@Superawesome:
It seems faster, but to be honest, I flashed my phone about two days after I got it
Asurion "replaced" my Samsung i760 with this HTC Touch Pro.
I do like WM 6.5 over 6.1, but I never had issues with 6.1 either. It is taking some getting used to! I've been using the same UI since my iPAQ PDA, so it was "different"