help me pick an amiga

[spirantho]

Amiga 4000, easily. It's the most stable, expandable and useful classic Amiga there is IMHO. The only problem is it's a little more expensive to upgrade, but it's worth it for the Zorro cards you can get (Graphics, USB, Ethernet, PCI, all that...)

[spirantho]

I'm pretty sure the A4000 came out before the A1200, and with 68040/25Mhz (A3040). The model you're referring to came out afterwards in 1993 with built in 030/25Mhz on the motherboard.

Only the 4000 "CR" (Cost Reduced) had the '030 on the motherboard. Most A4000/030s have the 030 on a daughterboard, same as the '040.