Poll: Let the A2000 or A3000 go?

[Ral-Clan]

I just sold an A3000 and kept my A2000.

I just like the A2000 better...partially nostalgic reasons, but partly because it's much easier to open up and fiddle around with.  The A3000 runs very hot and is very crowded inside.

The A3000 is a nice computer and technically superior on paper....I just have a soft spot for the A2000.  Plus it's easier to get replacement parts for and service (due to a larger, less densely pack circuit board, and it being more common on Ebay).

The A3000 I had was a little finicky with SCSI drives...it wouldn't boot properly with some internal drives and also while some external drives were hooked up (and YES I did terminate properly with both active and passive terminators).

Of course, my A2000 has a built in flicker fixer and 2MB chip ram, so that lessens the gap.

Having an internal CD-ROM drive on an A2000 is also nice.

[Ral-Clan]

One thing about thinning down your collection and keeping the A2000 is that the A2000's have always had a good track record for longevity.  I wouldn't be surprised if there are more A2000s still running than any other big box Amigas. So if you are going to have less Amigas then the A2000 seems a good choice.