They weren't as expensive as Macs but they were also much more powerful so they were well worth the money even if Macs were cheaper. Macs were pretty minimalist

They weren't as expensive as Macs but they were also much more powerful so they were well worth the money even if Macs were cheaper. Macs were pretty minimalist systems from a hardware standpoint with no graphics acceleration and little sound capability in the early days. The Amiga's graphics and sound chips relieved the CPU of a lot of work, allowing it more time to focus on other things. This is why running Mac OS as a task under Amiga OS on some CPU and at some MHz would ran faster than on real Mac hardware of the same CPU and MHz