Bob,
>What is the life cycle of an A4000? My 17 year old A1000 still works as >well as it did 17 years ago. My A2000 is still the core of my >video-editing business. The hardware is rock-solid and the software >does what I need it to do. Well, my 17 year old Frankenthousand A1000 is running great too. . . except that the SCSI controller died and until I can replace it, it makes the whole machine rather useless. I've read about too many 4000's with problematic resistors leaking electrolyte all over, and of others with some of the surface mount chips going bad. I think nearly every chip on my 1000 has a corresponding socket. Not so on the 4000's. I'm not talking about the Wintel world's idea of obsolesence. I'm talking about simple broken hardware. Too much of our Amiga hardware can't even be replaced anymore. (How many chips are actually available as replacements for Agnus and DMAC, etc) >If you expect that the A4000 lasts another 3 years, and the cost of the >PPC upgrade is equivalent to replacing the machine with an Intel, and >the software you need is available on AmigaOS, I would say that the >more enjoyable Amiga would be the best buy. Considering that Frankenthousand was my only Amiga until I bought my first 4000 about 1997/98, I'd say I'm pretty well versed at getting high mileage out of an Amiga!! :-) Paul _____________________________________________________________________ Voyager Mailing List - http://v3.vapor.com/ Voyager FAQ....: http://faq.vapor.com/voyager/ Listserver Help: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=HELP Unsubscribe....: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=UNSUBSCRIBE
