True, but as I read from more knowledgeable sources than myself, the problem of the Amiga was that the software was intimately linked to and effectively exposed

True, but as I read from more knowledgeable sources than myself, the problem of the Amiga was that the software was intimately linked to and effectively exposed hardware implementation details. This made upgrading chips nigh impossible without full software rewrites, which ultimately caused stagnation. Indeed, as an A500 kid I used to laugh and was horrified by my first PC...