are we crazy? in some cases yes, in some cases no...
my basic take on it is something like this...
Machine___Base price___Expandability___Expansion price___Fesability
A500______Cheap________Poor/Mid_____Mid/Expensive____Poor
A600______Cheap________Poor_________Mid/Expensive____Poor
A1000*____Mid__________Poor/Mid______Mid/Expensive____Mid
A1200_____Cheap________Mid/Good_____Cheap/Expensive__Good
A2000_____Cheap/Mid____Good_________Cheap/Expensive__Mid/Good
A3000_____Mid__________Good_________Cheap/Expensive__Good
A4000_____Mid__________Good_________Cheap/Expensive__Good
CDTV______Cheap________Poor_________Expensive________Poor
CD32______Cheap________Poor/Mid_____Expensive________Poor - unless you just want CD games...
*collectors edition, but really, who'd say no to an A1000? ;-)
it only seems to become expensive if you start to take it to the limit yeah baby! ahem, anyway,
an A1200, 030 of some sort, hard disk, ethernet is a nice bottom to midrange, very usable system. and _relativly_ cheap too. in yet to have the equivilent in an A500 would be damn near impossible :-D these days, and that'd just be a starting config for an A3/4k...
i did see a blizzard030/IV hit ebay with a start price of 100UKP! and a blizzard060 made what was it 150UKP? i paid £190 for my PPC card(with scsi)!
