Interpretation is a wonderful thing, eh? Tell me where I was having a go at Giants, or the guy who bought one. What I said is someone who is serious about weight weenie-ism would forgo the Giant for a Cannondale SuperSix, Scott Addict or the like - both are much lighter frames. I'm also not saying he should have bought something else - the point is you've got a great bike, now stop worrying about what the scales say and just ride the damned thing.
FWIW I find Giants about as interesting as your Grandmother's Toyota Corolla, in white with Frangipani stickers on the back window. I'm sure they're fine bikes by themselves, but when every second or third bike is a GIANT things get a little same same.
And on the subject of Avantis, the Garmin-Chipotle Felt parked next to the Carbonio in the shop looked soooo nice, but I couldn't go past Dura-Ace 7800 all around with 7801-SL wheels, carbon bars and a full carbon frame for $3500. Sure the frame turned out to be very flexy, but when it cracked and Avanti upgraded me to a 2009 frame (which rides just as well, if not better than my old man's S-Works Roubaix) I stopped caring about the sticker on the frame
