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Why use Amiga in 2011?
« on: October 14, 2011, 06:19:07 AM »
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I agree.
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Re: Why use Amiga in 2011?
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2011, 06:20:37 AM »
A big fluffy beard!
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Re: Why use Amiga in 2011?
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2011, 07:18:37 AM »
Because it's 2011 and we're all barbarians!
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Re: Why use Amiga in 2011?
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2011, 07:48:57 AM »
Because it's cool, dammit!
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Re: Why use Amiga in 2011?
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2011, 09:14:31 AM »
Hi XDelusion,

Fun !!!


Regards, Michael

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Re: Why use Amiga in 2011?
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2011, 12:27:57 PM »
Because I want to, wanna fight about it? :-)
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Re: Why use Amiga in 2011?
« Reply #6 on: October 14, 2011, 12:46:59 PM »
Makes me want an AOS4 machine even more.
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Re: Why use Amiga in 2011?
« Reply #7 on: October 14, 2011, 02:12:35 PM »
Why Not? ;-)
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Re: Why use Amiga in 2011?
« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2011, 02:21:10 PM »
Because it was there and we wanted to see what would happen :)
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Re: Why use Amiga in 2011?
« Reply #9 on: October 14, 2011, 02:42:27 PM »
'cos I want to :)
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Re: Why use Amiga in 2011?
« Reply #10 on: October 14, 2011, 03:07:04 PM »
Hi,

I use my Amiga to keep my important data.

Has not crashed since 1992 (unless I made it crash by accidentally formatting) but with lharc and Directory Master, I was able to reinstall quickly from backups.

Funny how Amiga takes a lickin and keeps on clickin (Amiga disk drive, HMMM I don't think PC's have them anymore).

Hopefully I haven't made any personal attacks on anyone!!

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Re: Why use Amiga in 2011?
« Reply #11 on: October 14, 2011, 04:02:13 PM »
I've always been a fan of the classic hardware, so, I haven't looked at OS4 much. This is really impressive.

I was especially struck by how well it ran old native applications and they were still true to the original Amiga look and feel.

Hmmm ... maybe it's time to build myself a modern Amiga :-)
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Re: Why use Amiga in 2011?
« Reply #12 on: October 14, 2011, 04:35:13 PM »
Because I like the quick boot times (and Steve Jobs and Bill Gates were/are nobs).
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Re: Why use Amiga in 2011?
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Re: Why use Amiga in 2011?
« Reply #14 on: October 15, 2011, 04:02:33 PM »
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