The Amiga Is A Toy - By Local Government Official...

[brownb2]

He then had the cheek to say 'but yes, in this day and age no-one would seriously use one of those let alone call it a computer',

Unfortunately I too would class the classic Amiga as a toy. The classic amiga compared to the behemoths of today is like comparing a Speak and Spell to an (aforementioned variety of) Amiga.

I'm quite happy to have them classed as that, since the common models were also classed as that back in the day and why CBM never really got into making massive sales in actual Amiga business machines (exceptions being Videotoaster etc etc).

Would you class a ZX Spectrum as a toy? Sir Clive intended it for an educational establishment audience but had to settle for the home games market (and very well he did out of it).

Edit: I wouldn't have expected the council guy to know about the more powerful Amigas (which is I'm assuming what you took offence at) - I would have excused his ignorance.