Paladin of the Pegasos
Posts: 1510 from 2012/11/10
From: Manchester, UK/GB
Quote:
jacadcaps wrote: . . . It's not like MorphOS or OS4 actually get remotely close to being able to use the full capabilities of those older cards.
I agree with
jacadcaps, and I too have said the same thing about MorphOS before. When would we get the chance to use 1GB of VRAM/GFX card memory on our system, and when do OS4 users get to use all that GFX RAM themselves?
It is just plain overkill IMHO, and seems to me to be totally unnecessary to have GFXs cards with so much memory that they are never going to realistically be utilised. It's also a joke what OS4 users seem to spend on their GFX cards, never mind the exhorbitant cost of the hardware that is produced for it. The
OS4 itself
also seems quite stagnant, with few updates since release, no new browser, which is a must-have for any current operating system. It really is our poor cousin, and more so as its users waste their money on overly expensive hardware - their choice to do so of course.
On the other hand, I really like the "recycled" Apple hardware that MorphOS uses. There's still a plentiful supply of used hardware to choose from via many online resources, and sufficient Apple Radeon AGP/PCI-X, even some PCI-e, GFX cards to go around, even if some are PC based which limits or restricts use of Open Firmware (OF) to use backup GFX cards that work with the hardware and OF to resolve any such problems that arise, even if that means switching back to a PC based compatible GFX card of choice, that is probably significantly cheaper than a user would install in their OS4 hardware, even if it is also MorphOS compatible.
It feels like the OS4 community want to join our "club" as there are benefits to be had from it, but I don't get the same overall feeling that many, or more than a handful, of MorphOS users would like to migrate "once-in-a-while" to OS4 - as there's little to nothing there, that there isn't already here in more and better quality, to enjoy.
It is sad that OS4 went their own way, and MorphOS another, but I decided to migrate in 2013, long after OS4 had initially been released and could not find much to stay committed to Amiga OS, and looked at MorphOS and all that I saw inspired me, and it is a decision I would not change now, some 10+ years later.
I did own an OS4 system for a short while, but I was never inspired by the 'feel' of the
OS4 or even the
more modern hardware . . . that was slower !! I also never got the 'spark' that I had when I owned my 'Classic' Amiga systems, and yet I still have that 'spark' now, and ever since, that I owned my MorphOS licence and X-Apple hardware.
In fact I'm still looking forward to the future with MorphOS, thanks to the efforts of the MorphOS Development Team, their betatesters and . . . the great community we have here!
MacMini 1.5GHz,64MB VRAM, PowerBooks A1138/9 (Model 5,8/9),PowerMac G5 2.3GHz(DP), iMac A1145 2.1GHz 20", all with MorphOS v3.18+,Airport,Bluetooth,A1016 Keyboard,T-RB22 Mouse,DVD-RW-DL,MiniMax,Firewire/USB2 & MacOSX 10.4/5