Reviews : : MorphOS 2 (on a Mac Mini)
Posted By: ASiegel. on 2009/12/10 16:11:06
jPV / RNO has written a very extensive review of MorphOS 2.x. that is not only informative, but also includes a series of five videos demonstrating the operating system on a Mac Mini G4. For the full review, please visit the following link:

http://jpv.wmhost.com/morphos2_review/

Videos: Performance on a Mac Mini - Ambient Desktop - Screen Bar Modules - Blankers - Window Skins
 
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  • Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
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    Well done!!!
    Real a good work, well organised and illustrated!
    Congratulations and thanks for this review!!
  • »2009/12/10 16:43
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    I'll second that very well written 8-)
    Mini Mac G4 1.25, 1gb ram, 40 gig hdd, Registered Morphos 2.6.
  • »2009/12/10 18:08
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    Well done sir, well done.


    - CISC
  • »2009/12/11 5:33
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    Oh my god, that's brilliant! Amazing job, well done! Hats off to jPV / RNO!
    Now I also have this to show off MorphOS to other people. Previously, I just had "The Lightning OS" article, which is also very good.
  • »2009/12/11 6:59
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    Realy great!
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    Very good review
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    Yes, great review, thanks for giving interested people to make themselves an adequate impression of MorphOS.
  • »2009/12/11 16:30
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    Wow, very good!
    :-)

    And...(shame)...I learned some stuff obout MorphOS I didn?t know until now... ;-)

    Maybe it would be good to have a manual for MorphOS, not only for humble users like me, but in first place for newbies to fully explore the potential of this great OS!
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  • Acolyte of the Butterfly
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    jPV Rules!
  • »2009/12/12 2:38
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  • ASiegel
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    @ BurnTwice

    That is the main purpose of the MorphOS Library. New additional editors are very welcome.
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    @ASiegel

    And indeed jPV would be a very good candidate as an editor for a (even not so) short tutorial on Ambinet and its advanced features.

    Kind regards,
    Andrea
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    Whats are the mac mini specs? seem faster than mine, when open showgirls morphos freezes sometimes or make some glitches.

    Good work with this review!

    [ Edited by kickstart On 2009/12/13 0:36 ]
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    Fantastic work!
    MorphOS - The best Next Gen Amiga choice.
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    Thank you all for the positive comments :)

    Quote:

    Whats are the mac mini specs? seem faster than mine, when open showgirls morphos freezes sometimes or make some glitches.


    It's 1.5GHz model with 64M vmem. I'd guess you run out of vmem if it makes short freezes or glitches. CPU or other speed isn't the issue here I think, because ShowGirls works just fine on my Peg1/128M vmem too.

    Freeing memory by closing other screens/windows might help. Or using less buffers for Display Engine or disabling the enhanced mode completely for the screens which won't need it. I disable it for the browsers and disabling it for the ShowGirls screen could be good idea too. Or using less colors for those screens which don't need 24/32bit depths necessarily.
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