Which is the LEAST popular Amiga?

[playgeneration]

I thought the Walker was a nice deisgn at the time, and it would have probably been a better idea if it had been made, rather than selling high priced standard A1200's again.
 
In terms of how much use they must get, the CDTV and in particular 1000 must be the least popular, they are so limited in use and are very limited in terms of expansion.
 
On the other hand if you want to know how unpopular an amiga is based on how much people are prepared to pay for them, then the CDTV and 1000 are at the opposite end, and its the 500 and 600's that come off worst, as they can be bought for so little.

[Damion]

The A4000 should be least popular. I highly recommend everyone here dump their piece of sh!t A4000's, and upgrade to the most well-built, professional Amiga model made - the flagship A2000. ;-)

[Tension]

Surely the A4000T has to be least popular, on the grounds that there weren't many of them made...

Failing that, the A600 would be least popular because they're silly.  My first Amiga was a brand new A600 (upgraded from C64) back in 1992.  I remember thinking I would have been better off getting an old A500.

If the A600 had stuck with it's original name - the A300, I believe it would have made a lot more sense.  Damn the upper echelons of Commodore mis-management!!

[save2600]

The A4000 should be least popular. I highly recommend everyone here dump their piece of sh!t A4000's, and upgrade to the most well-built, professional Amiga model made - the flagship A2000. ;-)

Don't you hate it when your account gets hi-jacked by Doomy ;-)

I do have a fond attachment to my A2500 though and wouldn't trade it for a similarly setup A4000!  :lol:

[X-ray]

A600 sucks.

[Nlandas]

Surely the A4000T has to be least popular, on the grounds that there weren't many of them made...

Failing that, the A600 would be least popular because they're silly.  My first Amiga was a brand new A600 (upgraded from C64) back in 1992.  I remember thinking I would have been better off getting an old A500.

If the A600 had stuck with it's original name - the A300, I believe it would have made a lot more sense.  Damn the upper echelons of Commodore mis-management!!

Wouldn't that logic make the A3000UX & A3000T even less popular based on the number made.   8^)

For me there isn't a less popular Amiga, they all were great. I really miss the thrill of the old computer world where completely new computer models and operating systems seemed to be just around the corner. Now we all just wait for the next bigger hard drive and faster processor to come out and new versions of Windows.

I know the market is more mature now but I just wish there was really a new ground breaking company on the horizon to release a truly revolutionary computer/OS combination to the market.

However, now there will be multiple posts saying how it's impossible. While that's exactly what I'm talking about, think about how impossible the Amiga was when it was released. I really miss seeing the impossible become possible. Oh, well I better get back to replying to emails and checking the EMC backup jobs on my PeeCee.

[Tension]

Wouldn't that logic make the A3000UX & A3000T even less popular based on the number made.   8^)

true

Consider the A3000+  

[Nostalgiac]

I vote A600 for the simple points of:  came later then A500+ yet less capable

Every other model had a space/need in the line; the only reason for the A600 was to produce a cheaper A500 (indeed... an A300) but by the time it came out... people were looking up not down.

A1000: well, something has to 1st
A500(+): cheap and cheerful games machine
A2000: plenty of expansion possible
A3000: bit of an inbetween, delivers auite nicely bare, yet can be expanded nicely
A3000T: overpriced A2000 with extras
A1200: next gen cheap and cheerful games machine
A4000: to pricey if you (at the time) already invested in an extended A2000
A4000T: bleep :-) all of the above, but can't afford it even today !

blinking back... if the A500+ had not existed... but was released as an A600 motherboard in an A500 enclosure... then it would have been ok

just my opinion of course
Tom UK

[cpfuture]

I'm sorry, I'm having a hard time designating any Amiga to LEAST popular. Lame, I know.

But like someone else mentioned earlier in this thread, times change. I remembered hating the A600 when it came out, but being relieved upon seeing the true successor to the mythical A500: the A1200. But now, in the mind blowing, dazzling 21st century future times we live in I have an A600 in my collection and I really like it for its compact size and ease with which I can stick a Compact Flash card into its IDE port using a CF-IDE adapter. Funny how things change.

[beller]

It was the A600, at least until very recently. I remember in the early days of my eBay selling (1997ish, despite eBay saying I registered in 1998), I would have a hard time getting anything for a new in the box A600. My friend's brick & mortar Amiga shop couldn't move A600s at all. It was a terribly underpowered Amiga when it came out and showed the stupidity on parade at Commodore.

That said, nowadays NTSC Amiga 600s are a hot commodity. So I guess it depends on what era you mean. Nowadays? Amiga 2000s are like kryptonite. Earlier this year I auctioned a new boxed Amiga 2000 and got ~$150. I felt like I got kicked smack in the scrotum. :eek:

Really?  I had a motherboard repaired by AmigaFrance and it rests comfortably in my garage awaiting installation.  I replaced it with a PAL board when it failed and haven't had it running.  What's an NTSC motherboard worth these days?

[beller]

To defend the A600 a bit (the one I have came from CBM as a tester and then I had nobody to send it to!) it did have some virtues.  First, unlike the A500, it was easy to install an internal hard drive which made it the most portable Amiga produced.  I have a bag from England that was designed to carry the machine to a buddies to play games on the TV.  It was an excelllent game machine at the time (ironic since that's how Amiga started life).

I used mine mainly for telecom as I moved to the Mac.  The A600 made a great second Amiga but it would have been even better with AGA!

[Rob]

Back in the day it has had to be the A600.  The guy responsible, whose name I don't have to hand, was also responsible for the IBM PC Junior.  Engineers at Commodore referred to it as the Amiga Junior and at one point he threatened to fire the next guy who said it.  Commodore UK even refused to take it but were ultimately over ruled.

[beller]

His name was Lou Eggebrecht. Somewhere on the net is an article I wrote for GEnie on his address at the World of Commodore Pasadena at the announcement of AGA and the 4000.  From what I heard later, the Pasadena speech was a complete load of bull droppings!

Bob

[save2600]

A600 sucks.

Actually, the A600 rocked and rocks. It does have the distinction of being "least popular", but the masses do not always know best. Great portable machine if you know your way around the Amiga  :-)

[quarkx]

Really?  ...  What's an NTSC motherboard worth these days?

The problem is FINDING one. An NTSC A600 will probably fetch a good hundred to two hundred USD, but they are very hard to find. I would have to estimate for every NTSC A 600 that exists, there are probably 50- 100 PAL units (if not more).
From what I understand it is like the A1000 over in Europe. Here in North America, they are quite plentiful and very easy to get, but I understand that is not the case over there.
I would have to argue that the least popular Amiga, depends on the region of the world they are in. Here in Canada, the A2000 seems to be the least popular and most available unit (other than the A500). I, for the life of me, can't understand why someone would even consider taking an A500 over an A2000, but there you go.

[beller]

The problem is FINDING one. An NTSC A600 will probably fetch a good hundred to two hundred USD, but they are very hard to find. I would have to estimate for every NTSC A 600 that exists, there are probably 50- 100 PAL units (if not more).

Make me an offer if you'd like one.  For $200 plus shipping I'd sell it in a hot minute!

Anyone at AmiWest could save delivery fees!