TA's UnOfficial OS3.5 FAQ
Question:
Why these high system requirements for the OS3.5 Upgrade? Up to now
AOS was running on ALL Amigas!!
The "honest" answer: To encourage customers to upgrade their
hardware and thus provide input and sales activity for the market.
The "tricky" answer: The new OS will deliver more power and
functionality, but it cannot do this unless the hardware platform
supports it to do this.
The "some people might find the following statement offensive"
answer: listen Sunshine, we've seen the likes of you before. Always
whining about how slow your 7 MHz A500 is, how difficult it is to
upgrade that crummy machine and then expecting Amiga Inc. to work
miracles, possibly even by releasing any OS update for free. If you
want a miracle, go join a church. And not the Church of the
Amiga!
The "historical" answer: When the last AmigaOS update was released,
Windows 95 and the Pentium processor were still two years from
delivery. Today the standard PC configuration is a 64 MByte, 233 Pentium
II machine with Windows 98. Do you really believe that requiring an
Amiga system that was considered "high performance" in 1988 is asking
too much of you?
The "embarrassing" answer: Amiga Inc. wants to make sure that all
Amigas running OS 3.5 are at least as fast as UAE, running on a
233 Pentium II.
The "that's what Heinlein would have said" answer: Think of it as
evolution in action.
The "you gotta be kidding" answer: Actually, Amiga Inc. had *you* in mind
when they pictured the kind of customer they don't want to buying OS 3.5.
The "obvious" answer: Are you stupid or what?
The "that's what Darwin would have said" answer: Only the fittest
Amiga Classic computers will survive.
The "buzz off" answer: Why don't you go upgrade your PC?
Find the shoe that fits and wear it please ... :)
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