Need advice: A500 or A1200?

[fitzsteve]

the 500? or the add on card? delicate?

Sorry for the late reply, the A500 is a sturdy beast so no of course not but the ram/ide upgrade clips in the CPU socket and has two small wires to solder to the motherboard, potentially if the machine was bumped or shoved something could come loose so not ideal for a machine that will be used by youngsters.

I'd just get a big box of used floppies and let them play the old fashioned way!  Most Amiga's have lots of Disks I'm sure they'd love to get rid of  so it would be no trouble finding them.

I give the same advice for the ACA500 which was mentioned earlier in the thread, again a cracking bit o kit but it's exposed outside the machine with delicate CF card slots, I really don't think that's suitable for a 7 year old.

Some of the best racing games, Stunt car Racer and Lotus 2 both work great on an A500 as do most of the best Games.  AGA only make up a small percentage of Games for Amiga.

[klx300r]

@ danwood

Great vid !

[Paulie85]

@ danwood

Great vid !

Yes, Great series of vids in fact! I watch them all the time on YouTube.

[Megamig]

I know you are asking about a Amiga 500 or 1200 but if you want something that is built like a tank for kids nothing beats the Amiga 2000.

[klx300r]

...I vote for an A500 too.   They are bigger, heavier and far more 'retro' than those newfangled A1200's.

i doubt the A500 can play your amazing ports though (at least not without a very good accelerator card and ram)

@ Pauli85

noticed the others too & subscribed to his channel

[scuzzb494]

If you have the chance to get an A1200 then get an A1200. Way more options. Way more easier options.

[matt3k]

@dan

Great video, agree with everything except your take on the 3000D.

I did a video on this subject

"Buying an Amiga - Which Model To Buy?"

http://youtu.be/Pi_nQXWYr-M

TLDR: A1200

[matt3k]

If you get a real nice recapped 1200, it will be a better value especially with WHDLoad.

If you want a bone stock system, the 500 will be the least expensive and the vast majority of games will run fine on it.

Most if not all educational games are ECS/OCS, if you ever plan on them for the kids also.

I echo the above on the 2000.  If you want a kid friendly machine the 2000 is about indestructible and they are real cheap to acquire.  

Both the 1200 and 2000 could easily use different media to get away from floppy switching.  

Good luck!