My Amiga journey began when I was first introduced to Commodore when my Dad bought us a C=64. I think I was about 8 years old. We had that thing forever!
Then in high school (grade 9 maybe) I remember seeing an article on a computer magazine showing the A1000. The article called it the "Hacker's Computer" and it looked awsome. I had to have it! Shortly after that, I bought my A1000 off of some guy who only had it for a few months. Almost new without the new price! I can't remember what I paid for it. That computer did me all the way through high school and into university. I absolutely LOVE the A1000, especially the case design and the small form factor with they keyboard garage.
During my first year of university I bought a used A2000 and expanded it with new ROMs and a GVP 030 with 8 Mb RAM and SCSI controller. It was AWSOME! Yes, it was a tank but I was able to easily stuff things in there without any problems. My friends were amazed at what it could do and a few of them went out and bought Amigas because of it!
For 5 years, starting in about '92 I believe... I ran that A2000 24x7 running a public access BBS (CNet). Ahhh, the good old days. The A2000 crashed hard in early 2000 sometime and has sat in my basement collecting dust until a few months ago. I pulled it out and with the help of AmigaPete here on this board, it was brought back to life.
So... in conclusion, in my opinion... the A1000 was the best because it was revolutionary and had a great physical design. The A2000 comes next in my books because it was the first computer to be incredibly versatile and expandable.
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