I've waited ten years for a successor to my A1200(s), and am prepared to wait a little longer. Nobody knows exactly how things are going to turn out, so I'll continue to bide my time until such a point when (if) I can look at each solution in detail and make up my mind then.
Mangetic, I know your post was well intentioned, but please remember that stuff like that is often treated as flamebait by those who've nothing more constructive to say. Not knocking you mate, but I don't think this place really needs more of that kind of thing going on.