[mikei]

I think you'll find that everyone had their own opinion. I've tried almost every one of the cooked ROMs and think the Whosdaman's TF2D with the aGPS hack from XDA is my favorite. I'm a big fan of TF2D though so my opinion is heavily based on that. His ROM is extreamly stable, very fast, and for money has a good mix of applications without being too bloated.

Here's my quick run down of the other popular cooked ROMs. I hope this helps you.

OMJ's ROMs are also very stable although I have not tried his TF2D ROM b/c I'm so happy with Whosdaman's. I did run his 3.03 ROM for several weeks with no problem.

DHarvy's Black Vista actually blew up on me after about 4 weeks. That's not to say the ROM has stability issues b/c I know it's been out there a while and many people seem to like it. That was just my personal experience. I wasn't a big fan of the theme either, but again I like the Diamond look and feel.

Nextvision's Throttle ROM was probabaly my second favorite. This one is pretty loaded with apps and has the Diamond look and feel, but I found Throttle Launcher to be buggy. I like TF2D much better. I think Next is working on a TF2D ROM, but it's still beta.