I got my A1000 back in 1986. I was working on my first job out of college and could finally afford a computer of my own. At work we had an IBM PC XT with Lotus 123 and some word processor I don't remember. So I went into a computer store intending to buy a PC-compatible. They had an Amiga 1000 on display and a couple demos running. I compared it to a Leading Edge XT compatible. For the same price as the monochrome monitored Leading Edge, I could get the A1000 with the RGB Color monitor. So a couple months later I took the plunge.
With my A1000, I got the 1080 High Resolution color monitor, the A1010 External 3.5 drive, the 256KB Front Panel RAM expansion. They had a promotion, so I got TextCraft and GraphicCraft for free. I also purchased DeluxePaint and EA Seven Cities of Gold. I also purchased the 5.25" External drive with Transformer package to run DOS programs.
Over time, I got DeluxeMusic, Prowrite, a Supra 2400 modem, an Allegra 2MB Expansion module (which I later upgraded to 8GB). I have all the Kickstarts from 1.0 to 1.3.
I used it mainly for Music composition with DeluxeMusic, CZar, a MIDI interface and a Casio CZ101 synth. I also used it for Desktop publishing with ProPage and Pagestream and an AST PS Turbolaser. I spent countless hours tweaking and customizing it with all sorts of freeware and shareware utilities. I joined GENIE BBS. I also belonged to a local user group, PAUG, which had its own BBS.
Eventually, I upgraded to an A2000 when it became easier and cheaper to upgrade (ie Hard Drive, and Accelerator). But I've kept the A1000 all these years.
The Amigas are the most productive computers I've ever owned. Today's PC's are mostly time wasters. I use them for surfing the net, playing movies and music. Besides some websites I've built and managed, I don't create much.
Today, I still mess around with my classics once in a while. Also, I have alot of fun with some NG Amigas, mainly AROS, which is really coming along (I actually posted here using an AROS machine). Also, I've been playing around with Commodore OS, which despite some of the detractors here, is actually pretty nice. It's actually a Linus distro, but a really nice one which is set up to emulate the old C64/128 and Amiga computers. It has alot of Amiga type games and software too.
