Morrisman
Think of it as progress. Things move on. I suggest you fly it in anger then pass judgement. Especially once you have experienced round dials with a gps just out of your scan in the real world, not just on your IR test. The 530 has been about for a long time now, G1000 is a different thing entirely.
It has it's foibles. I hate the Garmin menu system, and I hate inputting flightplans to G1000. It needs the keypad bigger machines have. But it's redundancy is first class. Touch wood I haven't had any issues in my limited experience. Go do a manufacturers course on it and learn it properly. Best time you'll spend.