I just took a beginning dSLR class and the instructor offered pros/cons to jpeg/raw.
RAW is higher quality since it's not compressed and you're able to fix some exposure/wb errors - but you do need some kind of software to process it.
But - There's an advantage to learn how to take good exposures from the camera and not having to rely on post-processing. And I've noticed that there is a slightly longer lag getting the picture on the screen when shooting in RAW (since you are processing more data).
His summation was that if you want the extra abilities with RAW, shoot in RAW+JPEG so that you always have access to a quick/easy file if you don't have time to process files for printing/etc.
Ultimately, I think it's a preference thing, depends on what you're doing, and there's probably no right/wrong answer.
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