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"That other platforms don't" with higher power is a bit of a tricky one, There is nothing conceiveable that any platform offers over say Windows on x86_64. At least on the surface it has is all anyone would ever need and has better support for a wider range of software, development tools and hardware. Yet people still use and develop for Mac OS despite its meager market share. I guess my answer is that developers will develop for an Amiga if Amiga were a viable platform and they like Amiga? In the 90's Mac enthusiasts used to cite FPU performance? as a reason to use their machine instead of a PC and justify the cost. There no longer exists any such hardware distinctive. Yes, the modern custom ARM designs of Apple have some impressive performance characteristics, but the Intel CPU's have more support, still maintain a slight edge in raw power and are the only real choice for gaming outside consoles. Quote:
What you say about the treadmill is right. Being realistic, the distinctives that made the Amiga chipset groundbreaking cannot be repeated today. 3d, video and AI acceleration are becoming part of the instruction set for almost all computers. I think a new Amiga chipset should support these innovations so it can push these kinds of projects around. If I had an excuse to do AI development on an Amiga, I would take it. But I'm not expecting a modern Amiga development to overturn ARM, Apple or Intel in raw performance. There are things an Amiga chipset COULD IMO sport to offer value. High quality audio and DAC's for music production. Also, I think it would be kickass if Amiga supported voxel acceleration on the chipset. This would be one of the few real distinctives that could give Amiga a unique feature set. Your original Amiga setups are great. I had an Amiga 500 which I rescued from a skip at the council dump several years ago. Sort of wish I had kept it now I have a bit more appreciation for the accelerator boards that are available. Personally, after listening to everyone here, I am leaning toward that Amiga 600 and Vampire combo myself. Quote:
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ChromeOS is a piece of crap which runs on cheap hardware, but some people choose to use it and work with purely cloud based applications, however slowly despite most people having superior Windows machines as well. The Amiga doesn't need to be ultimately powerful in the way the original was, it just needs to be usable. Someone started an Amicloud service years ago which I still pay for to this day just because I appreciated the initiative and hoped the Amiga community would get behind an Eco system. |
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After listening to all the comments. I feel like there is almost a consensus on the PPC. That's not to say the A1222+ doesn't interest me, but it is without doubt fairly expensive. |
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WhatIFF? Amiga Magazine
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That was one of the swaying factors for me, the A1222+ looks quite interesting but the entrance price is a bit beyond what I can afford for my hobby. The V4SA on the other hand has replaced my A1200 completely, I still keep the A1200 off to the side for testing purposes but bit by bit it's falling apart (the PCMCIA plastic tabs have finally fallen off). Plus having the ability to easily switch to any Amiga OS via ApolloBoot with the click of a button has proven very helpful when checking how WhatIFF? looks like on other systems.
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I like emulation, but I prefer hardware implementations. Soundchips are the easiest example for me. There is no comparison between a 100% emulation of SPC700 in Higan/bSNES and an SPC module in a SNES. None. I like AmigaOS and OS4. I like the look of MorphOS also.(PPC) I like AROS (x86/ARM) I'd ultimately like an Amiga which can approach daily usability somehow. Daily browsing, video, smb/cifs, emulators and so on. PPC has adequate grunt to do this. Quote:
It is a shame however that the 68080 remains mostly constrained to mid-90's performance, but its an amazing option to have. Quote:
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