Never ever, EVER, getting rid of my 1911 or my XD 45 Tactical. EVER! Nope... not happening. Negative.
Jokes aside, I feel as though the two platforms have their places in competition. I love the feel of the 1911 and the inherent accuracy. But, for whatever reason, the XD is just a joy to shoot. Don't get me wrong when I say this... I still get that negative feeling from the polymer every once in a while but the gun works and it works well. I live the positive feeling of the great 1911 in steel but it is more cumbersome to work. I have to release the slide with my left thumb. The mag release requires me to change my grip... Yes, all these can be remedied with add-ons but I didn't want to alter the gun.
And yes, the XD needed love in order to get a trigger in there that didn't have 1/2 a mile of pre-travel and an 1/8 of over-travel with 50 miles of gravel road in-between. Okay, let me stop bashing my own guns. Both are great.
If you can, save and buy an XD or a XDm. The ergonomics on the XDm are a bit better than the XD and the factory trigger is better than the factory trigger on the XD. The "Match" components, well, I cannot take advantage of match anything. So, for me, that's not a selling point. I am a middle of the pack IDPA shooter. Match barrels are wasted on me.