The other reason is that Canon's cameras just seem laid out in a logical fashion to me, where I have to engage the brain with the Nikon's
It's the exact opposite for me. Nikon's button layout and menus feel intuitive and discoverable, whereas Canon's make me do a complete WTF? I just went through that again this weekend, when comparing their waterproof point-and-shoots. I really want the Canon, so I can use
chdk, but the controls just feel like an afterthought. *shrug*
I do sometimes have people work for me who shoot Nikon, so I do get to process their RAWs, the colour reproduction is more muted
By default, yeah, but there's a setting to fix that (which I do -- I don't like the muted colour rendering).