Amiga's Worst Move?

[coldfish]

That C= persisted with OCS and ECS for so long has some positive benefits, the A500 had a very long and stable commercial life compared with other platforms.  

AGA was a mistake, being too little too late, most A500 owners (ie the commerially viable userbase) didnt make the jump to AGA machines and got left behind.  The A500's poor upgradability didnt help. AGA machine pricing and value take some blame too.

C= couldve managed the transition from O/ECS to AGA better by  focussing all their resources on the problem, advertising, consolidating product lines and trimming the fat, maybe?

But it was late in the day, and the Amiga had already lost face as a serious computer at a time when people started wanting serious (work) computers to do home accounts, word processing and not just play games.  

[coldfish]

Waccoon:

   Coldfish: The A500's poor upgradability didnt help.

Arguable, seeing how well Apple has done. I find it sad that you need to spend at least $1,200 on a Mac just to get one expansion slot. Even an A1200 is more expandable than an iMac.

Agreed more or less, however a vanilla iMac is arguably a more useful machine by todays standards compared to the A1200.  Apple have always been criticised over poor upgradability but they constantly refresh their product lines, so it probably makes up for it?

When AGA hit the scene the A500 was really showing its age, and the few upgrades that existed were poor value, I remember a supra? HD add-on retailing for about the same price as a complete 486 system, and the A570 CD drive offered little if any CD-only software, making it virtually redundant.

Anyway, its probably hindsight that has me seeing upgradeability as an issue, after selling my A500 and A1200, since then, Ive been spoilt by cheap and plentyful upgrades on PC.