| From: | Vic E Babes |
| Date: | 29 Aug 99 at 15:41:27 |
| Subject: | Re: Future of Amiga |
As far as the current Amiga is concerned, Amiga Format printed a statement
that if OS3.5 doesn`t sell well, then OS4.0 (for current Amigas) won`t be
developed - sounded like a threat to me. However, it was also stated that
OS4.0 (if developed) would include new ROMs. I suppose it depends on how
many current Amiga Users upgrade to the NG - personally, unless I get a job
soon, I won`t be able to afford one, so I`ll be coding useless programs on
my current Amiga, while the rest of the world is using their`s to switch the
Microwave on, etc.
I personally think that when Digital TV takes off, there will be a decline
in the market for computers in general, the boom in PCs started with DOOM,
and has continued with interest in the Internet - but once people can have
the Internet all day long on their TVs, I think people will go back to using
consoles for games. That should be good for the Amiga, as it will leave the
market to dedicated computer users who won`t put up with crap operating
systems, and PCs will go back to being business machines.
On the subject of consoles, I wonder how the Dreamcast copes with the
difference between NTSC and PAL when hooked up to the NET for online gaming?
VIC
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