I'm a "vexel" guy.

Meh, just done 2 hybrid pix/vector works in Illustrator/Photoshop and got my mind blown off. Totally.
Vector IMO should really be taking the lead over raster as the demand for scalability and quality of tracing algorithms/ human brains increase over time.
Oh, and kingopayne, I'd be really paying to see Nurbs end up in a lowend app. It just isn't possible at this stage. (Xara's renderer will chug, and then die.)