im glad you waited a full minute before asking again. Thats nice. I haven't used one outside of a store so you'll want to weight what i say lower than what others will say below me who have more experience, but from what i have seen its a pretty good camera. Definitely better than most (if not all) the point and shoots. That fact that it is an slr with interchangeable lenses and all that is a definite bonus, and it allows you to put really good glass on it. Personally im not a huge fan of it. To me it is to small and doesn't fit in my hand very nicely. a good reivew on it can be found at dpreview.com.
my girl friend just bought one (had to go and upstage my xt) seems nice enough, noise could be a little bit of a problem with the extra mp, but if you have a compact digicam at the moment you'll be more then impressed by the images its capable of.