It's not just age that causes distortion, it's location. Amiga's were an also-ran platform in the U.S by the late '80's. U.S users see the Amiga as a minnow, EU users see it as a fallen giant.
That is a lot of it. The last Amiga I ever saw in a shop was the A600. I was working in a Software Etc. We got the A600 in, it ran OS2.0 and half of the software on our shelves wouldn't run it. The Amiga section was already 1/10 of the PC section, and now, even half of that wouldn't run. That was when I knew the Amiga was dead.
It wasn't until years later that I even knew that the 1200 existed, and it wasn't until 2008 that I actually saw one in real life.
@runequester
I think you are suffering a bit from your own described syndrome. If you look at the threads on this board, the hostility comes from the anti-x86 crowd. Go to the RetroReplay threads. No one is complaining about that. Everyone is universally excited. Some are not interested in buying one, but they appreciate what it is. The Natami threads used to be negative, not so much out of a dislike of what it is, but out of a disbelief that it could be produced. Now that it is showing some actual progress, people are much more friendly towards it. After the holy wars based around the idea that there was a rightful heir, MorphOS is accepted as a fun alternative OS, as is OS4. Criticism is generally mild, and intended as constructive to the discussion. The biggest complains in the PPC camp are centered around the cost of hardware for OS4. Given the umph and cost, these are valid complaints. Add to that, the fact that OS4 and PPC are not 'classic' Amiga, complaints about them cannot really be chalked up to Amiga Regret.
Now look at any thread concerning CUSA, and their desire to produce Amigas on x86. They are full on flame fests. People are vicious. Alternate web sites have been set up for the sole purpose of bashing them.
It isn't a matter of people regretting the Amiga and trying to put it down. Most people are perfectly comfortable with what it was. The problem comes in with a conflict between the people that have emotionally moved on and accepted that x86 has evolved into a good platform, and those that are still carrying around their platform rage from the 80's.
You yourself keep exhibiting that behavior. You kept asking the same questions over and over claiming that you couldn't understand why someone would want a computer that looked like a C64 and acted like a C64 that was brand new, as well as how that related to Amiga. You would claim that you didn't understand why a company that has shown that it can and would produce replica retro computers that ran the retro software and had announced Amiga computers would be relevant on an Amiga board. That isn't "Just being curious". It is a passive aggressive attempt to push the idea that x86 is inferior.
