Inheritance is un-useful, and C code is more maintainable and portable than C++? No offense, but I'm not sure you're getting the whole OO thing.

While it's true that the WoW hype is fading, the inertia of 10 million subscribers will drag out this process for a few years which is just in time for Blizzards new MMO codenamed Titan. Titan will be a massive success and Blizzard will remain on the MMO throne for years to come. That's my guess at least.

Just don't fork out the extra bucks a Sony or IBM laptop costs, when you can get cheaper non-brand stuff with the same hardware that doesn't come bundled with horrible, horrible apps.