Most/least fave amiga model?

[stefcep2]

Favourite:  Pimped A4000- 68060, CV-64, scandoubler, cd-burner, Vlab motion. Close second: A1200 with my Apollo 68060.  Both machines as stock are fairly useless.  An 1200 with 2meg ram? Pointless.
Least favourite:  A2000.  I hate the massive case.  And the 16 bit bus chokes any expansions you might add to it.

[stefcep2]

I think you have to seriously consider the target market and the planned expansions, not those expansions which were later dreamed up by third parties.


I'd stack the expandability and modularity of an A2000 up against almost any computer of the past or today.

In one sense you could say that the design of the A500 was stifling, but on the other hand you could expand it according to the amount of room you had on the left side of your desk.

your example of the A2000 and the A500 illustrates how the target market determined the design and expandablity.  A2000=professional market, expandable via zorro slots, A500 home user, games.  Yet they still put the side connector which meant you didn't need to sell it and buy an A2000 when you wanted to expand.