Back when we upgraded from 8-bit to 16-bit, I had no idea about the basic switch of everyone, specifically Jay Miner, who helped with the Atari 8-bit chips, and then went on to create the Amiga. Had I known such a thing, I too would have gone from the 800XL to the Amiga, but instead went with the Atari Mega STe.
But when I saw how awesome workbench looked (1.3 at the time) compared to the black and white icons and such of GEM, I had been envious of the Amiga, even more so when I saw 2.04.
GEM wasn't even updated to have colored icons until the Falcon came out.
I only managed to get myself an Amiga quite a few years back, but it's all upgraded and re-capped, etc. Been a long road, but it runs awesomely while my Ataris mostly sit in my 'toy' room unplugged. Though I do have my Atari 130XE and Atari Jaguar connected next to the Amiga, and PS3 and PS4
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