To root or not to root ... that is the question

[elee]

I am picking up my EVO today and am pretty excited. Actually it is a Fathers Day present. Anyway I am familiar with installing custom ROMs on my Apache , yes moving on ...... should I let Best Buy install the update and wait until some further development has been done on ROMs or not and I root to gain more control? I would like to get all the bloatware off and add a few apps and this would only be possible if I root. So what is a person to do ..........