altivec) with a supported Mac, you should have no trouble.

[Franko]

@ Karlos

Cheers... that's a bit clearer now...

I've just remembered why I'd promised myself not to buy another one of those ruddy iMacs, you can't upgrade the silly thing. Oh well too late now...

(sometimes wish the missus was still here to stop me spending money on things that I don't really need... :lol: )

[Kesa]

sniff sniff... i smell Franko. He must be about to post something...

[Iggy]

Karlos is dead on with that. I'm currently using a 933Mhz processor in my Powermac under MorphOS 2.6. While I do have a 1.8 Ghz Sonnett upgrade coming soon, I'm not in any way disappointed with how the slower G4s operate under MOS.
Because its decended from a tight compact OS, MorphOS is more responsive than OSX.

About the only thing I miss is the wider selection of browsers (OWB is not bad, but I miss Opera and Firefox).

[Franko]

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.

The GFX board in it is an Radeon X600 XT...

Full Specs can be found here...

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/stats/imac_g5_2.1_20.html

It's bought now so I'll just have to wait and see if it's in perfect condition like the seller claimed, just hope it's not like the one I bought before on ebay that had a tiny 2.5" inch laptop HD stuck to the shielding with brown parcel tape. Got my money back in the end (£399) but it was a lot of hassle...

One of these days I'll buy the right machine and give MorphOS a try, think I'd better ask here in future before making any more non Amiga purchases...

Reckon I'll end up keeping the G4 and add it to all my other stuff that I can never bare to part with...

[Kesa]

... presto!

Once again my feline senses have detected trouble even before he arrives!

[Franko]

sniff sniff... i smell Franko. He must be about to post something...

I'll have you know my dear chap I once sat here online for a full 14 minutes and 37 seconds without posting anything... :lol:

[Iggy]

I didn't want to infer that we had some kind of superior knowledge about hardware.

For all I know, you may find OSX preferable to MorphOS.

But since your primary experience has been with Amigas, I think you'd find MOS very familiar.

Frankly, I think anyone with an Amiga background, were they to give MorphOS a try, would come away with a positive impression.

[Franko]

I didn't want to infer that we had some kind of superior knowledge about hardware.

For all I know, you may find OSX preferable to MorphOS.

But since your primary experience has been with Amigas, I think you'd find MOS very familiar.

Frankly, I think anyone with an Amiga background, were they to give MorphOS a try, would come away with a positive impression.

Primary... more like ONLY... :lol:

But it's nice to know that folk will point me in the right direction before I make any more hasty purchases...

(just need to remember to ask first before I do, Oh yeah... not too impressed by OS X but that could be due to this machine being pretty slow... )

@ Kesa

That was at least a full 4 minutes between posts...

[Kesa]

@Franko

4 minutes. It must of been hard for you. But if you think thats impressive i once went 3 hours without licking my own bum!    :kitty: