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Wired: Amiga: The OS that Wouldn’t Die

Written By
AP
Andy Patrizio
Aug 26, 1999

“A combination of fierce loyalty and anti-Microsoft sentiment
that would make Linux and Mac users blush has Amiga users clinging
to their aging computers. The prospect of new hardware is almost
too much for the dedicated outcasts to handle.”

“They stick with the platform because it’s stable, fast, and has
an elegant OS that could multitask in only 512KB of memory fifteen
years ago, back when Microsoft still thought DOS was the way to
go.”

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