I have seen many a threads bashing the magic 3/3.1 and loving the shit out of the M2. Well, on my personal results I will say that I do like the M2's reliability. (Even my installer noticed a difference) But then again this was never a point that I argued. :) I am waiting for my Magic 3.1s to get in and I wll take a look as to how thye boot and all. With the Magic 3.0 and a switch, my installer has had no problems what so ever. The one thing about the Messiah2 that my installer pointed out was that you could boot from the browser screen (Small thing...) But he did like that. From what I understand the 3.1 will do that as well. (Shall see) But all in all my point is yes, the M2 may be "A better chip" but you are going to pay for it. I will stick with Magic 3.1's personally because the price is right and for the money, it does what I am looking for CONSISTENTLY. :)
My 2 bongo-bucks
-Me
