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I owned one for a bit (A500 and A1500). AS I was in the UK, this was wiped out by the Acorn Archimedes coming on the scene.

I can't say I ever "loved" it nor found it reliable. By 1998 it looked quaint compared to NT4 etc.

> The Amiga was a reliable

Stop right there. Multitasking without memory protection and reliability do not go well together. It was a fun machine, but reliable it was not.

>Amiga was a reliable well-polished machine

Stop deluding yourself, Commodore had a ton of reliability problems. Amigas came from factory with electrolytic capacitors soldered backwards! (and afaik they were also backwards on the factory diagram).

shrug - I can't say I am deluding myself when I am unaware of reliability problems with my somewhat limited exposure. None of my friends who owned Amigas at the time complained about them (A1200/A600 era).