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View Poll Results: would you buy a Mac to run MorphOS 2 if it were possible ? | |||
YES | 10 | 30.30% | |
NO | 14 | 42.42% | |
Are you insane? keep it 68k, 4 real. Init. | 9 | 27.27% | |
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19 July 2008, 14:16 | #1 |
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would you buy a Mac to run MorphOS 2 if it were possible ?
Sort of a question one step from http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=37439
Me, I've alreasy got one, and yes OSX is loverly, but sluggish and over polished compared to OS4/Morphos, basically MacOS X is good, I still prefer it to Windows/Linux, but it wants you to be it's b*tch, just like Vista... Anyway, what do you lot think?? (PS ignore the OS4 on the poll Optionons, I just cut'n'pasted from the OS4 poll, and of course you can't edit them ) |
19 July 2008, 14:19 | #2 |
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Because I'm nice I changed the poll question for you
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19 July 2008, 18:22 | #3 |
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Not until they changed their hardware lock policy.
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19 July 2008, 18:41 | #4 |
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I'd rather shove wasps up my bum than become a Steve Jobs worshipper/fan boy/iplop lover*
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19 July 2008, 21:33 | #5 |
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Sorry for picking the last option...
...I could imagine a situation where: A moment of madness on fleaBay resulted in my acquiring an old iMac & I'm left wondering what to do with it... ...then, again: If it's a 'high-end' Amiga you're after (preferably for buttons) you still can't go far wrong with Amithlon... ...but I would say that. |
20 July 2008, 09:55 | #6 |
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Have to agree with Charlie, you can get a very cheap PC box and have awesome performance running Amithlon
I would rather run MacOS on a Mac since it's way superior to MOS 2.0 Last edited by AMIGAZ; 20 July 2008 at 21:29. |
20 July 2008, 21:00 | #7 |
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Except you can't actually buy Amithlon can you?
Not that I've been able to find anyway.. |
20 July 2008, 21:34 | #8 |
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No, you can't buy Amithlon
IMO: The typically Amiga-mess surrounding its being withdrawn did the Amiga community incalculable harm... ...regardless ones opinion as to what a 'real Amiga' is; continued development would have long-since seen the classic OS running natively on cheep PC hardware in much the way Apple migrated their classic OS from 68k to PPC - fully integrated 68k & chipset emulation included. (maybe PPC too!) Amithlon can still manage most of the above (with a lot of work) - a real taste of what might have been. No interminable waiting for vapour-ware/hardware; no messing about with Bill & his cronies; no PPC-OS kludges; no being locked into a vastly under-specced & over-priced PPC platform (that doesn't practicably exist anyway). AND no stupidly over-priced classic hardware for the retro-heads that will always want to play with such stuff (me included). -SIGH- I know, it's just all the above was sooo close & so few Amiga peeps realise how close... ...back to planet Earth: -Occ copies of Amithlon do crop up on fleaBay & if you're feeling inquisitive I believe there are things called p2p networks - although of course I would never recommend such naughtiness. -X Amiga is certainly worth a look for those who want to boot a PC into AmigaOS in a realisably 'native' manner. ...back on topic: If I had an old MAC, yes I'd be looking for a PPC solution for it but I can't see myself getting one for the purpose. (Well, I've not made a long & rambling post in some time)
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