help me pick an amiga

[matt3k]

Dear Amigans :

I appreciate everyone's comments about which amiga to pick.
After serious consideration, I have really good news !!!
I can KEEP my amiga 2000, and get the amiga 4000 !!!
I have a special desk which I use for decorations, it'll be very tough
for me to clean it(get rid of nice decorations)but I can use the extra
room to  put an a4000 on it.
I am not going to have the money til christmas (my gift !!!)so I have
plenty of time to decided if or not to buy it (amiga 4000).
Thank you all !!!

A win/win Red!

From an old Amiga guy, since you know the 2000 and it works for you, glad you kept it.

A 2000 is very similar in price to a 4000 to upgrade.  I might even humbly suggest putting your money into the 2000 and not getting the 4000.  An accelerator and video card in the 2000 make it a different machine altogether and much faster than a stock 4000 with aga.

I never use AGA on my 4000D, all games I have are ECS and RTG is the only way to go for productivity.  IMHO the 2000 is the least problematic big box Amiga.  I rarely see a a 2000 fail and they aren't as "twitchy" as the 3000/4000.

[matt3k]

I got rid of my A4000 and I much prefer my A3000/060/PIV/Deneb.

I don't miss the AGA chipset as I very rarely used it due to the PIV tbh.  I have A1200's for the odd AGA demo or game.

Absolutely agree.  I prefer my A3000 over my A4000, it is the best big box Amiga IMHO.  The Picasso IV looks like a sweet card, never tried one out though...

[matt3k]

I just thought I'd throw in that I absolutely love my A4000D, especially after getting an 060 in it.  The difference between that and the 040 is staggering.  So I could only imagine the difference between an 68000 and an 68040.  

Besides, why would anyone suggest the A2000 over the A4000?  Since he programs, he'd be able to support OCS/ECS/AGA with the 4000, instead of just OCS/ECS!

And we all know we need more programmers!  

But it's awesome that he's able to have both.  Better for compatibility reasons.

slaapliedje

I would agree that going from a Amiga 3640@25MHz to a 060@50MHz with local memory and SCSI Controller makes a HUGE difference.

Would also say, going from a Warp Engine 040@40MHz with local memory and SCSI to a CS MK III is faster.  If you compare to a CS MK I or II without SCSI, the Warp Engine it is give and take.  For math the 060 is faster, for general usage the WE is faster (Since the WE has faster memory access then the MK II).

[matt3k]

So I have the CS MK I, but no SCSI module.  Quite frankly, SCSI is too loud.    My next upgrade down the road is probably going to be a FastATA and switch over to using CF cards.  I also wish I could get a CD or DVD rom that isn't as loud or as long as the one I currently have.  By Long, I mean if I could get one that is a couple inches shorter, I would have that much more room for cable management and air flow!

Any recommendations on a replacement CD-ROM?

slaapliedje

Would also recommend you get the scsi module to free up the cpu.  Anything is better then the onboard 4000 IDE, but scsi is a bit more elegant.

I use an acard scsi to sata adapter.  It works great and my 3000D with the SSD and quiet cpu fan makes it whisper along...