I did not own a 1000 'back in the day' but it was the first Amiga I saw. My friend who had a 2600 when I did, and a C64 when I did had gotten it. I still had a Commodore 128 at the time. He showed me the Amiga with free PD software that blew away the commercial software for my 128/64 and I wanted one. Started to save up but by the time I had enough to buy one, the 1000 was no more and the 500/2000 were out, and considered better than the 1000. I still wanted a 1000 more than the 500 due to the look of the machine. I loved the detachable keybaord, rounded sides, and the keyboard garage was brilliant. The 500 by comparison looked too much like a larger 128.
Later, when Amiga 1000s were inexpensive I finally got one. Of all the Amigas, I most enjoyed expanding the 1000. My 1000 has a Starboard 2 for RAM and SCSI and a tablet. I also picked up some of the 1000 specific parts like the original Perfect sound that goes on the 1000 Parallel port and sticks up behind it, the genlock that fits behing the keyboard garage, and the Mimetics audio digitizer (Soundscape?) that fits on the 1000s joystick port. Also have an AmiTote for the 1000 to be able to carry it around when I need to.
Though my 1200 and 4000 are the most capable Amigas I have, the 1000 is still my favorite.
