Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 27th Jul 2008 22:20 UTC, submitted by paolone
It's not exactly bliss and angels in the Amiga world. AmigaOS 4.0, while done, released, and updated, is hard to come by because you either need a supported classic Amiga, or one of the three Amiga Ones ever sold. With a lawsuit underway nobody really understands, and no interest whatsoever from any hardware vendor, the future looks rather grim. On the MorphOS side the grass isn't exactly a whole lot greener. MorphOS 2.0 has been released, but again, nobody is producing any decent hardware for the operating system to run on. Genesi sells the Efika-based OpenClient, but this device lacks the graphical chipset to power the new 3D features of MorphOS 2.0. In addition, MorphOS 2.0 has a hefty price tag of EUR 150. There is a third option, which has been making steady progress for years now: AROS.
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Is it just me that thinks that one of AROS huge strengths compare to AmigaOS/MorphOS is that it runs on x86 hardware? Actually, I am quite sure a lot of people agree with me:) And it would be the only way to be able to ship AOS/MOS in any higher frequencies (obs, not Vista or OS X like amounts). Specialized hardware that's expensive is not the way to go, iNTEL is faster, cheaper, and more the right choice today. Heck even OS X is focusing on it along with ARM.
Contact ASUS and get it ported really well to EeePC (or whatever all their variations are called) and you'll see some progress. That is hardware people could buy to run AROS/AmigaOS/MorphOS