I'm finding it difficult to deal with the fact that cs2 is probably going to make photoshop7 obsolete . I'm not very excited about learning a whole new program, but are the benefits of CS(2) really that outstanding?
Check the videos from that page. I'm just about to take a look at them.
I'm still using PS7 on this comp too. On the point about learning a whole new program. It'll be CS but with some new features, most of which you won't use often. I use CS in my design class and it's hardly different from PS7.