POLL: What is the most viable Amiga platform for *you*?

[WolfToTheMoon]

Voted AROS...

Why? Because it's the most viable option for fun hobby. I can't wait for AROS68K to become usable, I'm upgrading to A1200/A4000...

[WolfToTheMoon]

"custom chipset" has become a buzzword people like to toss out as part of some sort of explanation why the amiga died, that doesn't rely on Commodore being idiots.
PC graphics chips were "custom" chipsets just the same as the amiga's were.

It's perfectly true what dammy said... In 1992 and after there was no way in hell Commodore could have kept up with the PC world, mainly because of the entire board being a custom chipset. it was, sadly, even in 1992, a doomed concept(for a PC, gaming consoles to this day remain an entirely custom chipsets all along).
If they went the way of a 68000 based mobo + PC expansion cards, things would have probably turned out pretty differently(strictly performance-wise).

[WolfToTheMoon]

As much as I like the 68000 the Amiga should have had a 65816 style 16bit chip. By the 90's they should have transitioned over to a 32bit 6502 compatible risc chip. All the ram and chipset components should have been Mostek produced. And the Amiga chipset and OS should have been licensed out and chip fab services as well.

Whatever happened to Terbium?(WDC's 32 bit 6502 evolution)

But your idea is interesting... 65816 was shown to be roughly comparable to early 68K Motorolas. It's probably much cheaper as well. But since Lorraine was based on 68000 it would mean building a whole new chipset basically. I do not think that's likely to have been approved.
But 65816 maybe should have been used in the 128 or a similar C= branded machine.