I had an exilim until i got a canon powershot sd900....
the exilim was great and i have a lot of good memories taken on that cam, actually i had it until march, used the powershot at lake louise then kept using my exilim till grad.... now i use the powershot
the exilim is great because its slim, small, portable and it takes pretty decent shots, if u keep it in good shape and dont let the lens or w/e get screwed, u should be fine. my exilim started making skin tones a bit on the red side....
but yeah... not a bad choice