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My iLiad is working well for me, and I still have my eBw 1150 (and I might have stayed with that if the PDF converter had been available about a month earlier!) There are a few additional features I'd like to have, but most of them are software related (even things like keyboard support), and the user developer community is likely to have them all in hand within the next year. The only thing I really wish my iLiad had that it doesn't is on-board HWR (there is no Linux HWR that I know of), but that's also a software issue and Vision Objects is apparently thinking about porting their products to Linux, so I'd buy that as a software package.
I wouldn't pay anything for a unit with less than what the iLiad has now, but if a new unit were available with better power management-- ideally with built-in solar power-- I'd consider it.
Ok, I might also consider upgrading in a few years to something like eink with a faster display. But I couldn't justify the price of a new iLiad (I bought mine used) unless it could replace my OSX laptop, as well. Nothing I need to do can't be done on Linux except HWR, I think. But a faster display would definitely be needed, and to replace my laptop, I'd also need color (I do some artwork there). For a monochrome display, I couldn't justify paying more than about $350.
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