It was the "wow" factor that captured everyone's attention and made them want to buy an Amiga. The technology was way ahead of its time and was affordable. Other home and office computer systems of the day cost 2-3 times more and didn't have a tenth of the capabilities. I remember some of my colleagues talking about how great it was to have an IBM PC with its 4-color CGA graphics, single tasking DOS, and no sound whatsoever.
These days, no one is impressed with technology anymore. We've grown spoiled and we actually expect high tech innovation at a low cost on a daily basis. Back in the Amiga's hey days, you'd have to shell out $20k for a Sun workstation to even get close to what an Amiga could do for a measly $1000. It was inspiring. The only way to ever recapture such days would be if a company such as Dell sold a laptop with a 3 Ghz processor and ATI 5970 graphics for $100.....oh, and had it loaded with a decent OS.
