I have the feeling that im unique here in that i wanted the N900 because of the hardware.

Small form factor, usable hw keyboard, resistive touch screen, HSPA, OMAP, 3.5mm jack ect won the day for me. I think i wouldve bought the N900 no matter which OS it was running, the fact that its Maemo is just icing on the cake.

Hopefully in the not too distant future i will be able to run multiple OS's on it including, Mer and Android.