[Lacrosse]

In defense of root, I rooted 5 minutes after i took the phone out of the box because whether I was gonna flash a new rom or not (am pretty happy with the stock rom for now) I wanted the infrastructure wifi tether so i can use my zuneHD / zunepass on the go. More importantly though, titanium backup, which does a backup of all your apps and system settings, requires root, and i just feel safer with a full backup of all my stuff. Its really not too difficult to do, a little harder than running an nbh and clicking a few buttons, but definately doable for most people if they go step by step and follow the tutorials to the letter.

I came from a TP2, was a flash junkie but like you, not HAVING to flash in search of a smoother experience has definately lowered my blood pressure quite a bit.