FWIW, I have some pergo in my family room and kitchen. I will never get pergo or any other laminate again most likely.
As Jesse commented, it feels different, and hardwood feels much nicer to me as we don't wear shoes in our house.
As far as durability, it's pretty tough stuff, but we have punctured it in a couple spots. They make patching filler that works ok, but in general I would rather have real wood.
When I put flooring in my
office, I was planning to use laminate as it looked so much easier. I'm so glad I decided to change to hardwood flooring at the last minute, I even had the laminate in my garage (took it back). The reason I took it back is that the grain didn't match up, and it bothered me.
I will only use hardwood flooring from now on. When I build my log home, I will use wood flooring in most of the home. Take my comments with a grain of salt, all of our milage varies.