New Amiga Previewed

[mobrien_12]

Don't think I'll buy one, but the OS does look pretty.

http://slashdot.org/articles/05/01/19/1518208.shtml?tid=138&tid=190

[WMD]

Heh, an 800Mhz G3 made fast by a fast OS.  Why can't Linux run this fast?  

Great work.  I'd get one if I wasn't a lazy ass with no job.  

[Calum]

linux isn't this fast because it is semi-monolithic, so it contains a bunch of code to allow a lot of hardware (a lot of it quite dodgy) to work, also over the years it has gathered what is known as cruft, they've been quite sensible about this, but any aging project can't help but acrue some hairy code that cannot be easily replaced without having a big knock-on breakage effect. also remember that linux has to be able to run on crappy old i386 processors and their various derivatives (with their various floating point issues and the fact that they are CISC rather than RISC processors) so it often is optimised for the (s)lowest common denominator.

i would really love to see a healthy modern amiga revival, it'd be cool. and it'd make apple sit up and be a bit more interesting i think.

[Aloone_Jonez]

Whilest the Amiga was a nice system in it's day I can't see it regaining it's popularity.

Why would anyone buy it?

[Fett101]

Hey.... I'm sure furries are rejoicing.

[Refalm]

quote:Originally posted by Fett101:
Hey.... I'm sure furries are rejoicing.

You posted this before. That comic is awesome.

[Fett101]

quote:Originally posted by Refalm / BOB:
You posted this before. That comic is awesome.

Yes I did, and yes it is.

[Calum]

quote:Originally posted by Aloone:
Whilest the Amiga was a nice system in it's day I can't see it regaining it's popularity.

Why would anyone buy it?

because if the software has a solid model, the hardware is being updated and there is a 'killer' app for it (ie: if it turns out you can do things better on it than on something else) then it will stay around. BeOS tried to make itself the killer must have for sound and video, it failed, for a variety of reasons. i think the new amiga concept might go a different road, and maybe it will fail, but i hope it gains a nice little niche market, and i suspect it might eat into apple's share of the market more than anybody else's. it'd be nice to see the new software be back compatible with old hardware in some way too, i haven't looked into it yet, but to me the possibilities sound quite good.

i just think it's nice that there is more out there for people than just shitey old windows rehashes and myriad *nix clones, variety is the etc of etc as they say...