What was the reason that you bought an MSX and kept using it ?

As for starting with MSX, that was easy. My parents decided to be modern and buy a computer, some 23-24 years ago. After I first ruined the second PC they bought by accidentally formatting the startup disk, they bought a Philips NMS-8245 by chance. I still have that machine today

As for still using it, well... mostly nostalgia I guess. Even though it was nice to work in Moonblaster again a week ago after not using it for a few years

In my case 4 brothers, then obviously the big one chose what computer to buy and was a Philips NMS8220 mainly because a couple of his friends had an MSX. After several years (keep in mind 8 hands playing ), I still have it working!. Nowadays, I think carefully about the cost of this computer to my parents, more than 300eur in the 80's!

Today, only myself is an active MSX user, the reason? Apart from nostalgia, I still enjoy with it making graphics, listening the MSX sound chips, I think it's a challenge too.

Parents thought a computer may help me with my primary school stuff so they bought an msx. They didnt knew much about computers themselves so they forgot to get some educational software with it. Instead I got athletic land, a game I loved, practically grew up with.

When I got older I could have bought an amiga500 but at the time I knew more ppl using MSX (it was 3 vs 5 so not that much difference though) , so I asked my parents to get me an MSX2+.

Despite I dont have my MSX'es connected atm, my interest in MSX remains high, because throughout the years it amazes me that the MSX is still present online, not forgotten. It started with emulators, to play the games I loved, discover new games and demos. And reading about new software/hardware as well as communities like #msxdev chatroom and MRC are reasons that I am still here.

I got my SVI 728 for christmas from my parents, when they asked me what I wanted for christmas I said I wanted a Commodore 64, but it was too expensive for them. My first MSX game came in the same box, Hypersports.......
Since most of my friends had spectrums and CBM 64 I got a lot of international penfriends and "swapped" software.
I bought the CBM 64 later on but still kepts the MSX as I found it better. Later got the Atari ST, then Amiga 600/1200.
Got my first PC in 1989 a 286-12Mhz with 20mb harddrive and VGA screen and a stunning 4mb of ram!
My Philips NMS 8255 is still in use for printing invoices and now and then a game....(its turned on 8h a day)
That said ALL of my MSX machines are connected and ready for use.........

Spectravideo's was cheap, it was made in Hong Kong, and Norway did not have toll on electronics from far east unlike most European countries.
Also remember the MSX did not need a custom cassette player like the C64, which at the time also costed quite a bit and was required to load software. That was a big selling point for the Spectravideo 728 (and the Spectrum)