Why Am I an Amiga user in 2009? - Part 2 of 3

[Traductus5972]

sucks that this os is ppc only, i really wanna try it out

[Retrosofer]

Another awesome video dude, i know my way around the Amiga OS, used 3.9 for a long time, but found it was alittle buggy and just not as good as it should have been. Concidering i just wanted to play old Amiga games anyway, i decided to stick with OS 3.5.

[Stroggoth]

I own several older Amigas, and used everything they ever built before selling off. The current incarnation of Amiga is a joke. I am running a Hexacore (12 hts) Intel with 12 gb of DDR, 200gb of SSD SATA3, dual Radeons with 2 gb each (xfire). The OS is loaded off of RAM-based SSD, which is as fast as most ROM systems. Performance is no longer an issue for almost anything I do. Boot is 12 seconds from cold. WHAT does Amiga offer me now? NOTHING, but 512mb ram..

[SingularityEmulator]

Hmm Amiga has a RAM disk........Windows has disk RAM!

Amiga 4 ever :)

[Mii2626]

RTFM=Read The Fucking Manual

I just searched it on wikipedia

[russhurley]

is this still being developed? just noticed some G3 power-macs in cash converters...

[russhurley]

is this still being deleloped? just noticed some G3 powermacs in cashconverters...

[go2wrona12]

Where can I buy Amiga with simmilar power to my PC so I can use it as a normal PC for web, e-mail, officework? Is it possible?

[OOIEatte]

Is there any way to run Amiga OS 4 in a virtual machine?

[codeythesilent]

So this AMAZING os can only run on some old legacy hardware? Kinda hard to take amiga os seriously unless I missed something.

[ematech]

25 years ahead !

[blade004]

If i purchased a second hand G4 MAC (can't exactly buy a new one can I!? lol) and bought the Amiga OS, would this run on that machine!????

[amoskodare]

@blade004 & averagegilo

Yes, you can buy both new and second-hand systems for AmigaOS 4. Explore the links in the description... and you can try finding some OS4 systems on ebay too :)

[averagegilo]

Where could I get one like this?  And how much would it be?

[amoskodare]

@averagegilo & blade004

Yes, you can buy both new and second-hand systems for AmigaOS 4. Explore the links in the description... and you can try finding some OS4 systems on ebay too :)

[vonzuchter]

@richardmaudsley77 I'M very excited about natami. looks cool so far. emulators and amiga os just dont feel like commodore. they dont feel amiga. the natami team promises that sweet feeling. if its comes 2500-3000 euros max i'm BUYING IT. I still spend a few hours every month on my amiga 1200 as a hobbie. its a 1993 machine. it almost died 2 times but had it fixed. had to send it all the way to new zealand. absolutly no support here in greece although there is a strong community of amiga users.

[vonzuchter]

almost 20 years have passed and i am still amazed by the power of workbench 3.1. by far the best os after the modern wonder of macos x. amiga just like linux is the proof that good programming and good architecture beats proccesor speed and ram and all this fancy tech stuff. imagine with todays proccesing power and ram what would workbench be like if commodore was still alive. macos x my ass.

[vonzuchter]

@richardmaudsley77 commodre used to be the first to do stuff. not copy others. apple tries to do this. always trying new stuff. amiga was like that. the amiga is dead. i petty those like this dude in this video. I still use my a1200 8 mb ram and 500mb scsi disk. i love the machine. but i wont spent 10000 euros to make a machine thats immitates what pcs and macs do. back in the days macs and pc's immitated what i was doing with my amiga 1000. There was a dream called amiga. now its called macosx

[potis21]

Why everyone keeps the exposure of theil camera at "auto" setting and unlocked? Lock the exposure to right before burning a white shot with some black stripe (you amigans tell me that you don't know how to make a greyscale pattern!!!!), fix the focus adjust it and shoot then. You'll be stunned by the results.

comment by somene that used an amiga professionally.

(oh, there are Genlocks as well, even for the dblpal - dblntsc or RTG graphics!)

[d0dge25]

The RAM disk was/is still one of my favourite features.

Running a classic 1200/060 Zorro VI w/ Mediator PCI & Voodoo 4 gfx board and AOS3.9

[Dreamcass]

In a lot of ways, this is similar to my favorite OS, Puppy Linux. Puppy Linux also is about 100 MB, runs in ram, is very responsive, and you can download and install files to the ramdisk. Like in Amiga OS, if you don't like what you've done, just don't select "save to disk" when you shutdown. Otherwise, it saves your changes to the very same CD or DVD R that you booted the OS on. I definitely have to try out Amiga OS 4.1, as soon as I find a PPC computer to try it on!

[Keruaran]

Nice.

[deelberg]

Will amiga games run on Aros??

[TheDeadlyAvenger]

Datatypes are still a really cool idea

[deelberg]

Hey dude can you install Amiga OS on a Non amiga board???

[Jumpseri]

@deelberg

'Different' PowerPC-machines that support AmigaOS 4.x Sam440,Sam460,Pegasos and PowerPC accelerated classic AGA Amigas. Theres AmigaOne x1000 coming soon too.

There's no AmigaOS for for the x86, but closes thing to this on a x86 might be AROS, they really try to get a true amiga touch in it.

[LOveERDos]

at this point use linux is a good alternative to windows and cost nothing! Amiga for me is dead real amiga is untill the A4000 after they become Expansive PC!

[karadok666]

@LOveERDos You are dam right. I love the old Amigas and i still have them. The AmigaOne is NOT an Amiga. Just a stupid name for marketing purposes.

[LOveERDos]

@karadok666 me too i have an 2000 ,4000, and i love this 2 amazing machine, they never crash from 1993, contrarily my PC crashed and formated 2000 times <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3 Amiga Love you for ever<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3

[Jumpseri]

@karadok666 btw. what do you people think about Natami is it a true amigish PLATFORM?

[karadok666]

@Jumpseri This thing is really cool i think. It is something like the already ready to order Firebee project (a TOS compatible Coldfire board) from the Atari scene.

I hope the Natami guys will reach their goal :)

[uptherockmate]

hello any 1 out there

[uptherockmate]

a g 4 the last time i had a g4 was me and 4 guys in the room lol lol any 1 els

[DeoxysAndMew]

COOL

[hecblack]

mmmm ok!

[Theleviathandark]

Good video

[MustNotRead]

the right-click menus have always been a part of AmigaOS....thats not a Mac thing.

[karadok666]

@MustNotRead The whole Destop is a Xerox PARC thing. Apple got the license and others stole it from Apple. Yes - a right click on a desktop makes the difference - you are right :DDDDDD Huuuurayyyy - Commodore invented the right click on menus! Ok the Workbench was really cool but what the hell you are talking about stupid right click things? Do you really think that makes it a special style?

[TheDeadlyAvenger]

@MustNotRead - Actually a Xerox thing ;)

[techguruuk]

@MustNotRead Never said it was a Mac thing, it was just a comparison for mainstream users that they are more likely to be familiar with "like a mac".

[vonzuchter]

well nice machine. but its not an amiga mate. i'll stick to my wb 3.1 A1200 68020 with 8mb fast ram and 600mb hard disk. its got pc and mac part. the only thing amiga are some bit of the operating system. the amiga hardware arhitecture is gone. its a pc with a workbench like operating system. total waste of money in my opinion.

[LOveERDos]

@vonzuchter iìm agree with you amiga is finish with the a4000

[giggabyt78]

amiga come back

[sigmageneral]

the mainboard amigaone cost 700$

fully equipped PC or mac cost 500 $

haha hhhhh

[landasn]

Yes, that's called economies of scale.

There are very few Amigas sold now compared to PCs so they cost more to manufacturer and sell. It's a hobbyist PC and its users know that.

We'd love to see more people using it which would bring the cost down and give us more friends to talk to.

Ever used an Amiga? Now is a great time to come back to the community. It's still fun and a really enjoyable hobby alternative to Windows or OS X.

[SarahKreuz31]

yeah, that`s the problem indeed. I got a full equipment dualcore PC for 400 Euro.

[EvilMaxxx94]

would counter strike work on amiga os?

[sqned]

I don't know why not? Maybe through emulator?

[johnblack627]

Would an apple monitor work with your machine? I thought it was the mini dvi cord.

[techguruuk]

the amigaone uses ATI Radeon cards, they have DVI outputs, you can get adaptors from mini dvi to standard DVI

[chfireball]

Nice Video! thanks for putting it up.