I can't say I ever hated x86 "on principal." What I hated was the rise of monopolies, of which Intel was a part. As Intel (and M$) ascended, other options, like the Amiga got squeezed out. In Amiga's case, it didn't help any that Commodore had no real clue what it was they possessed, trying to sell cutting edge hardware as a commodity item. No. I'm in the "if it gets the job done" category and would have been happy with an Amiga powered by x86 as long as I could still choose.
