Do you think that the Amiga 1000 is a beautiful computer?

[DoomMaster]

Do you think that the Amiga 1000 is a beautiful computer?  Have you ever actually LOOKED at an Amiga 1000?  The people that created the first Amiga computer was so proud of it that their signatures can be found molded inside the top plastic cover.  Even the keyboard is sculpted and has the colorful Amiga check mark logo on it.  I can well remember when the legendary Amiga 1000 was first released in 1985, just six months after the release of the Atari 520 ST computer.  Apple and Intel were trembling in their boots.  They could not believe the awesome power of this new computer.  I was there in that large group of people when the first Amiga 1000 computer was unveiled and demonstrated.  At the time I was very heavily involved with Commodore computers.  I knew that the Amiga was coming, so I wanted to be one of the first people to see it.  When the folks from Apple and Intel saw what the Amiga could do, their mouths dropped open.  A few people even fell out of their chairs!  You should have seen the looks on their faces.  I was laughing so hard that my sides were aching.  Apple was actually afraid of the Amiga computer and had voiced this in a later interview.  Intel chose to ignore the new Amiga, thinking that their own IBM PCs were more professional.  Ah, those were the good ol days.  The Golden Age of the Personal Computer war.  Everybody was wondering which computer would win that war, thinking that their own would be the victor.  OH, the legend of the Amiga 1000 professional computer, how beautiful she really is.

[seer]

It has a very nice case that's for sure..

Few years back, I think during the Escom years there was talk about the "Next Gen" amiga of that period (Not the walker, that was a "stop gap" or whatever the it's called) to be put in limited edition C= Amiga 1000 cases..

I also always liked the A3000 desktop case, bit more room might have been nice, but since it had onboard SCSI and build in flicker fixer it wasn't as bad as the A4000..

[seer]

When the folks from Apple and Intel saw what the Amiga could do, their mouths dropped open. A few people even fell out of their chairs! You should have seen the looks on their faces.

You should have made a video  ;-)

Makes the failure of the good old C= even more shamefull..

[alx]

The case is very nice - but not as elegant as the architecture inside 8-)

I was there in that large group of people when the first Amiga 1000 computer was unveiled and demonstrated.

Wow - do you mean the very first time at the Lincoln Centre?  I guess you met Jay Miner as well :-o

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And as proof of how un-elegent the design of windoze is, my mouse pointer just went mad and then stopped completely :roll:

[KennyR]

But...biege!!

[PastAmigaOwner]

seer wrote:
When the folks from Apple and Intel saw what the Amiga could do, their mouths dropped open. A few people even fell out of their chairs! You should have seen the looks on their faces.

You should have made a video  ;-)

Makes the failure of the good old C= even more shamefull..

Yeah, it is a shame C= botched it up so badly....but look who has the last laugh now.

[Desolator]

Every Amiga is a beauty.

And speaking of design, up to this day i'm still figuring out how to place a PC inside an A1200 case just to have a good looking windows gaming-computer.  (micro ITX is probably the solution. )

[amigamad]

But...biege!!

Well it was released in 1985. :-)
I have an a 1000 its a cool case but the a4000 tower is my favourite. :-)

[seer]

Yeah, it is a shame C= botched it up so badly....but look who has the last laugh now.

Erm... M$ ?

[jeffimix]

Whaddya want, see thru green?

/me thinks Amiga 1000 is sexy... aluminum spray paint might help it look shinier though

[Hisham]

If Amiga does make a comeback... (Big IF!) then it should commemorate it by recognizing its heritage in excellent functional aesthetics (keyboard garage! cool!) and design a case based on the 1000 with a launch party at the Lincoln!

[mikeymike]

What?  It just looks like every other desktop computer!

Oh, except for the "beautifully sculpted" Amiga logo.

[leirbag28]

 
(And speaking of design, up to this day i'm still figuring out how to place a PC inside an A1200 case just to have a good looking windows gaming-computer. (micro ITX is probably the solution. )

You should check out this! its a PC that looks exactly like a black Amiga 1200!  they should be sued!

http://www.irti.net/zero.html



The Amiga 1000 is the only amiga that doesnt have any commodore logos on it! did you all ever notice?  of course except for the Escom Amiga 1200 and others after that, but I mean when Commodore was in charge. The 1000 is a real genuine Amiga. I have a complete one with 3 matching external disk drives and the 1080 monitor wich looks best with a 1000, but I am searching for the original Amiga HR monitor that matched the A1000's case perfectly....its the one on the cover of the first issue of Amiga World.

There is still some seriously usefull software that was made for the 1000 and 500

[Dr_Righteous]

The A1000 is definately the nicest of the slimline designs I've ever seen... A few coats of cobalt blue vinyl dye would be sweet...

[tintin]

I was around when it was first introduced here in Belgium.  I remember that we were amazed what this computer could do but I don't remember paying much notice to the design of the box.  As far as design goes the A3000 is my favourite, probably the best amiga ever built, the A4000 is just a PC box I think.