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Offline adolescentTopic starter

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Which should I keep? (A1200 vs A4000D)
« on: January 19, 2004, 05:41:16 PM »
Well, my original plans have changed and instead of updating the computers any more I am really in a position to sell one off (it's taken all of my will power, and the weak US dollar, to withstand the special offers from Elbox really...).  

A4000D/2M CHIP/16M FAST
Cyberstorm Mk2/060-66MHz/128M FAST
HD Floppy
DKB A4091
ACard SCSIDE w/IBM 40GB HD (not installed yet but waiting)
Yamaha 12x IDE CD-RW
ScanMagic Internal SD/FF
A2065

A1200/2M CHIP
Blizzard 060-50MHz/SCSI/128M FAST
HD Floppy
20GB Hitachi/IBM 2.5" IDE
ScanMagic Internal SD/FF
PCMCIA NIC
Bigfoot P/S

So, what do you think?
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Re: Which should I keep? (A1200 vs A4000D)
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2004, 05:44:31 PM »
Nice machines! I'd keep both of them..
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Re: Which should I keep? (A1200 vs A4000D)
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2004, 06:00:02 PM »
@adolescent:

Keep the A4000, its rarer, a better machine and you have better stuff in that one.


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Re: Which should I keep? (A1200 vs A4000D)
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2004, 06:01:19 PM »
I'd say the A1200, if you plan to tower should you keep it.
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Re: Which should I keep? (A1200 vs A4000D)
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2004, 06:15:27 PM »
Keep the A4000.. It's less hacky to upgrade (if you need to) than the A1200.
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Re: Which should I keep? (A1200 vs A4000D)
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2004, 06:17:09 PM »
i'd agree, keep the A4000, and dont even think about towering it  ;-)
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Re: Which should I keep? (A1200 vs A4000D)
« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2004, 06:36:41 PM »
I would say the a4000 although the a1200 is a nice spec .Hope the battery in the a4000 is not leaking.
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Re: Which should I keep? (A1200 vs A4000D)
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2004, 06:38:28 PM »
I think you should keep both but if you realy nead the $ then sell of parts from the A1200 so you still have a machine to play old games on which wont work on 060 or need to be downgraded to ROM1.3.
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Re: Which should I keep? (A1200 vs A4000D)
« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2004, 07:41:09 PM »
Whichever one you DON'T want, lemme know and I'll take it off your hands, free of charge (to me, that is).  :-P
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Re: Which should I keep? (A1200 vs A4000D)
« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2004, 07:50:55 PM »
I would sell both :-D
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Re: Which should I keep? (A1200 vs A4000D)
« Reply #10 on: January 19, 2004, 07:54:41 PM »
There's not too much you can do with an A1200 that you can't with the A4000, so I'd say definitely keep the A4k. Also, A1200s are easier to find if you ever decide you want one again.
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Re: Which should I keep? (A1200 vs A4000D)
« Reply #11 on: January 19, 2004, 07:55:38 PM »
Definately definately keep the A4000. If you get a Mediator, the 4000 is better than the 1200, but even if you don't I much prefer 4000s to 1200s (although I have both too :-).

BUT... make sure it doesn't have the original battery. If it does, replace it.
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Re: Which should I keep? (A1200 vs A4000D)
« Reply #12 on: January 19, 2004, 08:37:10 PM »
Just to clarify, I'm not really hurting for money.  It's just that I'm going to be a father in less that 90 days. :-o  So, I'm just clearing out the things that I don't or can't use regularly.   (I also have an A3000/040, A600, and an A1200 that I built out of spares...  All except the A3000 will probably be on the chopping block some day)

Looks like the A4000 is wining.  I've never considered towering the A1200.  Maybe I'd tower the A4000 or get a 4000Di.  The thing that drew me to A1200 was the form factor, portableness (is that a word?) and the fact that I can plug it into the TV if needed.  The only reason I got the A4000 was to get PCI.  And, well you guys know how it goes...

I've already removed the battery from the A4000.  Some day I'll get around to adding it back.

Oh well, keep the opinions coming.
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Re: Which should I keep? (A1200 vs A4000D)
« Reply #13 on: January 19, 2004, 09:03:36 PM »
'portability' is the word you were looking for

I have the same dilemma
I think I'm going to keep a basic desktop A1200 and my high spec A4000, and build a couple of towered A1200s to give to my dad. I've decided to keep the A4000 cos they're harder to come by.

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Re: Which should I keep? (A1200 vs A4000D)
« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2004, 01:30:03 AM »
Keep the A4000. If you ditch it you may never find that killer of a setup again (or at least be able to justify the price of procuring one:( ). Maybe sell the goodies in the A1200 and keep it cherry! Oh, hell! Just keep both. I can't even sell my A600 and it ain't nothing to either of your babies. The one time I thought I would my wife talked me out of it and I ended up setting it up again.  :-D Damn!

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