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Amiga system poll
« on: October 22, 2012, 10:20:18 AM »
Regarding cost, simplicity of installation, and retaining Amiga compatibility, which is the best choice (or compromise) for a modern Amiga system?

A) AmigaOne X1000 or similar
B) SAM motherboard
C) Mediator PCI expansion of a classic system
D) one of the FPGA systems
E) nevermind the hardware- AROS

The whole question didn't fit into the poll.  Given the four factors (cost, ease of installation, Amiga compatibility, and being modern), what do you think is the overall best Amiga system to buy?
« Last Edit: October 22, 2012, 10:33:52 AM by Mizar »
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Re: Amiga system poll
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2012, 11:17:06 AM »
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The whole question didn't fit into the poll.  Given the four factors (cost, ease of installation, Amiga compatibility, and being modern), what do you think is the overall best Amiga system to buy?


1) PowerBook G4
2) Mac Mini G4
3) PowerMac G4

Apple hardware was not listed so I voted AROS.
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Re: Amiga system poll
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2012, 12:23:16 PM »
AROS was also the closest thing to what I think it should be.

We need cheap commodity HW, and for the time being that means X86.
 

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Re: Amiga system poll
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2012, 12:48:12 PM »
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1) PowerBook G4
2) Mac Mini G4
3) PowerMac G4

Apple hardware was not listed so I voted AROS.

Amiga systems are synonomous with hardware? I use MOS on my Apple macmini but it is not Apple hardware it is my Amiga system of choice ;)


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Re: Amiga system poll
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2012, 01:23:41 PM »
flawed poll. Missing all the MorphOS options
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Re: Amiga system poll
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2012, 02:35:22 PM »
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flawed poll. Missing all the MorphOS options
That's true.

Offline pVC

Re: Amiga system poll
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2012, 03:12:48 PM »
I'd vote for some MorphOS system too.
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Re: Amiga system poll
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2012, 03:53:18 PM »
I went with AROS.
 

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Re: Amiga system poll
« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2012, 04:01:26 PM »
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I went with AROS.
Which is the most viable long term solution :)

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Re: Amiga system poll
« Reply #9 on: October 22, 2012, 04:16:24 PM »
Poll FAIL: any kind of MorphOS system is completely missing.

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Re: Amiga system poll
« Reply #10 on: October 22, 2012, 04:31:25 PM »
Aros is the only solution with a supposed future, the rest is for nostalgic people.
In this moment ,x86 is the way to go.
It's not the processor that matters, it's the way amiga is.
Having acess to faster and cheaper tech is what we want.

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Offline motrucker

Re: Amiga system poll
« Reply #11 on: October 22, 2012, 05:15:12 PM »
Can't get there from here. MorphOS is most likely the best choice for you however.
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Offline OlafS3

Re: Amiga system poll
« Reply #12 on: October 22, 2012, 05:20:10 PM »
I cannot say anything bad about MOS itself, it is certainly a good OS but it is in the same dead end as AOS, in the "PPC-Trap". So for me Aros is the only (realistic) way to go.
 

Offline wawrzon

Re: Amiga system poll
« Reply #13 on: October 22, 2012, 05:37:58 PM »
not putting mos on the list bends the result, but maybe it was on purpose. nevertheless it doesnt influence my choice. even though im only moderately interested in other aros flavors as 68k and have sentiment for my mediator system as well as would consider a fpga solution, aros is my system of choice for all those platforms. voted: aros!
 

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Re: Amiga system poll
« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2012, 05:50:52 PM »
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flawed poll. Missing all the MorphOS options

Wholly agree. MorphOS systems deserve to be included if AROS systems are included.
 
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