I am looking to expand my cd32 into a a1200 with cd drive, but i just got bummed out on bidding on an ebay auction when it crossed 227 usd. Might not be that expensive for an sx-1 for what I know, but my use is not as collective but for use.

But for that price I can buy a refurbished a1200, and I can't figure out what a sx-1 does to an cd32 that a a1200 doesn't do beside the a1200 beeing alot more upgradeable.

So since I will be looking out for them, what should i pay? and are there anyone selling?

@R-TEAM

Since I came here because of my wish to get back into beeing an active Amiga user beyond the cd32 i own, I was torn between the new and the old.

I think current 90s Amiga owners are those who will most easily jump onto the OS4. Someone without the heavy computer software requirements but still wants the performance of modern times. Returning guys like me who will use the computer to bring back the memories of old times will more easily choose something like the netami.

I have access to alot of old g3 and g4 macs, including g3 laptops and such (I work in an advertising agency) so if I could have had os 4 run on that I would be using it right now. Not only that, I would think alot more would adopt the os 4 if they could run on regular g3-g4 macs which are not hard to come by.

So make Amiga OS 4 run on g3/g4 macs and I will be using it right away.

@Atheist

Out of curiosity, since you comment on Vistas bloatware nature - what do you think of Apples entry into the desktop os - and about the gnome / kde equipped linux variants?

@Antique

> And if you get an a4k with ppc card you can run os4 too.

Feel free to point me in the direction of one here in Norway ;)

@LiveForIt

> the NetAMI will be expensive, I'm interested in it too, like to see it live.

Well, depends what is expensive. More expensive than picking up a similar specced oldskool a4000 w/060 board, scandoubler and all that - and I will do that (or go the a1 route)

So I am quite curious about the pricing.

> You couldn't have come to the righter place at the righter
> time, check out the "NatAmi".

First, thank for the warm welcome.

Second, out of the little information available on the natami I must admit I got impressed by the similarities of what it is trying to accomplish and what I as a amiga fan with professional ties to the pc platform is looking for.

The modern approach seem a little bit more chaotic at the moment too. not that I have understood that much yet, but seeing how the a1 is not available I am left to be amazed by what is in the pipeline. But I am curious about the price point, since this seem to include a lot of low volume custom components.

I'll keep a tight watch at that website, and ofcourse here if anything moves around that project into here.

In the meantime I have my amiga cd32. could someone remake the sx-32?

Just to introduce me since this is my first post. for the question, scroll to "But now".

I was born in '77. my father who was a radio enthusiast and in a magazine for related electronics he saw an ad for a computer. He invested in a vic 20 and when the c64 came out he was one of the first to secure one. So I grew up with the c64 and when I finally had saved up enough money I bought the amiga 500 with james pond bundle. Have to say, the upgrade from the c64 and the xt pc we had at that time to the amiga 500 was amazing. Not to mention the operative system was as everyone knows so far ahead at the time.

As a young student, I lusted for a amiga 4000 but when I finally could afford one commodore plunged. So I went the route into the PC world I sweared I would never take back in the days - but I kept to os2, then freebsd then linux just because I never liked the experience windows gave me. But due to work I am now using a Windows computer. Even though my longest running primary computer was a thinkpad running freebsd and amiwm. A very lightweight window manager that emulates the workbench 2.0 look and feel.

But now...

for some reason I have started to really lust after a secondary computer that runs amiga os and I am torn between the thought of getting a beefed up classic or a amigaone which doesn't sound like runs much of the software of my beloved computer past.

I do have a Amiga CD32 - so most of my favorite games I can play. Not that I seem to find a way to run North & south but most of the rest do.

So what I see is to either beef up a a1200 or a a4000 - or go for an amigaOne or like. Now the AmigaOne seem to be the most "future proof" if you call a very small niche marked anything like that. But the upgraded a1200 or a4000 is at least what feels most like the real heritage.

So what to do what to do?