Which Amiga should you buy? THE BEGINNING OF a new year. (Even though this is really October and you are probably reading this in December.) Just returned from the AmiExpo in New York. . .it was a great show. A number of people asked what I thought about Commodore's new marketing plans and about the future of the A500, A1000 and A2000. Commodore’s marketing plans; Television ads were just beginning to appear and I thought that they looked pretty good (compared to the original Amiga 1000 ads two years ago). If Commodore concentrates on just getting their name out there, then I will be happy. If, on the other hand, they decide to market the Amiga as some- thing in particular, then I will begin to worry, because it is a sure bet that they will pick the wrong something. Some genius will decide that the new Amiga 500 is the ultimate machine for developing weaving patterns, and Commodore will start running fourteen-page ad inserts in Weaver’s World magazine. Whatever Commodore decides to do, I am encouraged, because something is better than nothing, even if that something is somewhat off the mark. What is the future for the A500, A1000, A2000? This question came in many forms. Usually it was something like, "I don’t own an Amiga yet. Which one should I buy?”, or "I have been thinking about trading in my 1000 for a 2000. . .” The answer to all of these questions is “It depends on what you want By Guy Wright to do with it and when.” Right now, most of the hardware out there works on the A1000 and there are a bunch of companies still working on newer, bigger, better hardware for the A1000.
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