Well, I use mine exclusively for media centre & for that, it's ideal, really very good. At work, I run XP only. Since I use it for media, I do care what it looks like! For me, that is a key benefit & vmc is a lot prettier than mce, helps with the missus acceptance index ratio you see.
I have met people who have expressed their disappointment with it, when it turns out they've put it on machines that are just insufficient.