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>>Well, if you look at from a task switching stand point, it's kind of robust. But that has all to do with the multi-tasking.<< Gee! You got my achilles heel. The multi-tasking was the main reason I bought my first Amiga! >>You might not notice it as a programmer, but things like having to switch to directory lists "by file name" to actually be able to easily find files (those chuncky and ectlectic sized icons are cute, but…) isn't likely to convert droves of people.<< Well, honestly, I think I have to disagree. The Mac does it pretty much the same way, only flatter *and* in Windows you have to start the File Manager to do all that. Many people don't like the thing. >>Startup file configurations are exhausting<< True, but do you really think autoexec.bat and config.sys are that refreshing? >>while those cryptic property command lines either require you to take out the manuals or most of the time don't work because the app doesn't support the parameters (which could be entirely proprietary).<< Same thing under Windows, in my experience. And ever tried win.ini, system.ini *.ini ? >>There are so many of the quirks that it is valid to say it's archaic. Now, don't get me wrong<< I won't get you wrong. And I am ready to agree it's archaic. It hasn't *really* fundamentally changed. But the differences between the Windows version were, in my view, even *extremely* much smaller. >>Well, for instance, trappable system events such as closing a screen, formatting a floppy, you name it.<< As a programmer I can do anything I want of course. But I agree that everything could be smoother. Windows has it's defaults too however. I never saw a windows peecee automatically recognizing a disk that was inserted in the drive *and* recognizing automatically the format of it… >>I don't want to sound to harsh, but an "optional" protection? Doesn't that defeat the point?<< Heehee, of course. The trouble is that I see the Amiga as an organic whole and not as a structure of protected small parts.. >>Well, nothing prevents from being once again as advanced and revolutionary as it was in 1985. Right? Just add a full decade of exponential computer science, interface design and enabling technologies to the mixture. How's that grab you?<< The day such a computer comes at a price the normal Amiga, peecee, mac user can afford I change immediately! >>Besides, Windows isn't that ugly At least to my taste it is *very* ugly and childish. >>Win95 certainly can be considered attractive.<< I haven't seen it, I can't speak. >>Anyway, I don't want to sound too aggressive with you. It's kinda nice carrying on accross the Atlantic like this.<< I have no intentions whatsoever to sound aggressive. And yes, it's kind a nice chatting across the Atlantic. >>But this enterprise of reviving the Amiga requires great dexterity and diligence. Un super tour-de-force, n'est-ce pas?<< Malheureusement, je suis le dernier a le contredire. Bart Van Bockstaele at 100574.2352@compuserve.com … On AutoPilot and Amiga all the way from Belgium …