I have given up on the future!

[Khephren]

Hey Amiga_Nut! Welcome to 2011, just fire up your favourite Amiga wotsit and enjoy the happy memories of your computing youth

I used to feel just like Amiga_nut...but that was almost 10 years ago. As you say, I just fire up the A1200 or UAE and enjoy myself. The rest will either sort itself out to my satisfaction...or not

[persia]

It's a little flakey on my tablets, but holding the back button and tapping home is the standard Android screenshot.  You need to hold the back button, if it's too short a time it will simply function as back.

[fishy_fiz]

Little off topic, but I find the mac/amiga comparisons made by some apple fans kinda baffling. Theyre like chalk and cheese. Whatever though, people can enjoy whatever they like.
As for he original post, I dont disagree terribly with the content, but the attitude towards those facts is a bit weird. Things have been this way for years and years with the "official" amiga, but that doesnt stop me enjoying my classics as I always have, and there's other options that are a bit more paletable than the official successor these days anyway if that doesnt satisfy someone. We'll always be behind the curve ball, be it OS4.x, mos, aros, whatever, but that doesnt mean it still cant be an enjoyable experience. And if someone doesnt enjoy the experience anymore, then what's the problem? Simply move on and focus on something you do enjoy.

[commodorejohn]

and, btw, if you don't like what Others are doing or Not doing, then YOU try doing something.

be creative or stfu, thank you

You don't need to be providing an alternative in order to call a scam a scam or a failure a failure, thank you. The majority of the mess this community is in is because people have been willing to smile and nod and put up with just about anything as long as they're suitably tantalized with the promise of a new Amiga product, and it's high time that stopped and people turned their critical thinkers back on.

But, Amiga_Nut, I would like to address your general attitude of hopeless negativism. Sure, most of what you've said is pretty much right on, but that doesn't mean there can't be other projects that do finally bring a real improvement at a reasonable price. Don't get swept up in hype, but don't give up hope, either!

[TheBilgeRat]

I'm on a drug - it's called Charlie Sheen!

Sorry for off-topic, but HOLY CRAP that was crazy last night!

For those not in the know - charlie sheen snapped like a dry twig.

[Hattig]

I'm on a drug - it's called Charlie Sheen!

Mental Illness. A joke until it affects you or your loved ones.

[Franko]

Mental Illness. A joke until it affects you or your loved ones.

Being someone who suffers from both a Mental Illness & a Physical Brain Illness, take it from me it's best to laugh & joke about it while you still can, cos the only other option (and it's not even an option for me) is not very welcoming or pleasant to look forward too...

[Fats]

Amiga Inc ...
Cloanto ...
C= USA ...
Hyperion ...
A-EON ...
SAM ...

How dare you forget to talk rubbish about AROS !!!
Staf.

[Iggy]

Amiga lives on in spirit, in it's contribution to computer technology in general.  Every time I use my Mac I am reminded of the groundbreaking work that the Amiga did.  The Amiga spirit is far far from dead.

Every time I use a Mac I'm really reminded of Amiga.
I haven't given up on the future, only on the Amiga trademark.
Get over it and move to AROS or MorphOS.

[guest7146]

Mental Illness. A joke until it affects you or your loved ones.

From what I understand, Charlie Sheen is less mentally ill and more a drink/drug addict.

Of course, being an alcoholic is no laughing matter either, but in his case I think it's generally accepted as being self inflicted and so deserves much less sympathy.

Being a drug addict... well I don't know that to be true but if it is then he'll get no sympathy from me on that front.  It's not like he'll have been put on to drugs by someone else and has no way out, it'll have been a concious decision that he alone has made and it'll be all his fault!

Is it obvious I'm not a fan? ;-)

[Buzzfuzz]

Why? Well........
 
(rant)
 

Well I just been back for a year, between 1994 to 2009 was a complete blank for me.
 
I have seen lots of improvements, but when you are back in the Scene, yes, it's all going too slow.
Prices are skyhigh, except for Jens work, but that makes it even harder to get a good working setup.
That does give you reason to think, certainly when you have collected as many Amiga's as I have.
I was on a roll because I can afford it, but if you didn't have much to spend, than you would think twice about buying a full upgraded Amiga 1200 which is about 17 years old, certainly when a PS3 or Xbox 360 is much better and even cheaper.
But I still enjoy it, it's not a big rush anymore, I'm cool with what I have and if I have a golden shot at the few things on my wishlist, then I will add it to the collective
 
The future is always an uncertain factor, but I do know that the work being done right now is what is keeping the Amiga alive for now.
Yes, it could be that what I invested last year and now could be worth nothing in 5 years.
Could also be that everything I own is worth 4 times as much as it is now.
That's the thing with the future, you just don't know.
 
So have a :pint: , sit back,, relax, and enjoy your Amiga(s).

[arttu80]

 
So have a :pint: , sit back,, relax, and enjoy your Amiga(s).

Oh boy, have I done that a few times with my Amigas!!! And yes, there isn't much acceptable "new" Amigas to me now, but didn't really gave up hope for the bright future products (such as NATAMI).

[Trev]

I want an iPad 2. Wait, is this an Amiga thread?

[persia]

Me two!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I want an iPad 2. Wait, is this an Amiga thread?

[Sandman]

Little off topic, but I find the mac/amiga comparisons made by some apple fans kinda baffling. Theyre like chalk and cheese. Whatever though, people can enjoy whatever they like.

+1.

God Steve justed showed off the mightynew IPad and the lemmings gushed...  

"Let's throw in some stuff that we could have included in the last version and hit'em again for some $ and they'll cheer for us and trample each other to bow at our alter." HaHa

Nothing like the Amiga IMHO.

Disclaimer:  I know I have some Mini's but I bought them used...... plus my hackintosh eases my conscience.....

[sledge]

To be honest, I'm quite happy that Commodore went bust in 1994 (apart for being the worst day of my life). By doing that, they froze the state of the machine that I love so much. They made it possible for so many of us to make this our own platform to develop and improve ourselves. If Commodore would have been successful to keep on going, then this platform would have been long gone and transformed to something else. It would be just another modern OS like every other modern OS... nice perhaps, but something else. We would not keep the old Amiga alive as we do now.