Well this topic went off track really fast.
For me, what made it so special. It was an escape from day to day troubles. It was always there when I needed to blow of steam, playing stuff like Turrican, Dune, etc etc.
Plus, made a fair few friends who also had amiga's. I know people bang on about its not just a games machine, I'm sorry, when your 12, word processing and crap like that doesnt really interest you. Not to say I didnt mess around with OS, teaching myself things, like how S-S worked, etc etc.