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Offline itix

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Re: Aos 3 -> mos
« Reply #29 on: June 05, 2011, 05:15:32 PM »
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They are limited in availability. I can not find any of these specific Mac models in my area. While ebay is an option and I already have pretty good positive feedback by purchasing products, I am not interested in paying expensive shipping from UK or USA. And I must wait as well.


Have you asked from your local Amiga reseller if they could stock used Macs there?
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Re: Aos 3 -> mos
« Reply #30 on: June 05, 2011, 05:29:15 PM »
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Have you asked from your local Amiga reseller if they could stock used Macs there?



It's not often you see "local", "Amiga" and "reseller" used in the same sentence. Bonus points for that.

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Re: Aos 3 -> mos
« Reply #31 on: June 05, 2011, 05:53:37 PM »
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It's not often you see "local", "Amiga" and "reseller" used in the same sentence. Bonus points for that.

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Well "Amiga" and "reseller" go together because NOS Amigas are few and far between (and would those batteries hold up to over two decades of storage).

"Local"? It ain't happening. There weren't very many Amiga dealers in my area when they were new.

Asking someone to stock used Macs? Why would I want to do that? I can find those (at better prices) on my own.
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Re: Aos 3 -> mos
« Reply #32 on: June 05, 2011, 06:00:18 PM »
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Well "Amiga" and "reseller" go together because NOS Amigas are few and far between (and would those batteries hold up to over two decades of storage).

"Local"? It ain't happening. There weren't very many Amiga dealers in my area when they were new.

Asking someone to stock used Macs? Why would I want to do that? I can find those (at better prices) on my own.



Perhaps there is more infrastructure remaining in Europe than in the U.S. since we were affected 1st.
Anyway, this topic is dangerous since it opens the door to postings about new Amiga outlets opening in the U.S.
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Re: Aos 3 -> mos
« Reply #33 on: June 05, 2011, 06:06:04 PM »
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Perhaps there is more infrastructure remaining in Europe than in the U.S. since we were affected 1st.
Anyway, this topic is dangerous since it opens the door to postings about new Amiga outlets opening in the U.S.
[evil grin]

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I think that would just confuse people in the US.
"What that hecks an Amigo store, honey?"

I think the market was probably stronger in Europe (and remains so).
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Re: Aos 3 -> mos
« Reply #34 on: June 05, 2011, 06:09:21 PM »
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Perhaps there is more infrastructure remaining in Europe than in the U.S. since we were affected 1st.
Anyway, this topic is dangerous since it opens the door to postings about new Amiga outlets opening in the U.S.
[evil grin]

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Why buy Macs at all? In USA you can have bunch of Macs in 31 seconds for free:
[youtube]Ae0KmCBrWio[/youtube]
It can not get any cheaper than that. And they are new. Surely MorphOS would had advantage here, only if it was working on laptops.
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Re: Aos 3 -> mos
« Reply #35 on: June 05, 2011, 06:19:11 PM »
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Why buy Macs at all? In USA you can have bunch of Macs in 31 seconds for free:
[youtube]Ae0KmCBrWio[/youtube]
It can not get any cheaper than that. And they are new. Surely MorphOS would had advantage here, only if it was working on laptops.

Hey! He has a point again!
And he's not trying to verbally abuse me like Hotrod.


PPC Macs are practically free anyway.
But right now, the only thing that runs on laptops is AROS.
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Re: Aos 3 -> mos
« Reply #36 on: June 05, 2011, 06:42:25 PM »
Much the same answer I gave in the OS3 - OS4 thread... :)
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Re: Aos 3 -> mos
« Reply #37 on: June 05, 2011, 07:09:26 PM »
I'll throw my 2 cents in this thread...

The main reasons I haven't hopped on over to MorphOS are actually kind of pitiful.  They are:

1.  I own no suitable mac to run it.
2.  "Supported hardware" section on MorphOS website does not list mac models by model number, allowing easy cross-reference to my other hobby OS compatibility interest (classic Mac :D - hey I told you my reasons are pitiful :lol:)
3.  MorphOS license agreement.

None of these reasons are a deal breaker.  I am just having trouble deciding on a mac model that covers all the bases (and is preferably not blueberry colored :D ).
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Re: Aos 3 -> mos
« Reply #38 on: June 05, 2011, 07:09:55 PM »
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Much the same answer I gave in the OS3 - OS4 thread... :)

But of course. Would you expect any different?
These are the "let's get rabid over our faith" threads.
After all, this one was started by an OS4 advocate.
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Re: Aos 3 -> mos
« Reply #39 on: June 05, 2011, 07:12:39 PM »
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I'll throw my 2 cents in this thread...

The main reasons I haven't hopped on over to MorphOS are actually kind of pitiful.  They are:

1.  I own no suitable mac to run it.
2.  "Supported hardware" section on MorphOS website does not list mac models by model number, allowing easy cross-reference to my other hobby OS compatibility interest (classic Mac :D - hey I told you my reasons are pitiful :lol:)
3.  MorphOS license agreement.

None of these reasons are a deal breaker.  I am just having trouble deciding on a mac model that covers all the bases (and is preferably not blueberry colored :D ).

That last one bother me a bit.
What do you mean I can't move it from one platform to another?
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Re: Aos 3 -> mos
« Reply #40 on: June 05, 2011, 07:14:59 PM »
@Iggy

Once you've bought a license for one machine, you cannot transfer the license to another machine.
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Re: Aos 3 -> mos
« Reply #41 on: June 05, 2011, 07:18:26 PM »
Yeah, it sort of bugged me to at first, then I realized that I can tear it off and reinstall it onto the same piece of  hardware as many times as I want (which is what I do anyways - I rarely get new kit, I mostly tweak what I've got).  Thus why I said it wasn't really a deal breaker.  I should have also added this one :

4.  111.11 Euros is not a magical number when switched to american dollars :lol:
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Re: Aos 3 -> mos
« Reply #42 on: June 05, 2011, 07:19:58 PM »
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@Iggy

Once you've bought a license for one machine, you cannot transfer the license to another machine.


You can if the first machine dies.
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Re: Aos 3 -> mos
« Reply #43 on: June 05, 2011, 07:33:31 PM »
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PPC Macs are practically free anyway.
Hell, they are free in the US - go into any public school in the entire country and you'll find a classroom full of old 603 - G4 Macs that they don't want to take the time or money to haul off to the dump. (And plenty of 68k machines, too.) One local school would've given every last one of 'em if I'd had the space in my car.
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Re: Aos 3 -> mos
« Reply #44 from previous page: June 05, 2011, 07:42:47 PM »
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Hell, they are free in the US - go into any public school in the entire country and you'll find a classroom full of old 603 - G4 Macs that they don't want to take the time or money to haul off to the dump. (And plenty of 68k machines, too.) One local school would've given every last one of 'em if I'd had the space in my car.


You jammy gits... :(

Here in the UK you still have to pay silly money for them. Just last summer my iMAC G4 cost me £160 and then £300 to upgrade (yes I know I got conned on that one... :cry:) and the iMac G5 I bought about a month later cost me £355 and they still go at those prices today on evilBay & second hand online stores... :(

I could have bought a brand new one for that money but I don't like the toffee nosed sales gits you find in Apple stores over here... :madashell:

Gawd... I paid all that dosh just to see what the internet was all about... I was robbed... :cry:
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