Amiga A1200

Advantages: Still has its ways
Disadvantages: Is dated nowaday in its graphics and sound

...I can say about the Amiga is that I love it still. I currently own an Amiga 500, 500+, CD32 and a 1200. My 500 and 500+ are the basic machines but I have a 52MB quantum hard drive for one of them. I know you might think wow a whole 52MB of space, but the thing is that I never filled it up. The fun starts with my 1200 I have a blizzard board with a 68030 processor, this processor is an improved processor for the Amiga it makes it run at a slightly ...
...1400GHz. The thing with the Amiga is that it can run with a slower clock speed because its software it built much better than PC software and it is more efficient at doing its tasks. I have put in an extra 32MB of ram into my 1200, again you may think wow I use 512MB of ram, an Amiga would not have to have this kind of memory as unlike PC’s the Amiga does not waste its ram it uses it wisely and unlike PC’s there is no cache ram to worry ... Read review

Advantages: Top quality gameplay and reliable little fella
Disadvantages: Old and dusty. No support or current software available

...local Nationwide Anglia. The Amiga was a household name in these days and hey, I’m only talking about 10 years ago. So, for a trip down computer lane, read on my friends. Amiga - A long but meaningful history : Cut to the chase, just tell me what you think about the Amiga, you say. Well in a moment. I would first like to share the extent of the legacy that was breakthrough sound and graphics. The mid to late 80’s saw the introduction of probably ...
...models were out first, the Amiga 500 was a machine plonked on everyone’s table (or floor) next to the TV. It has pretty much been proved that the A500 was the biggest selling single unit computer to date (one model, one manufacturer) and the later models really built on that foundation. The Amiga (like the Atari ST) had its own sound chip and several other custom chips, meaning that it could produce music without external peripherals and had a 16 ... Read review

Advantages: Great for their time
Disadvantages: Dated

Looking at my Amiga now, I wonder how I ever got excited over it. Old and battered and not even working. Yet 10 years ago, I was the ultimate in Chique in my 6th Form Class for having one. Designed by commodore to replace its aging C64, the Amiga opened a whole new world to the budget computer user. I first remember it offering a £400 package to the the people at home in 1989 althoughit first hit the market in 1987 as the Amiga 500. At the time, ...
...from Sega and Nintendo, the Amiga offered business applications on a machine as well as having excellent gaming capabilities. The operating system taking the PC market by storm at the time was called Windows. Realising its functionality, Amiga tried to emulate its own system called Workbench. Workbench was a marvel to all of us users that had never experienced an operating system but looks primitive compared to modern pcs. The machine itself was ... Read review

Advantages: A true multitasking and versatile machine
Disadvantages: Showing its age.

...of Commodore's incompetence, the Amiga computer is still a brilliant machine and now on the verge of revival to challenge the Mac and the IBM compatibles (what everybody calls PC's). Although an accelerated Amiga with the '060 CPU only runs at 50mHz (66mHz if pushed) this is comparable to 200mHz for a PC. The reason being that software written for a PC is something in the order of 3 to 4 times longer than the same software written for an Amiga, ...
...cache memory) for the Amiga is the equivalent to at least 64mB for the PC. Using the Blizzard accelerator, 256mB of RAM can be fitted. O.K. I know, it's a bit of a tortoise in the modern computer world but remember the story of the tortoise and the hare? With the basic out of the box Amiga A1200, you can process sounds and pictures without additional hardware and can display and play on a domestic TV as well as a dedicated monitor. The `Operating ... Read review

Advantages: A great "classic" video games machine
Disadvantages: Complete lack of support

The A1200 is still a great little gaming machine, if you like classic games and nostalgia. A very reliable machine mine is still working now 12 years on. The gaming experience is looking a little dated now, but all technology will go this way. if you look past this at the machine itself you can see great innovation behind it, and the creative ways in which people were forced to think to make unique games on a machine with limits, leading to some ...
...value anymore is the image manipulation programs and 3D rendering software such as Imagine. The main problems with it is the lack of support and it is becoming increasingly difficult to find replacement parts for anything that does go wrong especially with things like the monitor and power supply. If you do not have a hard disc for it, it can be an absolute nightmare swapping floppy discs to get the files you want. It is also not the prettiest machine ... Read review