@bloodline
Yes, UAE is fast and very compatible, but you have to run it on top of windows/linux/morphos etc. With hardware you can boot straight to the system we all love.
If you are happy to use UAE as your primary Amiga, it's fine for me and I suppose that it's fine for everyone else too, but some of us want to have new hardware dedicated only for Amiga and you shouldn't have any objections against that.