Sure there are a few shortcomings, the primary of these being that mail has no external IMAP support, and you are forced to use the @me.com (or @mac.com if you were a previous .mac subscriber) domain for your email. However, these aren't deal breakers for me anymore. Awhile ago I wouldn't have touched my .mac account for email. Frankly, the interface stunk and didn't have a lot of interoperability. Now though, its worth the switch. I have routed all my email accounts to forward to this account. You can still reach me via my email at Vigilant Studios or Pulse of Thought, but you'll be getting responses from my @me.com account instead.
To me this doesn't break branding protocol (though many would argue differently that they MUST have their domain name in the resolution of their email address). Obviously large corporations or organizations with 10+ people will still want to use their native domain name, but for those of us running independent businesses where we are are the only employee, the '@me.com' email resolution works quite well. Unless you are a very old corporation who got in early on the domain registering bandwagon, you aren't going to be able to get a domain that is 2-letters long. It's just not going to happen. If memory serves me correctly, all 2-letter permutations of domain names were taken by the early 90's. Also the '@me.com' is generic, non-associative, and easy to remember. For me this is a huge plus- the '@vigilantstudios.com' was getting a bit rough to use as an address... While it makes sense and pushes people towards my web address, its not easy to tell someone on the fly or over the phone. Generally it results me having to spell it out multiple times, and even then there's bound to be room for error. With '@me.com' there's virtually no room for error.
That's my take, and I'm sticking to it!
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