Why use AmigaOS 4 in 2009? - Long cut

Dan Wood shows why he is an Amiga user in 2009, he explains AmigaOS 4.1 (OS4.1 was released in 2009) and some of its features.

PS: I'm not the maker of the video. I've uploaded it with permission from Dan Wood.

This is a cut down version of the video "Why Am I An Amiga User in 2009?", from Dan's blog at http://geeks.pirillo.com/profiles/blogs/why-am-i-an-amiga-user-in-2009

First part of the full video can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD9NPPiuUec&feature=PlayList&p=C4DFFE6...

(Dan (the maker of the video) apologises for some camera auto-focus issues, "the display does not look like that".)

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[musarman]

Massive respect to all the hardcore Amiga folk who have kept it alive. I'm so chuffed to see a slick new OS true to its roots. Chuckling because my first HD in 1990 was 85MB, yes meg - what's that an album nowadays!

Revival - Renaisance!

[thatsistheguy]

Ah man. So much faster and more efficient than Windows. Perfect for all the work I can't do on this since no one gives a shit to make shit for this.

[turricaned]

@mlopinto2k1 The thing is that what Amiga did in 1985 was give you near-workstation level results at a home (or at least business) micro price - that was the *wow* factor. These days there's not really any such thing as a workstation in terms of hardware - everyone's using x86-derived stuff, so all there is really left to compete on is the user-friendliness and compact design ethos of the software. Niche stuff for sure, but still worth doing.

[turricaned]

@turricaned But the underpinnings of the AmigaOS *design* still stand head-and-shoulders above the competition in some respects. Amiga Inc. weren't doing the impossible period, they were doing the impossible *on a micro in that price bracket* - in terms of economy of operation, it has the potential to be streets ahead still.

[turricaned]

@mlopinto2k1 But what made the Amiga special compared to the competition? IMO the answer is that it was designed by a company who cared about it from top to bottom. Both the Mac and PC were originally orphan projects - IBM saw micros as a fad, and Jobs backed the Mac only after the spectacular bomb that was Lisa. Windows was just a graphical shell for pushing MS Office. Unsurprisingly a lot of the momentum was lost when CBM made some bad calls...

[mlopinto2k1]

@turricaned You are absolutely correct. There is an inherent problem with this thinking though. I understand all of what we use now was or is in some form from the past but Amiga redefined the line-up of what was available. This also stems off of that commodore/amiga AIO unit being sold that uses Intel's mobile chip. I want to see something new. Something created. Something that will make me go ooooo... ahhhhhh.

[turricaned]

@dennys82 If the Trashcan works, it's already better than MacOS 9. ;) :P

[turricaned]

@mlopinto2k1 Well, let's back up a minute here. Modern PC architecture owes a considerable amount to the Amiga. What are GPUs if not modern equivalents of the Copper and Blitter? Modern high-end audio cards use the same DMA-based methods as Paula. Believe me there are enough potential users to make AmigaOS viable as a hobbyist platform at the very least.

[dennys82]

It's very close to Mac OS 9

[rasvoja]

@MUSTDOS

Company "Commodore" went bankroupt and Amiga patents started changing owners that mostly did promises and no products. Amiga users were demanding new machines, new OSs dissapointed and turning to Macs and PCs (unwillingly but no choice).With only minor tweaks up to 2000, development of OS 4 continued as late as 2002, to be done in 2006, plagued by more court cases, to be cleared and freed on Sept 2009 Rocky road. Good history web site is amigahistory co uk

[MUSTDOS]

@rasvoja Why did it disappear? that OS was great.