Yeah, they should have gotten a chipset upgrade in early, I think. Like 8 pannable channels, twice as fast blitter, and the rest like A1200. If such a beast had been released early on, maybe software devs had jumped to compatible programming and HD installs sooner, and it would have wowed more people before the console invasion and kept the interest. Over 7 years from A1000 to A1200 is way too long.
If a machine like the above had come before 1990, I'd have upgraded and kept my interest
A1200 was too little too late. (Sounds like a verdict easily said with the gift of hindsight, but I still think the Amiga was phenomenal, and certainly it was an achievement to make the A500 as cheap as it was.)