The Falcon is certainly a desirable piece of kit to own from a collectors point of view; I was looking into buying one. But from the sounds of things, backwards compatibility with existing Atari software is somewhere in the region of 60%... so I dont know what utility there is to be gained from buying one when you could just buy a 520 STFM or 1040 STFM and enjoy access to a wider catalogue of software.
I agree with AlexH; it aint the OS that counts, but the software you can run on it. But shelling out over 1000 USD for a machine that can run a handful of Falcon demo's and games doesnt seem worth it to me IMHO. One for the collectors I suppose
