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Most of those people using an Amiga don't like Apple or Microsoft and want an alternative that is not Linux or used with a modern computer that might have an NS
by orionblastar 11y ago
Most of those people using an Amiga don't like Apple or Microsoft and want an alternative that is not Linux or used with a modern computer that might have an NSA backdoor in it.
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Even if they used Linux the BIOS might have some sort of backdoor in it.
Some people use DOS machines with a Pentium 1 or 486 chip because they were made before backdoors got added. George R. R. Martin uses a DOS machine with Wordstar because he finds it more reliable than Windows.
The old Amigas were very reliable, and the Guru Errors got fixed as of Kickstart 2.0 and up. The more modern AmigaOS 3.1 and up have more apps for them via open source and shareware.
These people love their Amigas because they don't have the bloat or crap that modern systems have. AmigaOS runs on a low memory footprint and uses low CPU cycles.
There are CPU accelerators for every Amiga out there to replace the 68K CPU with a PowerPC or 68040 emulated custom chip. Even if the Amiga One uses that SAM440 chip used in Microwave Ovens it runs very fast because of the low overhead of AmigaOS.
There is still a niche market for retro tech.