Good God No!!!!

Wouldn't that negate the whole point of buying an A1?

Anyway, shouldn't Linux be enough to do anything functional you may need?
As a Winblows programmer I might even be able to get away Mono on Linux.
If you really really needed some software at least turn to OSX on MOL.

The only reason I think most people keep Windows is to possibly play the latest games. Its actually cool to have a PC for games. I know a console would suffice, but as an all in one solution a PC is all you need.

If you're not using your PC specifically for work or for games, then why not get a Mac or Amiga?

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@Tomas

It did too have x86 emulation. The DOS emulator in NT contains a full 286 emulator. For instance Opera 3.6 on NT4.0 PPC has been tested successfully on one of my RS/6k workstations.

Of course, using Debian I have thousands of applications rather than just the one, but still. It's important to be RIGHT when one is pedantic

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@olegil

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Of course, using Debian I have thousands of applications rather than just the one, but still. It's important to be RIGHT when one is pedantic

LOL! You are so quotable! Thank you.

@Agafaster

Bochs, while not exactly fast, isnt as slow as suggested. I did a port to OS3.9 in 68k on my amithlon machine and it runs at roughly the equivalent to a mid spec 486. Windoze 95 runs ok, as does red hat 6.2. In terms of pure processing power amithlon in 68k is much on par, or a little faster than a1/os4 in ppc native (much to my disappointment I must say), so should perform similarly on a1gxe. Pc-Task is probably twice as fast, and even win98 runs in a usable fashion, although your restricted to 16 colors as there's no graphics drivers. As for Qemu, its not as portable as Bochs, and as yet havent been able to do a succesasful port (still trying though).

@quetzacoatl

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Can you imagine this ? windows on amigaone .... thanks god its just a nightmare

Just my two cents:

It won't happen. And that for a number of reasons some of which have been outlined in other postings in this thread. Think of it this way: IBM c.s. will not likely be dragged into another market where it is blown out of the water the next minute like it was when they created the PC as we know it today. IBM keep the specs of their PPC's lower then the current crop of x86's, simply to keep Microsoft out of that market.
To bring Windows to the PPC-market would require two aspects to make it worthwhile:
- the resulting computer should be much faster than the current AMD & Intel in combo with Windows to create a market.
- the market has to be willing to accept Microsoft again as a viable option, an aspect the market it explicitly steering clear of by just choosing the PPC-processor for its hardware.

Personally I believe IBM and FreeScale are able to come out with a processor that would cause heartattacks all over the x86-market, but they are deliberately keeping from that to prevent Microsoft coming in, therefore tying Microsoft to the x86-market for the rest of there life. This is the time to show off what a well designed OS can do with a relatively low-power processor, like Amiga OS4, MorphOS and others and I'm sure that the progress of all those niche-OSes are watched closely by those who have a lively interest in the PPC-market. When those niche-OSes have reached a level of maturity, a good supply in software and a substantial marketshare you might well see the specs of PPC go up, but thean again, due extreme efficiency applied in OSes PPC might stay on a relatively low level op performance for a prolonged time. The longer that time stretch is, the less chance we have from Microsoft's meddling.

As I said, just my two pence... Please don't agree.

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@quetzacoatl

just why would windows on a1 be a nightmare?
I can understand it would if it was the ONLY option. Instead you have OS4.
Are you afraid that everyone/you would switch to windows and OS4 would die?

People have run windows on PCTask, it was slow but it worked. It didn't stop them from using Workbench..

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by Intuitioned on 15-Oct-2004 16:34:17 @Intuitioned My scary thought is that I have been using PC's longer than Amiga's. Even so the Amiga days were more memorable.

I understand your nostalgia for both systems, though they differ in era and experience. The transition from personal computing to modern times has its own unique memories too.