@iama-
The A600 is the only Amiga off your list that I agree with. It was worse than the A500 it replaced, while costing more. A total step backwards, a waste of time and resources, and ultimatly created a bad image releasing a 7mhz machine that late in the game.
My defense of the others follows:
A1000 - Was the first - C'mon, people, there IS a learning curve here. A spectacular machine. And remember, it had to go to production before the OS was finished... That had a lot to do with the design of having kickstart in RAM.....
A500 - The best seller - In the hayday, it was a true unmatched powerhouse in it's price catagory. Had it not been for this machine, I wouldn't have been able to get started with Amiga. I'm sure lots of other people were in the same situation.
A1200 - The AGA update to the best-seller - It came out a little late for the times, but still, when it was introduced, it was a fairly potent machine in a small package, priced at a point it was appealing.
Now, as for one I feel should have been on your list but wasn't... (And I'm sure I'm going to get roasted for this one, but heck, what's a good broiling between friends) is the CDTV.
I mean here are some of the highlights...
(1) The thing has the classic styling of a stereo component... one you hide in a cabinet behind tinted glass.
(2) It couldn't decide if it should be a game console (yet it didn't have any games available on CD at launch time) an expensive AudioCD component (that used CD CADDIES!!) or a personal computer (in a very inconvenient and non-matching form factor)
(3) It featured a remote that didn't work well as joystick, yet was a lousy shape for any other purpose.
The CDTV. A strange solution left looking for it's problem.
