I agree that free is always better but on your own PC is not always good. See all the people that struggle with their computer everyday.
To put the info in the "cloud" can be great as you can check things out from any PC through the website and you don't have to worry about losing it from your PC. Its apple's take on the BIS only they added wireless sync to it.
I was hoping the price would come down but I will be using the 60 trial when it comes out and see how it works with my iphone. First reports were pretty good coming from the bloggers yesterday.