> 1)It runs on "cheap enough" hardware, AND there's a laptop option.
> 2)Modern "basic use" works. I can watch videos on mplayer (as long as resolution isn't too
> high), mp3's play without problems on ANR and web browsing works nicely with Odyssey. [...]
> 3)Working development environment. [...] As a "text editor with syntax highlight", Scribble
> definitely doesn't need to envy similar "not fully bloated IDE" choices available on other
> platforms. gcc (and Makefiles) work the exact same way as they do on linux. Also C64
> development (another hobby of mine) works nicely with CC65.
> 4)"Extra" software. [...] ScummVM, MAME, snes9x and other emulators provide lots of games
> to play. [...]
> 10)Regular enough updates. [...]

I think all mainstream operating systems have those as well.

> 8)Familiar enough. Being (mostly ex) Amiga user, many things just seem familiar.

The thread opener wants to build "a list of the things that makes MorphOS good (and bad too just to be fair) as an operating system (and not just an OS for Amiga geeks) :-)