I hear ya. I've spent a ton of time and money on mine also. I am the type of guy that likes to upgrade as soon as possible evey time and if I were to stick with threads I couldn't do that any more. I don't like for things to get stale. I'm just wierd I guess. LOL
I figure that if I have to change software anyway I might as well go to something that I am pretty sure won't be dropped at someones whim again. We'll see how it goes.