Is the A1200 really that cool of a computer???

[Xanxi]

A1200 has several advantages over other models these days:
- onboard IDE compatible with cheap huge laptop drives
- PCMCIA port compatible with cheap CF, cheap network cards, cheap WiFi cards
- large numbers of accelerators or RAM expansions available on the second-hand market
- great expansions made for the clockport (clockport is so cool that manufacturers have made clockports for all other miggys too)
- modern reliable electronic design of the mobo
- cool form factor
- nice AGA chipset
- great pieces of hardware still developped such as Indivision AGA, etc
- modularity for towering, etc

The A1200 is then the modern mainstay of the amiga classics.
Some of these advantages are found in the A600, which is nowaydays more interesting than an A500.

Anyway, i still like my A500 Plus (first amiga) but i can't add easely a network card and it cost me a lot of money to buy it a Viper520CD which is less powerful than my A1230.
My A2000 has so much expensive hardware that it can be considered has my best amiga but i haven't the room for it on my desk for now and is unused.

[Xanxi]

Speaking of the price of a cool A1200, here is calculation made on the one i'm using to browse this forum:

A1200 - 70 EUR
3.1 ROM - 20 EUR
IDE 10 GB HD - 5 EUR
Indivision AGA - 150 EUR
Subway - 70 EUR
Blizzard 1230IV - 150 EUR
64 MB SIMM - 10 EUR
PCMCIA NIC - 10 EUR
PCMCIA CF and SD reader - 10 EUR
2 GB SD and 128 MB CF - 10 EUR
USB mouse adapter - 20 EUR
USB mouse - 10 EUR

Bonus:
CD32 competitor pro - 20 EUR
2 external floppy drives DD and HD - 50 EUR

Not directly related:
ASUS lcd screen - 80 EUR
Logitech speakers - 20 EUR

Total:

This computer is worth 535 EUR (705 EUR with all bonus), of course using second-hand prices amibay-like and not ebay-like.

Still way cheaper than expanding any other amiga this far.
I spent so much more money in my A2000 for nothing.