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Why do I stick with the Amiga? Considering that in the last three years there's
been no official development of new hardware or software, ownership of the Amiga
has changed hands twice, and the PC is now all dominant, why indeed do I bother
with a pathetic little bit of computing history like the Amiga...
I'll tell you why. Because the Amiga isn't like any other computer I've ever
used. It wasn't designed by men in suits to fit a specific mission goal. It
wasn't born in the research labs of a soulless megacorporation. It was the
product of a small bunch of guys who thought it'd be neat to build a really good
system. It was the product of people who weren't shackled by industry requirements
or standards. The Amiga wasn't designed, it was created.
Today, even with the availability of cheap, fast and really quite decent PC and
Mac systems, the Amiga still holds the attention of many people around the world,
development of really smart third party hardware and software continues apace, and
the Amiga shows no signs of dying off, no matter what the doomsayers may say.
I'm proud to be an Amiga owner, to be a part of the worldwide community of Amiga
owners, to be part of the family.
So, what have I got?
A500
A4000
Not surprisingly, it's my A4000 that gets the most use. In fact, beyond the occasional gaming session consisting of stuff that the A4000 can't run, I no longer use the A500. However, there's no way I'm going to get rid of it, partly because I don't need to, partly because I don't want to, and partly because an A500 in perfect condition (it's even got an unbroken warranty seal :-) might just be worth having in years to come.
The A4000, on the other hand, is a true workhorse (and it definitely does NOT have an
unbroken warranty seal...). My main interests in computing, beyond games, are mainly
graphical in nature, which is why I've loaded the thing with so much memory - doesn't
matter how efficient the OS is at memory usage, some things just need memory, like 24bit
image processing and 3D rendering.
Then there's programming, from assembler to AMOS, via ARexx and HiSpeed Pascal. And if
I'm doing some word processing that isn't for University (and hence MUST be in Word
format) then I'll fire up Final Writer.
And naturally, this entire site was created on the A4000, using nothing more exotic than
the editor from HiSpeed Pascal, ImageFX, and a couple of ARexx and Pascal utilities.
