I'm So Excited, I Can't Keep Quiet

I haven't been posting as much on this blog or my other blog in the past few days. That's because I've been working with Mi Hombre on ideas for websites for each of the blogs. We've already purchased URLs (which I'll debut when the sites debut) and now we're discussing which blogging tool I should use. I've always used Blogger - since I started blogging in December 2001. That's a long time with one piece of software. But lately, I've been noticing more slow page openings and especially frustrating, it seems to take forever to open the edit pages. Plus, in terms of design, almost all of my favorite news sites are made with Movable Type. (I haven't looked through this blogroll yet.) One or two is made with WordPress and one is made with Radio Userland. There are very few well known blogs that still use Blogger (although many started with it). Most notable are Atrios and Media Log. My primary reason for wanting to switch is that I'd like to categorize my posts. The backend stuff, I leave to my technical advisor (aka Mi Hombre) to figure out.

By the way, the last time PC Magazine tested blog tools was in 2003 (right after Google bought Pyra). Does anyone know a source for comparison shopping that's more updated?