I recently went through a similar decision ordering a bike. There are a ton of hills where I live- I actually love going up hills, but I don't like having to struggle up them in a gear that's too hard. I ultimately decided that while most of the time I would be fine with a compact (34-50), I wanted to keep the versatility of a triple.

How often do you use your lower gears? If you rely on the lower gears a lot, I'd be worried about giving them up (even as I've gotten stronger, there are still days when I'm tired or just not up to pushing things).