Yeah, he mentions one of the beauties (IMO) of classic computing.
Everyone had the same machine (at least in theory).
People could write specific articles in a magazine about that platform (e.g tutorials), and it would apply to all the owners. The familiarity with the system also meant that whenever you encountered another one (e.g. round at a friend's house), you knew it like the back of your hand.
Considering the price compared to the more office-targeted machines of the time (i.e. PCs), systems like the Amiga (and others, inc consoles) completely shined as games machines, due to punch above their weight graphics capabilities, on board sound, readily available and easy to use controllers, hassle free playing of computer games by just booting of the medium the game was on.
And that's still true today. Consoles still have a bit of this feel. Sure, there are loads of people who would say "i'd take a PC anyday", but that doesn't take into account the fact that you can take a console out of its box, plug into your TV and be playing a game in a matter of minutes; the fact that you can borrow games off your mates - if it works on her PS2, its gonna work on yours...
No blue screens of death, no corrupt hard disks (still surprises me that HDs haven't made more of an impact actually), no upgrade 'worries' (of course to a computer enthusiast this is a disadvantage)...
And all the while these boxes that are in SO many homes have great graphics for their price. Yes, you can build a cheap PC if you know what you're doing and have the patience. But in today's world the enthusiast is definitely in the minority. And it still surprises me how many of the people of my age I meet don't use the internet. I mean FFS we were the computer generation!
