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I disagree; the Glock is better setup than the XD. The XD has the pin that protrudes from the back of the pistol showing it is cocked and a chamber loaded indicator pops out of the top of the slide when a round is present. Both of these parts are separate from the firing function, as in additional parts. Glock does the same with parts that are already part of the pistol in the first place, as GlockJock pointed out the trigger in the forward position means it is in the ready to fire position and the extractor has a notch that is both visible and tactile indicating a loaded chamber. Along with the palm grip safety on the XD that makes for a lot of extra parts to break that are not needed in the first place. Same goes for the thumb safety version on the M&P, more useless, redundant parts. But hey, if your into a pistol that was designed with lawyers in mind over the end user than rock on.
Id rather buy a gun that does not have undesirable parts in the first place, same goes for any and all weapons with the lame-o key locks.
And yet, even with all that complex stuff going on, XD's are still one of the top guns that come up when people talk about reliability. This is totally not what this thread is for and there are countless threads putting XD's up against Glocks. Ultimately, they are both incredibly reliable guns and perfectly suited for their purpose.