I grew up with a C64, which I loved. But my Dad would tell me stories about the Amiga, and we'd go look at one in the neighborhood computer store (Software Etc.—loved that place!). The store clerk was more than happy to show off the machine to us. And we'd dream about how someday we'd get one.
But by the time that day came, the writing was on the wall, and we bought an IBM 486 25mhz from Sears.
I feel like we dodged a bullet. But, at the same time, I get a sort of warm, fuzzy nostalgia every time the Amiga comes up. It was my future dream computer.
I love reading articles like this. It's a window into a path I was almost on.
And I really loved my C64. It's sad somehow that the PC won... In the mid 80s, the PC was so uninspiring compared to the other home systems, at least to a kid who liked colorful games and wild sounds.
I started with the original IBM PC 5150 at home when schools were full of C=64s. That experience set me up for life but I still want to get my kid a real C=64.
You missed a lot. When I think of what happened to the Amiga because of their incompetent management I get angry, however if the journey is the reward, then it paid a lot just by letting me become part of that era. Amiga has been the true "think different" many years before someone else would make it their motto, and I'm thankful I could own some of those machines, with all their shortcomings; they cost me the equivalent of many thousand $$$, and became essentially door stoppers when I sold off them a few years later, but their real value was letting me live a wonderful experience that I could never regret.
I had an Atari 520ST in about 1998 and was always envious of friend's Amigas.
In 1992 I switched to an A600, the Amiga was waning and I knew it but I loved owning it for that short period. I am glad I was a part of the community as much as I enjoyed playing the games and applications.
In retrospect instead of switching to PC next, I wish I had switched to an Acorn RISC PC.
But by the time that day came, the writing was on the wall, and we bought an IBM 486 25mhz from Sears.
I feel like we dodged a bullet. But, at the same time, I get a sort of warm, fuzzy nostalgia every time the Amiga comes up. It was my future dream computer.
I love reading articles like this. It's a window into a path I was almost on.
And I really loved my C64. It's sad somehow that the PC won... In the mid 80s, the PC was so uninspiring compared to the other home systems, at least to a kid who liked colorful games and wild sounds.