Which should I keep? (A1200 vs A4000D)

[McNorris]

Keep the A4000. If you ditch it you may never find that killer of a setup again (or at least be able to justify the price of procuring one:( ). Maybe sell the goodies in the A1200 and keep it cherry! Oh, hell! Just keep both. I can't even sell my A600 and it ain't nothing to either of your babies. The one time I thought I would my wife talked me out of it and I ended up setting it up again.  :-D Damn!

@amigamad
I'm liking your avatar!

[Cyberus]

@McNorris
Heh, your wife sounds more understanding than most, to say the least. Usually it'd be a case of someone selling their Amiga cos the wife said it had to go, rather than her persuading them to keep it, lol.

[McNorris]

Yeah, she's pretty cool (most of the time).

Besides the Mac I use often I still have an A600 and an Apple][c+ (w/ 1MB RAM board), but they are out in my garage with my Iron Maiden posters and the like. :-D

A long time ago we lived in a little apartment with no storage space and she convinced me to throw out all my Apple ][s except my ][c+ and some assorted Amiga parts (and a couple of 68K Macs). She was right, we needed the space. To make up for it she got us (or me?) a Gamecube.

I married the right gal.

Beautiful, geek-symbathetic, a great cook, independent, and only sometimes mean as a pissed off snake. :-D  :-o  :-D

[Jeff]

I would keep the A4000, in fact I am.  I may be crazy though, I still have 10 fuctioning Amiga systems  :-D

Jeff

[Ilwrath]

I have to agree with most everyone else, and say keep the 4000.  I have one similiar to yours, and if it came down to me only keeping one Amiga, that would be it, no doubt in my mind.  (Fortunatly, it hasn't come to that point, and I have several functional machines, and a couple more collectibles tucked away.  :-)  )

[adolescent]

Ok, I decided to keep the A4000.  And, since it was the last day of Elbox's sale, I decided to take advantage and get the 4000Di.  This will give me an excuse to use the Voodoo 5500 and SB128 I've been hanging onto for a few years.

I'm debating what to do with the A1200, but for sure the A600 and my backup A1200 (standard) will be up for grabs.  PM me if interested.  I still don't know wether I will sell the A3000.  It's not the fastest of the bunch anymore, but I bought it new so it's got some sentimental value.

 

Hi adolescent,

Just to clarify, I'm not really hurting for money. It's just that I'm going to be a father in less that 90 days.

Oh, you poor thing.  If I were you, I would dump the woman and kid and keep both of your Amiga computers.  Women and children cost too much and what do men actually get out of it?  Yes, keep both of your computers and dump the woman and kid.     :-D

[Dalamar]

Yes, keep both of your computers and dump the woman and kid.     :-D

I shouldn't be, but I'm laughing. :-o

[MaDDuck]

that's right!!!
Add Amiga ONE
and
ZERO population growth!
Every generation has it's equation....

[adolescent]

LongDongWong wrote:

Oh, you poor thing.  If I were you, I would dump the woman and kid and keep both of your Amiga computers.  Women and children cost too much and what do men actually get out of it?  Yes, keep both of your computers and dump the woman and kid.     :-D

Heh, finally a good option.  Unfortunately, she gets half...   :-D

[Invisix]

@adolescent 1st off, congratulations on being a father.

To help with your dilemma, the Amiga 1200 are very easy to find anymore, the Amiga 4000 is more difficult to find however, the Amiga 4000 is worth alot more $$$ than the Amiga 1200 also.

Also, KEEP the Amiga 3000... those are getting rare as well, and you said you bought it new... bottom line is: DON'T GET RID OF IT!  :-D

[CRL]

Hi All-
 Nobody is willing to defend keeping the A1200?  Well, all geared up as the two systems are maybe the A4000 is the keeper, but if you had stock systems and wanted a few years of good hobby time expanding your Ami the A1200 could be the good choice.  There are more ways to expand (trap door, clock port, pcmcia port) and more ways to output (video out).  Also more fellow hobbyists with similar equipment to share insights, create market strength (ha ha) etc.  
Just a thought
CRL

[iamaboringperson]

@adolescent

I can't believe you would actually ask that!!!!!!!


The A4000 is by far the best. It's so much more expandable, and it's just more practiable

Plus it has the advantage of looking like a real computer




McNorris

I married the right gal.

Beautiful, geek-symbathetic, a great cook, independent, and only sometimes mean as a pissed off snake.

She seems like one hell of a chick!  But one that lets you keep all of the hardware would be much better, it would also be nice if they helped collect some old computers too! :-D ;-)

[Cyberus]

iamaboringperson wrote:

Plus it has the advantage of looking like a real computer

Hmm, that reminds me of someone.....

You do NOT know what you are talking about :-D

[iamaboringperson]

:lol:

--Edit: (and OT)

"I am the ArseMaster2000!! You do NOT know what you are talking about!! My Arkanoid levels are world famous!!!! :-D"

Hi iamaboringperson,

"I am the ArseMaster2000!! You do NOT know what you are talking about!! My Arkanoid levels are world famous!!!!

If you are talking about the famous DoomMaster, he did not create any levels for Arkanoid, but he did create some of the world's best maps for Doom 2, Blood, Duke Nukem, and Shadow Warrior.  I have played the DoomMaster on the Kali game server and I must say that I really do like his Duke Nukem maps.  They are awesome!  He is on Kali almost every day.  You should try playing him sometimes.  He also goes by the names: Fly, Jasper, TheBitchMaker, and BigDickSlick.     :-D