Don’t take it personally, nobody call you cheapskate. What I actually think that he means is that there is pretty much no difference between the two, other tha

Don’t take it personally, nobody call you cheapskate. What I actually think that he means is that there is pretty much no difference between the two, other than the price and the form factor. But I will give you one more reason to not stick with 8: it’s a safer bet, it’s the fourth iteration of a well tested design, so I don’t expect to have any problems. On the other hand I am afraid the usual first Apple product generation problems will be there in X.