Camera and lens recommendation

Foveon - v interesting. Two questions -

It seems Foveon produces unusual apparent sharpness and realism - but with fewer actual pixels than conventional sensors. But is RC impressed with such subjective sharpness, or does it prefer raw pixels above all?

The very slow image processing time - between 2 to 8secs per shot - is that practical, given the need to snap hundreds or thousands of pics, therefore at a high rate?