@magneto:
All I'm saying is that I bet there are or will be more A3000's in use years from now than A4000's. And I bet you're right about the number of A3000 machines you've serviced/upgraded than I, but I am no stranger to board repair - 25 years in electronics repair that is. I know a better, more serviceable design when I see it and the A4000 is not a "better" design by any stretch. Short term maybe. And only 20 years ago. But crap components and shit materials are used throughout. Legacy A4000 and AGA in general will nigh be a shit stain in computing terms, let alone PC history. My impressions are all I'm projecting here 
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Short term?!! And ONLY 20 years?!!
I don't think a single person bought an A4000 in 1992 thinking they'd be using them in 2011. And if it weren't for a battery leak and caps drying out there would be more a lot more of 'em in the wild.
