The only reason I can think of buying an appliance is if money is no barrier and you do not feel comfortable managing a open server and replacing parts yourself.
You will get a better bang for your buck by purchasing a open server from the HCL (http://www.checkpoint.com/services/techsupport/hcl/all.html) and then installing SecurePlatform and the firewall software on top of it. The software itself is decent, the pretty GUI that works for the most part makes it relatively easy to manage a rule base. Although it seems the software is become bloated which normally means more security holes.
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