I agree with both of you two above
This is the future on all new planes - we have to live with it if we want to buy new planes. Today, a plane without glass cannot be even given away.
So, all other considerations are moot, and a discussion of pros and cons is pointless
What I keep ranting on is really just a warning to buyers. Don't expect to get the low operating costs which are normally expected on a new plane with piecemeal avionics which - IF you don't let yourself to be ripped off - can be replaced/repaired at a reasonable price and quite often amazingly cheaply. With the G1000 system, nothing is going to be cheap, and you have considerable issues in an AOG (aircraft grounded, either legally or practically) situation. I guess the only worse thing would be an engine failure in a DA40TDi at Luxor
The keypad is a massive help, years overdue for GA, and totally trivial to implement. Its omission in current GA setups is inexcusable and really stupid. Try entering 30 airways waypoints, most of them 5 characters, with a KLN94 / GNSx30 etc.... The Garmin 480 had airways name entry support but Garmin have dropped that product (having bought the company, in the usual American way).