Caps usually aren't a problem in these. They still used radials which are much more reliable than the SMDs the 4000 came with. The bigger problem is the NiCd battery leaking all over the board. The nice thing about the 3000 is that it comes with a built in scan doubler. You can just plug in a VGA monitor. The keyboard and mouse are proprietary to the Amiga but USB and PS/2 adapters exist for $30 a piece (some cases its cheaper than getting a real keyboard or mouse!).