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I was an Amiga user in the past (still own some, but don't use them) and still follow what is happening in the Amiga world. My work requires most of my time to be spent on Windows, Linux, and Solaris. I will say that during all my computer history, I enjoyed using an Amiga the most. So what would an Amiga today have to its benefit? I would have to say responsiveness and small size. I personally would only buy one of those ITX motherboards, because you could make a compact system, like a small cube. It would be quiet, small, and use little power. It would boot up in seconds (not minutes), and not require a shutdown, just power it off.
Amiga OS 4.0 on a PPC-ITX system would allow for a really fast compact system, and because of Amiga's past history, this OS actually has a lot software already around (Unlike BeOS, QNX, SkyOS, etc etc). Why PPC? Because PPC will run AmigaOS more efficient then X86 (context switching).
So I can only see Amiga OS become successful as a compact, low power computer (or used in the embedded area), but couldn't match up against MAC OSX on a high-end system.
All I could say to people is wait until Amiga OS 4.0 is released along with an ITX motherboard, and see one hell of a responsive and fast mini computer system.
That is why I would buy an Amiga system myself. And when you compare cost, better to compare against Macs, since they both run on PPC. But I have found that Amiga/Mac try to increase speed updates through optimization of software, whereas Windows gets faster only with hardware updating, thus over a longer period, the cost of hardware upgrades will equal out with software optimization. Look at the last few MAC OSX updates to see how they try to optimize the software for speed.