A lot of the advantage is in the user base.
The Amiga has had a dedicated user base since its
original release and has maintained a core base
in spite of the company changing hands several times
and being mismarketed. The operating system
had pre-emptive multitasking at its release in the early
'80s. The Mac has only recently managed that with
the release of OS X.
The user base has generated the largest online repository of
shareware and freeware for any platform on the Aminet web
mirrors. Many of these applications include source code.
A big reason why this code is valuable is that it was economically
written to run on, what is by today's standards, a slower older processor...
the Motorolla 68000 series...I've got a 68060 50 Mhz in mine.
While the new OS 4 on the PPC is a drastic shift away from
"classic" Amiga hardware it surrenders its dependence on the
outdated Amiga custom chipset for cheaper, readily available
video and sound cards and the processing power of a modern processor.
Running classic Amiga software on these processors will likely
yield instantaneous results in most applications.
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A lot of the advantage is in the user base. The Amiga has had a dedicated user base since its original release and has maintained a core base in spite of the company changing hands several times and being mismarketed. The operating system had pre-emptive multitasking at its release in the early '80s. The Mac has only recently managed that with the release of OS X.
The user base has generated the largest online repository of shareware and freeware for any platform on the Aminet web mirrors. Many of these applications include source code. A big reason why this code is valuable is that it was economically written to run on, what is by today's standards, a slower older processor... the Motorolla 68000 series...I've got a 68060 50 Mhz in mine.
While the new OS 4 on the PPC is a drastic shift away from "classic" Amiga hardware it surrenders its dependence on the outdated Amiga custom chipset for cheaper, readily available video and sound cards and the processing power of a modern processor.
Running classic Amiga software on these processors will likely yield instantaneous results in most applications.