INotifyPropertyChanged vs. DependencyProperty in ViewModel

According to the WPF performance guide, DependencyObjects definitely perform better than POCOs that implement INotifyPropertyChanged:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb613546.aspx

Kent wrote an interesting blog about this topic: View Models: POCOs versus DependencyObjects.

Short summary:

1. DependencyObjects are not marked as serializable
2. The DependencyObject class overrides and seals the Equals() and GetHashCode() methods
3. A DependencyObject has thread affinity – it can only be accessed on the thread on which it was created

I prefer the POCO approach. A base class for PresentationModel (aka ViewModel) which implements INotifyPropertyChanged interface can be found here: http://compositeextensions.codeplex.com