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Offline magnetic

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Re: Which Amiga chassi do you find most attractive?
« Reply #14 on: May 14, 2013, 02:28:46 AM »
Hands down for me A1200 or maybe A600. Do you know how many people are amazed the whole computer "is in the keyboard" lol

A3000T looks like a pc server case.

a4000T is pretty damn sweet, that smoked black plastic front is serious biz!

A4000D looks like a pc clone

A3000D looks like a pc clone and is a NIGHTMARE to upgrade or work on

A2000 makes a good boat anchor!

A500 is always cool :)
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Re: Which Amiga chassi do you find most attractive?
« Reply #15 on: May 14, 2013, 02:50:07 AM »
As far as looks only 1000 hands down, then 3000d, but 2000 looks tougher than 3000 IMO (like it could hold a boatload of bad a$$ cards and the 300 can only hold those wimpy low profile stuff. Kinda like pc vs Ibm PC Jr.)
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Re: Which Amiga chassi do you find most attractive?
« Reply #16 on: May 14, 2013, 02:51:40 AM »
A zero fell off my 3000, anyone want to buy an uber rare A300 desktop ? It's half as powerful as a 600.
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Re: Which Amiga chassi do you find most attractive?
« Reply #17 on: May 14, 2013, 02:52:57 AM »
Quote from: ral-clan;734813
Not to nitpick, but just so we're all talking the same language here:

...the word "chassis" has an "s" on the end and actually means the internal skeleton of a machine, not the case.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chassis

So is the question about the better internals, or the better case?



Either way my response is the same..hehe.. I agree the A4000T's are pretty
sweet.  Best of the breed as far as I'm concerned.  I like the 3 I have ;-)..
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Re: Which Amiga chassi do you find most attractive?
« Reply #18 on: May 14, 2013, 02:53:19 AM »
A3000/A3000T, hands down.  Rest look generic to me.  The A1000 was a great design for its day, but the A3000D was the first Amiga with that real professional office type look to me.
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Re: Which Amiga chassi do you find most attractive?
« Reply #19 on: May 14, 2013, 03:05:12 AM »
I always drooled over the A4000 tower. I've never owned one, but I still hope I will someday. I love the wedge cases (always had a500 or a1200) but the 4000t just screamed power to me.
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Re: Which Amiga chassi do you find most attractive?
« Reply #20 on: May 14, 2013, 03:12:25 AM »
The 1200 for sleek design (minus the awful keyboard), and the 2000 for rugged design and easiest access to the internals and the insane amount of peripherals you could get for it.
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Re: Which Amiga chassi do you find most attractive?
« Reply #21 on: May 14, 2013, 03:17:45 AM »
No votes yet for the Walker?  Shocking!   ;)
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Re: Which Amiga chassi do you find most attractive?
« Reply #22 on: May 14, 2013, 03:29:25 AM »
A1000...
Followed by the 3000.
Not a fan of towers or bigger cases...
After that, probably the 1200.

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Re: Which Amiga chassi do you find most attractive?
« Reply #23 on: May 14, 2013, 04:52:09 AM »
Quote from: magnetic;734816
Hands down for me A1200 or maybe A600. Do you know how many people are amazed the whole computer "is in the keyboard" lol

A3000T looks like a pc server case.

a4000T is pretty damn sweet, that smoked black plastic front is serious biz!

A4000D looks like a pc clone

A3000D looks like a pc clone and is a NIGHTMARE to upgrade or work on

A2000 makes a good boat anchor!

A500 is always cool :)


A4000t looks to much like an old supermicrro tower for me. a500 is to c128 as windows ME is to 98.
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Re: Which Amiga chassi do you find most attractive?
« Reply #24 on: May 14, 2013, 05:06:05 AM »
3000D followed by the A1200.

Why isn't this a poll?
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Re: Which Amiga chassi do you find most attractive?
« Reply #25 on: May 14, 2013, 05:20:10 AM »
A4000D. Plain on the outside but an ergonomic and efficient design that doesn't take up a lot of space and has enough room for expansion--who needs two internal floppies in modern times but a 5.25" CD drive bay and a bay that could be used for a card reader or zip drive are useful. The A4000T is a monster in comparison and is really just a nice AT tower chassis that's almost generic. It's the insides that make the A4000T great.

 I can't stand wedgies but that's just my personal taste. Of the wedgies, the A1200 is the most atractive.
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Re: Which Amiga chassi do you find most attractive?
« Reply #26 on: May 14, 2013, 06:38:18 AM »
Quote from: freqmax;734786
Which Amiga chassi do you find most attractive?

Nowadays it's possible to put high end electronics in low end chassi or low end electronics in high end chassi. And some are not originals at all ;)


the Amiga Walker prototype!

seriously, the A1200 and CDTV
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Re: Which Amiga chassi do you find most attractive?
« Reply #27 on: May 14, 2013, 06:52:34 AM »
You gotta love the A1000.  That was such a departure from what we had at the time.  A really nice design.

I have to agree that the towers lose some appeal because of PC's, but the 3000T is just such a beast that it adds a lot of character.

My all time favorite is the 3000D though.
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Re: Which Amiga chassi do you find most attractive?
« Reply #28 on: May 14, 2013, 07:09:13 AM »
Quote from: royalcrown;734823
As far as looks only 1000 hands down, then 3000d, but 2000 looks tougher than 3000 IMO (like it could hold a boatload of bad a$$ cards and the 300 can only hold those wimpy low profile stuff. Kinda like pc vs Ibm PC Jr.)


The 3000D holds full size cards.  They are sideways, just like the 4000D.

You can even fit a big old Toaster and Flyer in there.
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Re: Which Amiga chassi do you find most attractive?
« Reply #29 from previous page: May 14, 2013, 07:53:33 AM »
Quote from: nicholas;734790
a3000d without a doubt. A1200 is my second favourite.


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