Typical reactions. For every ten or twenty reasonable explanations, pro or con, you have someone who's just GOT to spew crap about the brand, the model, or tell us how THEY have an "X" that shoots into 1/2 MOA at 2000 yards, in a hand-gun.
Why all the hooplah? It's America, and you still have choices. Buy, and shoot, what you feel is best, for you. Don't like a brand, move on. My son-in-law bought an XD (non M) in .40 S&W. It's a nice gun, points better than a Glock (like we didn't hear enough about them in advertising), is reliable, and has proven 100% reliable to date. It's not a 1911, for those of us who love 1911 pistols, or a CZ75, or even a Glock 22. It's an XD.
What a waste of band-width.