A friend of mine bought a 5D. It felt really cheap, but it focused fast and took good pictures. I had the full frame 1DS and didn't like it. The white balance sucked, ISO noise even at 800 was pretty bad, and I had to clean the sensor almost every outing. The Mk III sensor cleaning is one more selling feature if it actually works.

I must admit, GIMP is really rough on the usability side.

Printers are so frustrating if you're not on Windows. My wife runs a Mac and support on OS X is pretty poor for a lot of brands. She also kills printers on a frequent basis. I finally just bought her a used HP color laser about the size of a dorm fridge. The lights dim when it starts up, but she hasn't broken it yet.

I'll check out the dcraw project. Sounds interesting.