Same here. I brought home the BYTE issue with it on its cover and read the article eagerly. At that time, importing personal computers into Brazil was forbidden, and it took me a couple years to see an Amiga face to face, but from the extensive coverage, I was very impressed. I stuck to my Apple II for a couple more years before, grudgingly, moving to a v20-based PC.

I never saw a 1000 in person, but I am the happy owner of a 500, and it's a centerpiece of my "interesting computer" collection.

I really miss the 80's in that: you could tell different computers apart. Now even Macs are PCs...