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I bought the 4th ed core books and I'm kicking myself now for dropping the dough. Someone said earlier it "reads like a video game booklet" and that couldn't be any closer to the truth.
The next year will be interesting for sure. I run two home games and was quite excited to get my hands on 4th ed and convert over the players. After watching their reactions to the new edition sent me on a search, hence the reason I'm here. I've already printed off the alpha and showed it to my gaming groups, which adds up to 12 people. All 12 whole-heartedly WANT to change to Pathfinder rules and are excited about the edits made to 3.5.
4th ed made good changes, such as passive perception, movement squares and getting rid of some skills and clumping others, but the rest wasn't the style of game that has always attracted me to the D&D.
I'm sure they'll do well with the newer customers, but I'm afraid they've lost several old gamers who buy LOTS of supplement material. The type of gamers who actually have jobs and can spend the bread.