| From: | Alastair M. Robinson |
| Date: | 4 Sep 2000 at 20:03:46 |
| Subject: | Re: Oh No not linux |
Hi,
> The Amiga isn't anywhere near as easy to use as we claim. Almost all
> Amiga users have been on the platform for years and know it by heart.
Yeah, when we say `easy to use' I think we mean `pleasant to use', as
opposed to Windoze, which is `frustrating to use'. AmigaOS doesn't decide
to ignore you every now and again while it thrashes the hard-drive for no
apparent reason (when this happens, there's a good reason, like a
disk-invalidation). Internet software aside, AmigaOS is also less prone to
the kind of unexpected crash that causes you to lose 15 mins' work.
AmigaOS definitely has major flaws, but in the main they manifest themselves
in a *predictable* manner. Windoze always seems to be lying in wait for me!
> A beginner with only Windows experience will find it quite difficult.
Yeah. It's ironic that an experienced user could set the machine up to
behave like Windoze (start-bar hacks, etc), but the beginner, who would
benefit most, wouldn't stand a chance.
> There are some strange features. For example, opening a window under
> "View by Name" can use up all your memory. And the User-startup is
> obscure.
Yep, and you can get into serious trouble if you accidentally
drag-and-drop a hard-drive icon into another partition's window!
All the best,
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