Lpc2000

I am starting a project which was planning to use an LPC210x and an
FTDI chip for a USB port.

I have been wondering about wether it would be wise to go for the
LPC214x family. The 8K DMA interface is just what I need, in the FTDI
solution I would have simply done a little protocoll to read and write
to the RAM.

But of course new solutions always have thier "gotchas". In particular
I am unsure about implementing the interface on the PC (and MAC/nix)
side.  Surfing this and other groups I know this has been a concern,
but of course these posts are dated.

Can anybody give me a quick status.....is the 214x still bleeding edge
or does it offer off the shelf solutions?