Yeah, I was really bummed when my A4000 died. It was my favorite Amiga that I'd ever owned (A500, two A3000s, and an A1000). I didn't even own a computer for about a year after that. Macs were still just way too expensive and didn't run the software I wanted anyway. I was still against owning anything Intel for "religious" reasons so it wasn't until the first affordable DEC Alpha workstations became affordable that I took the plunge again, since a lot of other professional Amigans were going that way too for a few years.
I missed that A4000 though, and DPaintIV and Brilliance.