Verizon 6700 : which ROM image to use ?

[dboreham]

I have Verizon Apache which of course is running horribly slowly
to the point of being almost unusable. And it needs to be rebooted
every few hours. And the backlight magically sets itself to zero
brightness at random times. Wondering if Balmer uses this stuff himself...

Anyway, it looks like one of the new AKU3.5-based ROM images would
improve my relationship with the phone. However I'm a bit bewildered
by the number of choices. I don't have the time to spare to install
each one. So I'm hoping someone that has a Verizon phone can
let me know which one to pick.

Ideally I'd like to have the same stuff that Verizon shipped on the phone
(for example I need MSN). So the ROMs that remove that don't look
useful to me. I'm not too interested in the various 'handy' utilities either.
Really I want 'like Verizon shipped it, but working'.

Any advice on what to use ?

Thanks.