vi lascio il messaggio alla comunita' non ve lo traduco perche' non ne sono capace ma tra le righe si capisce che ANCHE SE e ripeto ANCHE SE si passassse a X86 ci vorranno molti e molti anni e non dico 2 ma 10 anni e che comunque stanno cercando altre soluzioni di processori PPC alternativi e che passare a X86 non e' nelle loro intenzioni troppo lavoro e casino per un team cosi' piccolo che lavora nel partime
e poi adesso che hanno appena iniziato a supportare powermac e con l'arrivo a breve di powerbook e G5 avremo un os talmente ottimizzato per questi processori che andremo avanti per altri 20 anni!!
There is no misconception by any of the MorphOS Developer Team members that MorphOS2.x will be "widespread" and in fact the Team has discouraged regular users from advertising MorphOS2.x to anyone other than former Amiga owners/users, as it is not ready to compete with any of the main stream OSes, and it may never be ready to compete with main stream OSes.
Due to the small size and part time status of the Development Team, MorphOS2.x will most likely stay on PPC hardware for as long as it can find suitable used and/or any new embedded market PPC systems/boards to run it on. The time and effort required for such a small part time team to port MorphOS2.x to x86, or ARM hardware makes it very difficult to do and it would take a very long time, so it only makes sense that they have chosen the current path they are on with their ports to relatively fast, cheap PPC Mac hardware that is very plentiful.
For new hardware possibilities, check the forums for all the discussions regarding new PPC development boards, mostly aimed at the embedded market. If one of those boards becomes available at a very good price and has the needed features to make it comparable to, or better than, the currently supported G4 (and hopefully soon to be supported G5) Mac hardware, I am sure the Dev. Team will take a serious look at porting MorphOS2.x to it.
I would bet a large part of my monthly retirement check that the MorphOS Development Team will never make the mistake of trying to design and manufacture their own "custom" motherboard, or system, as they know that it would end up being too expensive and not be competitive against other options available to them as porting targets.
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MorphOS - The best Next Gen Amiga choice.
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A cosa ci serve veramente il computer che dovremo usare?
Tante persone continuano a dire che serve potenza e dobbiamo passare a X86 per forza ma se la maggior parte delle persone che usa un computer lo usa per navigare in internet usare facebook(BLEAH) leggere un documento world ascoltare mp3 e vedere video (Youporn)a cosa gli serve un computer strapotente ma che non usera'MAI per fare grafica e titolazioni montaggi video?
Mac PPC hardware being completely obsolete is debatable. It has been far surpassed, but is still very usable for most computer tasks. I am typing this on my 1.67GHz G4 PowerBook, which is my most used computer these days and though is is much slower than my 2.16GHz Core2Duo MacBook that I gave to my Son when I purchased this G4 PowerBook used, it is quite adequate for my portable computing needs, running MacOSX.
As for sensible priced hardware, many people have been able to get their used PPC Mac hardware for free, or at a price of less than $50, so trying MorphOS2.x's free demo is sometimes completely free, and in most other cases, anyone that really wants to just test it out can find a way to beg, borrow, or buy a used PPC Mac for very low cost, before committing to the purchase of better PPC Mac hardware and the purchase of a license.
So, with all due respect, in many cases, trying MorphOS2.x can be completely free, and in all other cases, if you try hard enough, you can demo MorphOS2.x at very low cost, before you buy the license and the faster, better models of PPC Mac hardware.
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MorphOS - The best Next Gen Amiga choice.
