Well, that's why I kinda like the Amiga 4000. I know that a few of you will still proclaim the Amiga 3000 to be the ultimate of the Amigas, but I see it differently.
I mean sure out of the gate the Amiga 3000 will have have the SCSI bus and the Amber to hold it's self on it's on. Makes it a nice workstation. But if you tend to get one of these second hand from people that have sticky fingers this is where the problem comes up.
First of all, the memory. You have to pray to the gods of Amigadom that there is 16 megs of Zip memory on there. How many people have gone on a wild goose chase to find the Zip chips for them. Quite a few people have them. The know that these things are like gold, and will charge you as such. Not to mention there are other nice and expensive things that use the Zip memory too.
Next least get to the chip sets. Of course like a lot of people you are going to have to change the Buster for the Zorro III cards. I've also heard a lot of people had some problem with the SCSI in the unit its self, not sure exactly but it could have been isolated incidences. If your Super DMAC chip goes out, that could be one of the most expensive chips you will ever have to get.
Third, it's a very crammed case. I mean as stylish as it is, there is a lot of heat going on in there, and there just isn't enough room for all those cables, cards, possibly accelarator to keep it all nice and cool without some serious effort.
Last but no least the video. Yeah I know a lot of people don't really use the AGA, but some people do. I like the flexibility. I'm all for the RTG, but there are times I know I wanna test my skill and bang on the AGA.
For me, I would be able to get me a 4000, be able to find the memory for it easier then anything. Slap a cdrom in it, fight with it a little, then it's smooth sailing. If I wanted I could still yet get me a CSPPC, have the memory access and the scsi, still be able to have me the room for Toasters and other stuff.
