out of the box i kinda agree that desire wins without any mod, but nothing much to do to galaxy to make it fly, you just need to download an app from market, 1st click to root 2nd click for lag-fix. tadaaaa its done, less then 5 minit no need to attach to computer and do all sort of complicated update.zip stuff

you cant judge the battery life just like that, you need to see the usage, and desire have a kernel that could save battery, so no fair if you compare if you already have that kernel install. i always have about 30% left at the end of the day (12 midnigt). i use it to play simple games such as asphlat for half of the day, while wifi is on half of the day also

question!! : i heard new desire from maxis cant be root, or is it can be done now?

slcd wont be much of diff if not mistaken, the real question now, if you want to buy it through maxis, you wont be able to root, so can you live with that?