Originally Posted by HPIA4v2

IMHO, dust means better brake no way around it, even BMW can't do anything about it.
my 2011 335i comes with very new pads (my guess it's ceramic) virtually no dust even after 3-4 week of driving. My 2008 535i comes with the last batch of very high dust pads but the cold braking and pedal feel unmatches by 335i (now past breaking in period mind you).
Though if I have to choose I go with low dust, right now I have Akebono ceramic on my X5 (yep similar report here on it, low dust but brake feel is inferior to OEM).
But if you want compromise go get Hawk, still dust albeit less than OEM and the performance very close to OEM (but mine squeal on low speed braking toward traffic light).

GL