Don't worry - when they get those disks right for you, you will come to love them!

I took up mountain biking a few years ago and got my first set of disks (hydraulic though) and have since got a tandem with cable disks (and toe overlap btw). I just love those disk brakes, especially when I'm carrying a load. When I go back to riding my roadie I despair over how little stopping power normal brakes have by comparison!