I hope nobody thinks that I'm insensitive when I say this, but...

I want the N900 for the same reasons I want my tablets; I can hack them to be whatever I want them to be, and there's a great, supportive community who will help when I have questions.

I will be polite (as always) to non-hackers who just want to know how to change their ringtone (which, on the N900, is just any old MP3 ), and I'm glad that Nokia wants to sell more N900s so that they can pay their employees to keep making nice toys, but to me, the core purpose of Maemo is to offer the flexibility of a home computer in a tiny device. That means my N900 won't look or act much like your N900 after a few months of us both owning one...

And if you don't want to hack around with your device, I'm ok with that (even if I don't understand it). But I would encourage you to give it a try...