Sascha “SieGeL” Pfalz has written a small review about his first experiences with the Developer Pre-Release version of AmigaOS4. For help and advice by developers and beta-testers AmigaworldNET has set up a new IRC channel. Some first customized screenshots by an user: Screenshot 1 Screenshot2
It’s all good from here
Are they tryning to borrow from OSX?
Read again: “user customizable shots”. The default AOS4 is not like that.
Well, OS4 does look quite nice, actually I think those are the native shots…. the blue window is the selected one, it’s basically a shiny metallic 3D look of the same colors of WB 3.1 which the OS is coded from…. screeny: http://www.amiga.org/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=999&cid=22
there are more at amiga.org…. too lazy to find a good one really
Well, it’s finally here!
Unfortunately, I think it’s too late for me. I’ve been an Amiga owner since 1987. I actually own a couple of them. I bought Amithlon from the local Amiga dealer a few years ago and have a system that it runs OS 3.9 on. I have a working Workbench running under UAE, and I keep my eye on AROS.
I REALLY REALLY WANT to like the new Amiga OS, but, I just can’t seem to do it. Every time I go back to an Amiga or Amiga-like system, I have to wonder how all of the Amigans who stuck with the platform manage to actually work. There isn’t even a port of Mozilla yet! I can’t find software to do much of anything that I take for granted in Linux. The software I do find is not as polished, and there seems to be WAY too much shareware and not nearly enough FOSS for the Amiga.
Now, it could be that I’m inept and can’t find what I’m looking for. It could be that AmiNet is such a mess that I couldn’t find what I was looking for even if I knew it was in there somewhere. It could be that it doesn’t exist. But it really doesn’t matter. The Amiga is no longer a platform that I could even consider as a day-to-day computing platform.
I WANT to go back to my Amiga. I loved my Amiga. It was by far the best computer I ever owned, in it’s day. But it’s a new day now. I’ve been using Linux since 1993 and using it exclusively since 1997, and I don’t know if it’s fortunate or not, but Linux has become home for me. I’m comfortable in Linux, the software I need is available to me there, and it’s free. How can the new Amiga compete with that?
I know the x86 debate has been done to death, but I’d be willing to buy a $150 OS4 that ran on my Athlon, even if I wasn’t going to use it, just to support the Amiga. I can’t possibly consider buying the Eyetech box though. It’s just too dang expensive.
-Signals
I would say that, the state the the Amiga is in is the state that is has been in up until now, as a result of the past circumstances. Now that there is this new version of Amiga OS – V4, (albeit pre-release Beta so far)…. this is a new step forward and will open up new possibilities. You should be looking to the future to see where you can take this new platform, rather than where it has been taken by others up until now. Your stance doesn’t seem to be to be very open minded about it and something of a victim role that focuses on what hasn’t happened and what the consequences of past decisions have been. This is a new version of the OS with new capabilities and prospects for a new future direction. I think it has some merit even it, at this point in time, the community and attention paid to its software is still small. Who makes it what it is, if not you?
This company is still in buisness? What sort of people use Amigas, what’s their niche? Windows is for novices, Mac’s for artists, Linux is for enthusists and servers, and BSD is for hardcore hackers and secure servers, what is Amiga for?
Amiga is for those that are fed up with the bloat that is Windows, and want a fast and stable alternative computing platform.
OS4 sounds ok but I prefer Morphos instead.
well, there are plenty of platforms like that for x86, I can’t imagine buying obscure hardware just to escape from windows. I might get a mac some day, at least they have decent 3rd party support.
Not a very politic thing to have in the screengrab, a still of a pirated cartoon, in this case Family Guy. Not something I’d want promoting my product. “Look, after serveral years of <insert quantity> of work we finally did it, and here’s a picture of some guy’s illegal cartoon collection” A poor choice.
Damien
Yes.. Amiga have technically ALLWAYS been better that other platforms (x86 IS ONE platform, with various os’s)….
Amiga never goes down unless a poor written program, and no matter how old the installation of WB/AmigaOS is on classic amiga, it will allways boot under 1 minnute (take that x86).
But enough of flaming’…
The only thing U cant do with amiga, that u can do on x86, is homebanking, thus the lack of java on amiga.
And still people are using it… By the way… If U need homebanking on amiga, then boot your netBSD or Linux m68K.
Thats it..
Just got a quick question for the Amiga peeps, is there a reseller based in North America that I can buy an AmigaONE motherboard from. Not that I’m afraid of the Euro or buying from Europe but I’d much rather deal with a company that doesn’t have to ship me something overseas.
Amiga-dealer/reseller…
http://www.sacc.org/links.html
On this page U can see some dealers/sellers of amigaONE
You can also check in the AmigaOne Dealers in the right block of http://amigaworld.net there are seven US dealers on the list :O)
black background and tiny white text sorry i am not reading it…
Thanks for the help, now to wait till payday
Amiga never goes down unless a poor written program
Without MP AmigaOS going down (or should, becaouse of corrupted memory) everytime something went wrong. Go, run Enforcer/GuardianAngel and wait for hits. You’ll be surprised.
it will allways boot under 1 minnute
My x86 Linux box will boot under 2 minutes. But I have to boot it only once in a week (it’s desktop, so I don’t have to keep it alive), and when it boots it brings: two SQL databases, POP3/SMTP, Apache, mount Samba shares & so on.
The only thing U cant do with amiga, that u can do on x86
Add some items to your list: no way to do .NET/.GNU/Mono, C#, no decent browser, video editing software, no IDE’s, no UTF, no Office package. And that’s just a top of the moutain.
then boot your netBSD or Linux m68K.
Oh, please. Have you ever try to boot & use any U*NX solution on m68k, and run Mozilla + Java?
I still like AmigaOS-alike systems: MorphOS & AROS, I haven’t seen AmigaOS4 yet, but I’ll probably will someday. They are nice, I can use them with no problem. But all points above are invalid. AmigaOS is just like old car. It’s not so fast, it’s not filled with new HI-TECH gadgets, but You still like it. But don’t go on ride around the Europe, because it can crash, and you’ll have to go back with x86..errm.. new car. 🙂
Yes.. Amiga have technically ALLWAYS been better that other platforms (x86 IS ONE platform, with various os’s)….
But then again, is the Amiga 1000 and the AmigaONE the same platform? If it is, then the Mac is too, hmm, and probably just about any computer ever built.
Amiga never goes down unless a poor written program
Any modern os is pretty much that stable these days.
and no matter how old the installation of WB/AmigaOS is on classic amiga, it will allways boot under 1 minnute (take that x86).
My five year old x86 boots in 15-20sec. The answer: BeOS
The only thing U cant do with amiga, that u can do on x86, is homebanking, thus the lack of java on amiga.
You are trying to tell me that the AmigaOS has the same amount of software that Windows or even Linux has except for Java? Come on!
It might be true that many people will be satisfied with AmigaOS, but not everyone. Please don’t fool yourself.
And still people are using it…
And I’m still using BeOS. And I’m pretty much considered a nutcase for doing so. But I don’t go around advertising BeOS with facts that were true 5 years ago, but aren’t anymore. BeOS is no longer more stable than Windows for example. I don’t have to lie to myself to stick to BeOS. I stick to BeOS because I like it, it’s easy to use and maintain, it’s fast and it does what I tell it to do. It’s still the best OS for me. But I can’t say that it would be able to replace Windows for everyone.
I am still a fan of the old amiga, it has a hardware design that I still admire, and the platform also had some of he most talented coders I’ve seen.
But if I compare OS4 to BeOS, I can do a lot more with BeOS on cheaper hardware. The only reason I would buy PPC hardware would be to run OSX on it. But then again, it’s not worth the money to me.
“Add some items to your list: no way to do .NET/.GNU/Mono, C#, no decent browser, video editing software, no IDE’s, no UTF, no Office package. And that’s just a top of the moutain. ”
Well, just a minor correction here. You CAN indeed do video editing and very well, but only on the classic machines (or preferably a Draco).
As for IDEs you have stuff like StormC, which is not what you’re thinking of I’m sure, but it still is an IDE – although not for RAD.
No Office package – that’s true, but I can get my work done on the tools that are there. Three fairly good word processors, several nice spreadsheets and a selection of database programs. Of course they can exchange information via Arexx although they are not integrated as such.
Web browsers is a sore point indeed – and Java also. The JAmiga effort looks good, but still has a long way to go.
AWeb is slowly brought up to date and hopefully some people are working on a Mozilla port for all the Amiga-like platforms.
As for some of the other points you make. Well, the Amiga is a desktop solution and not a server solution, so some of the points are less relevant. If my AmigaOne crashes I have it running again 10 seconds later – sometimes I do it just to clean up a bit. The 10 seconds includes everything – starting TCP/IP, a small web server and some other tidbits. That said, eventually application crashes should be less critical when some sort of MP is implemented into the system. Don’t expect it to be BSD or Solaris though.
rain makes a good point above. He uses BeOS because he likes it. It’s the same for me with AmigaOS. Plus it has a huge back catalogue of software that still runs under the new operating system(s). There is one advantage over BeOS and OS X – quantity. You can be pretty sure that you can find whatever small piece of software you might need for a given task.
The system is quite stable though. Even though this is a beta version I’ve had my machine run for over a week (the longest I’ve been away for it withough installing updates) with my usual applications running on it.
The classic systems ? Well, I did have an uptime of 40 days on my A3000 till I couldn’t stand the noise at night any more…
I do supplement the Amiga with a Powerbook, since those are hands down the best solutions for the road – even with something like Amiga Forever on a wintel laptop. But I do 95% of my computing from AmigaOS 4 these days – including browsing, writing, IRCing, mail, streaming music using AmiNetRadio and so on. Why? Because I like it.
“AmigaOS is just like old car. It’s not so fast, it’s not filled with new HI-TECH gadgets, but You still like it. But don’t go on ride around the Europe, because it can crash, and you’ll have to go back with x86..errm.. new car. :-)”
Old cars are stronger that new ones, they work for more years and although they have a burst wheel they run.my 22 years old car run with a burst wheel but my new 1 year old car with burst wheel does not move and almost it upsets.So replaces the old car by the amiga and the new one by x86.what I mean is that not always the new thing is better or does more things although it have more advances
my amiga made all that i need and is more stable and responsible than my windows or linux machines, my mac machine (pre osx) are good but the os is not as easy of use than the amigaos, and osx sucks as windows sucks.
sorry for my patetic english
“black background and tiny white text sorry i am not reading it…” Please, try a browser that lets you select a different CSS. I love Opera’s ‘user mode’ button that switches everything to black text, white background, sane font and no BG image. Pretty sure mozilla can do this too.
Of course, if you had actually wanted to read the article in the first place, you would have (perhaps by copy/pasting the text into a text editor), so it seems apparent that you didn’t want to that bad in the first place. Why bother then making up excuses for it? Just don’t read it.
no decent browser
iBrowse, AWeb to name a couple. Define decent browser.
I have to agree with you. I’ve beeen following the Amiga community ever since i left it (early 90s). Now that i’ve found linux i cant imagine using anything else. I cant imagin anything more customizable (other than other open source OSs). I think if i ever use another Amiga, it’ll prolly be AROS. At leat then i should be able to compile my own kernel and enable/disable parts of the system i will/wont use. Thats one reason i love linux.
However, im very glad the pre-release is finaly out. Cant wait till the next OS4 show around melbourne. I’ll be there.
Try an amigaos 3.9 on an 1200 with PPC-Card and 256 mb of ram, plus an 7200rpm (or more) harddrive… Or lets put an scsi onto that system.
I bet it will run so fast, that U have never seen an computer run… On classic i mean that the base for a computer should eighter be an: 500, 500+, 600, 1000, 1200, 2000, 2500, 3000, 4000 and so on…
And yet, running an linux or netbsd on such a machine is not slow (that one with PPC). I have been told that even an 1200 with a blizzard ppc-card (or some other ppc), should be able to run Os4…
And for the record, i am only using windows, because of my education.. When it is done, i will never use windows again…
By the way: I have seen a 1mhz computer running as a webserver, with only 64kb ram. And i have seen an 7,14 mhz computer play mp3…. (so old commodore machines are pretty cool).
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“AmigaOS is just like old car. It’s not so fast, it’s not filled with new HI-TECH gadgets, but You still like it. But don’t go on ride around the Europe, because it can crash, and you’ll have to go back with x86..errm.. new car. :-)”
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Well well… x86 IS older than amiga.. x86 was introduced to the world around 1979/1980(81)…
The first amiga hit the shops sometime around june/juli 1985.
http://www.amiga600.de/
On this link, u will see what type of amiga without PPC that is possible..
This amiga even got usb. It is not perfect as beos or qnx are, thus no system is so far ahead with new “addons” and so as windows are.
I personally like other systems, like beos, amiga, linux, qnx and so…. Still i have not seen a system with so many technic’s as windows. The only thing that makes me not use windows when my education is over, are the speed and the ammount of virus, spyware and so…
I know all thet. Been using Amiga past 12 years as developer & user.
Define decent browser.
Here you go: full support for HTML4.0, XHTML1.1, CSS2, XForms addons like tabs, ritch media plugins, MathML, Sessions/Cookies/Bookmark manager. I know IBrowse can do tab browsing, and Voyager has some level of Flash support, but Amiga browsers are nowhere near Mozilla or Opera. And please, don’t try to prove me wrong. I’ve been using Amiga so long, that Im quite sure about it.
Great news, jeah!!!!!!!
Its a pity that your copy of AmigaOS doesn’t come with a grammar or spell checker.
Really interesting reading some of them comments…
I first started using the Amiga (A500) in 1989. It literally changed my life, and is the main reason I am where I am today. It was this machine that sparked my passion for computers, which then led me to go on to do a degree in Electronic Engineering, followed by a PhD. Now, I am a university lecturer, teaching C++, and hardware and software architectures. I owe the Amiga alot.
However, I had to abandon my Amiga when I started my degree in favour of an x86 machine. Although it pained me at the time to do so, I have since come to appreciate the platform. Although my preferred OS is Linux, I don’t actually mind Windows XP anymore either.
With the release of AmigaOS 4, I am very excited indeed – the OS is really quite beautiful, and if previous versions are anything to go by, it willl probably be very responsive and quick! The concerns that people have raised here are valid – i.e. lack of software etc. But it is important to remember that this is a practically brand new platform – that is why the pre-release cd has been shipped to early buyers of the AmigaOne. This way, new applications will slowly come to the fore.
I for one will definitely be purchasing a new microA1 when they become available. Granted, these machines are still quite expensive, but I feel some obligation to the platform that made my life what it is today.
Even if the whole Amiga thing turns out to be a massive flop, we’ll still have Linux capable hardware, on top of which we can even run Mac OS X! So as far as not having enough software for the new hardware, this is simply not true:
Buy an AmigaOne today, and what you’ll get is the only platform on which you can run Amiga OS 4 on. (New) software may be a little on the thin side at the moment, but this is easily supplemented by running Linux an MacOnLinux.
Either way, it’s all good!
Well yes.. It IS a pity that: Linux, Windows, AmigaOS and all other operatingsystems does not come with a spell-checker.
This is really neat!
Now that the OS is out, developers can start building up a small foundation of applications again.
Most things have stood still the last few years.
>By flibblesan (IP: —.ipt.aol.com)
>no decent browser
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>iBrowse, AWeb to name a couple. Define decent browser.
One that supports frames, JavaVM, SSL, flash, CSS, to name a few. No one Amiga browser really supports all of these the way it should.
My Amiga 3000T died in May of 1998. At that time, I was using iBrowse, YAM and Miami for internet access. In February 2004 I went to an Amiga users group meeting. They had a demo of the AmigaONE running a public beta of OS4. The browser was iBrowse. I was surprised at how little progress had been made with Amiga web browsers in almost 6 years. These users seemed to be very insulated from the ‘real world’. They brought up OSNews.com and I noticed the display looked very different from what I was accustomed to seeing in Mozilla. Reason: iBrowse doesn’t support frames correctly. Another user then went to one of those ‘crash my browser’ websites and made a grand display of how it couldn’t crash iBrowse. Why? The site could only crash frames capable browsers. This idiot actually thought iBrowse was a better browser because it didn’t collapse as soon as it hit the page. I suspect many of these people have never seen the internet through anything but broken web browsers. Not realizing the internet they’ve been seeing isn’t at all the way it’s supposed to look.
“Add some items to your list: no way to do .NET/.GNU/Mono, C#, no decent browser, video editing software, no IDE’s, no UTF, no Office package. And that’s just a top of the moutain. ”
You have no clue! Video editing was and still is done on Amiga systems usig the Viseo Toaster. Its one of the best software/hardware editors out still and is less then many PC systems. Check out newtek.com and you will see.
As far a home banking goes Ibrowse does it just fine. It has outstanding Java script support. I use it for my home banking every day. Before you post about a system make sure you at least know what your talking about.
You have no clue! Video editing was and still is done on Amiga systems usig the Viseo Toaster. Its one of the best software/hardware editors out still and is less then many PC systems. Check out newtek.com and you will see.
Uh, isn’t this discussion about the AmigaOne and OS4? How does the video toaster run on the new PPC hardware? I thought it was for “classic” 68k Amigas only.
-Signals
Amiga web browsers suck. That is my opinion based on research I did while working at Genesi last year as a web developer. CSS is a 1996 technology but none of the browsers do anything about it. Even basic tags don’t work right (frames in iBrowse, lists in Voyager, etc). These “browsers” compare nicely to Netscape and IE, in their 1996 variations, back when you didn’t have to support the standards as most people designed sites for their favorite browser and not the standards.
While at Genesi I (with the little bit of influence I had) pushed them to improve Voyager. I believed that without a real web browser they would never gain a significant marketshare and would have a difficult time landing OEM contracts that relied upon their (otherwise pretty cool) OS. When a company with the (then understood) resources of Genesi didn’t go head-strong into it, I can’t see this situation improving for either platform.
At least OSX has a decent browser.
Damien
Well…. I have been talking to a lot of people in the amiga-community.. They all say, that amiga does not support java… Talking to amigaowners is the basis for my statement.
Fianlly! This pre-release is very cool! Anyway i’m waiting for the incoming updates to use my system to the max!
I only need java and a port of mozilla on os4, and untill that happens, i will NOT buy the new amiga with Os4..
Yet I think that this new system is promissing for an old platform like amiga.
Quote from Signal:
“I know the x86 debate has been done to death, but I’d be willing to buy a $150 OS4 that ran on my Athlon, even if I wasn’t going to use it, just to support the Amiga. I can’t possibly consider buying the Eyetech box though. It’s just too dang expensive.”
This is the sentiment of many who realize Amiga OS’s true potential. Unfortunately, those who have run Amiga (into the ground) in the past, and continue to lead Amiga (there) today, have not understood the potential at all. They’ve ALL run from the lucrative market to a niche market and DO NOT GET IT. They do, however, get what they deserve by catering to smallness.
The famed (but politically-squashed?) Amithlon achieved a classic Amiga OS running on a regular PC at a speed of “ten times faster than the fastest Amiga”. One can only imagine what could be done on AMD64, where the market is vast.
–EyeAm (not an Amigan since April 2001)
“Finger to the status quo!”
http://s87767106.onlinehome.us/mes/NovioSite/index.html
Quoted:
“it will allways boot under 1 minnute”
My classic A1200 boots in 13 seconds or less.
Future Amiga OSes could easily boot in less time–especially if on AMD64
At ONE TIME, those who were in charge of producing the Amiga OS were going for the goal of ‘Instant On’ (like a television set), but I haven’t heard anything more on this.
Considering FlashRAM/FRAM, it is entirely probable that OSes go this route–not just Amiga OS (if they do).
–EyeAm
“Finger to the status quo!”
http://s87767106.onlinehome.us/mes/NovioSite/index.html
You have no clue! Video editing was and still is done on Amiga systems usig the Viseo Toaster.
I have a clue, mind you. My friend used to run video studio on Amiga. But it’s 2004. VT, even if it’s still nice, can’t fight with today standards. People wants DVD’s from thier weddings, and they want it ASAP. IMHO, if you’re not a writer, Amiga & AmigaOS can’t be consider as solution for work. OTOH, it’s excellent hobby. But just a hobby.
Wake up, Acill. 😉
This product should have been out in the mid 90s and might have good a load of people behind it. but to release this in 2004 is just suicide as this is really only aimed at people who will spend any sort of money on a brand. $800 for a motherboard in 2004 is just stupid.
Why the die-hards buy their boards what will happen next with no income? downhill fall and Eyetech deserve it.
This product should have been out in the mid 90s and might have got a load of people behind it. but to release this in 2004 is just suicide as this is really only aimed at people who will spend any sort of money on a brand. $800 for a motherboard in 2004 is just stupid.
Why the die-hards buy their boards what will happen next with no income? downhill fall and Eyetech deserve it.
I’ve read many of the posts and they are quite critical of the Amiga and OS 4 in general. Yes the Amiga does not have “decent” web browsers. Yes the Amiga does not have an “integrated” Office package. Yes the Amiga does not have NLV editing which can quickly and cleanly produce a DVD. Yes the Amiga hardware and OS should have been updated in 1995.
If you need those things I’m sure you have a computer system which provides them to you. I’m sure you like that computer system, no one ever claimed that the Amiga OS4 on the Amiga One was the end all be all computer platform. It’s just another choice, there are lots of platforms available it is just another one. This is a good thing because it helps people to see what other possibilities are. If you think the world only needs one operating system and one architecture then I feel sorry for you.
What Amiga OS4 and the Amiga One platform represent is that it’s still possible to have new ideas (or care about old ones) in the computing world. For the hardware it is expensive, low production volumes are the only reason for that. The hardware is dated, sure it is, Eyetech and their partners are not as stoopid as some people where want them to be. The AmigaOne SE/XE was a motherboard to get us to the next level, to provide something to develop to. With out the AmigaOne there would be no OS4. Hell if Linux was really the end all be all OS then there would have been enough market to support PPC based motherboards to run linux. From what I’ve seen linux is not there yet. As for OS 4 it’s a complete rewrite of the kernel, kickstart system, FileSystem and other piecese too. At this point most of the system tools and utilities which are commonly used have been ported to support the new platform and the new processor. This was done by a decicated group of people working for the last two years with little to no compensation. They did it because they like it. It’s an impressive feat to think that 20 or 30 people around the world can work together to port an OS that was as much in the hardware as in software. It’s as impressive as anyone project where developers around the world dedicate their personal time for something they like doing. Much like Open Source software. Not have used Koffice before but I’m sure that their first release was a perfect replacement for MS Office, yeah.. right.
Over the last 10 years Amiga users have become a VERY patience bunch of people, they have PC’s and Mac’s now but yet they still wait for the new system. Why? Because they like it.
So be happy there are people who are doing things they like and are willing to make sacrifices for things they like.
Bill “tekmage” Borsari
PS sorry for the poor spelling and grammar, seams the latest version of XP nor Firefox can spell/grammar check a webform text box.
In your long post, you give some good points and I can only say that you are completely right…
By the way… Have you seen the C-One board??? This is a task allmost completed by one person, a woman.
Link..
http://c64upgra.de/c-one/
These are two completely different technologies, blame Netscape for trying to cash in on the PR of Java when they renamed LiveWire to LiveScript and then to JavaScript. See http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/jshistory.html for more.
JavaScript is a browser-based scripting language that has been taken out of its context and used for other things, e.g. both Mozilla and Macromedia heavily use it to customize their applications (XUL and extensions, respectively).
Java is a bytecode programming language where your code is compiled to run in a virtual machine (called a JVM), the proposed intention being to be able to run the same bytecode application on any system, but in practice it isn’t perfect.
AmigaOS/MorphOS browsers have support for JavaScript but AFAIK no (decent) JVMs exist for either OS.
So please, folks, get it right.
Damien
I was surprised. For some reason, I thought they’d decided not to have emulation for existing software. In my mind, that was a deal breaker, making MorphOS the only choice for future PPC Amiga-lovers, as they make a big deal out of running older software under emulation.
I was happy to see in this review that it does indeed support 68040+FPU emulation, and further research verified this.
Since the AmigaONE boards are now available in North America, and the MorphOS boards are still next to impossible to find here, I may have my decision made. Now, if I only had a spare $900 for the G4 AmigaONE board…
Hi all,
I am an ex-amiga user (I think I definitely moved to windows in 2000). nI just wanted to say that I still monitor AOS news almost daily since then !! I am glad AOS4 is moving forward and since I am part of the European mozilla community, I hope that amizilla will finally become reality
I am sure that there are many others like me, ex AOS3 users, who would get a new amiga in the future.
Hi Folks,
This is just the start of a new era for Amiga OS. Hyperion & Co. have provided the foundation to allow Amiga OS to expand to the needs of the user.
People seem to be critizing AOS`s faults, but not looking at its boons.
AmigaOS is highly compact and frugal more compact then Windows. People talk about boot times, buts its more then that. Its the little things like playing MP3`s on a 14mhz cpu. That kind of effciency is a major boon in all areas of the OS. Then the response of the GUI. I`m sat here typing this on a 2.6ghz/geforce PC and at times it still doesn`t feel as responsive as my 060/voodoo. yes, any modern PC will pound the AmigaONe for mips, but mips ain`t everything. Plus not one virus/trojan/worm bothered my Amiga or still does. Configure that GUI. Intuition has always been tweakable, its even more so in AOS4.
Rememmber this is just a pre-release for earlybirds. Once the hardcore Amiga coders get there teeth into it, then you will start seeing some lava spewing from the once dormant Amiga volcano which is just starting to erupt…