Do you regret ever getting rid of your Amiga?

[BozzerBigD]

@tonyvdb

What regrets do you have regarding getting rid of Amiga items?

I regret not convincing my parents of the need for an A500 when we got an Atari ST however machines with 1Mb were expensive in 1988 so I guess a 1040STFM was a good choice back then. I don't regret allowing Dad to take that to landfill as it had a damaged mouse port and other than the aesthetics of the case I can't really love GEM or the sound chips in the same way you can love AmigaOS and Paula ;-)

Moral = the Atari ST was disposable but the Amiga definitely shouldn't be!

[BozzerBigD]

Nope. By the time my college years were winding down so was Commodore. By late '93 it was clear Commodore was going to die. AGA was too little too late. Software was dwindling. Microsoft and Apple had won. I had a decked out 4000 (Emplant, Spectrum, 21" Sony Monitor) and I knew if I didn't sell it then it would depreciate with the demise of Commodore. So I sold it all and jumped into the Powerbook line (then into Windows 95).

I loved Commodore. I really did. My first computer was the C64, I upgrade to the C128 and then jumped into the Amiga line. I had the most fun with Commodore computers. They were so far ahead of their time and the users did some amazing things with them. Damn Commodore management.

By 1993 I had to look to my future and the Amiga seemed like a dead end. The world had voted and the Amiga lost. I remember seeing the Windows 95 betas (Chicago) in '93 and thinking it would take the world by storm.

I only regret Commodore management and marketing could not have leveraged the power of the Amiga.

-P

@Pentad

You were excited by the launch of Windows 95!!! I mean if you were used to Windows 3.1 then fair enough but you knew about the Amiga. I mean I don't remember PeeCees being at all useable until Windows 98 at least and they were still very ropey until XP IMHO.

[BozzerBigD]

They just could not compete in the 90s.

They could and they did. More R&D from 1990 and a few better choices would have kept them in the race in Europe at least. I've never understood the American market for home computers to be honest. I mean you guys chose the NES over proper computers in the 80s and prefered the IBM PC compatibles to the Amiga and ST at home in the late 80s and early 90s?! Crazy to be honest. You call it leading the way I call it choosing products based on marketing, hype and following the crowd rather than choosing good products using your own research and to hell with the crowd. The Amiga line was misunderstood in the country that spawned it and was a great HOME COMPUTER for casual productive users, creatives and gamers.

[BozzerBigD]

@ral-clan

So a 1989 PC is not authentic if you upgrade CGA to VGA graphics? Would you feel the same way if Deluxe Paint had supported RTG modes. Picasso technology was just as 'Amiga' as anything Commodore produced. The same with Phase 5 and DCE products. Without sufficient graphics and sound upgrades from Commodore the Amiga needed third party products to progress. You speak like a demo scene coder who likes a common base spec which defines 'Amiga'. I don't agree at all. A 060 AGA/PIV equipped Amiga is a better and more fun Amiga than as slow standard 68000 Amiga with OCS = no brainer!