Anton, it all depends on what you do with RAW files. RAW is amazing because it retains the original color information that you can digitally process your pictures the way people used to develop their films. If you are going to just convert RAW to JPEG after point and shoot, there's no point of considering a camera with RAW capability. If you have your own style of processing RAW, it will give you your trademark picture style.
Some may not agree with the way you process tho, I have had Cynthia telling me my pictures are tad bit too artistic for her taste because the way I process my RAW. However, RAW and digital processing give you an original look to your pictures that people take a look at your pictures and soon know it's yours.
I have 3 DSLR cameras and I hardly ever shoot in JPEG. 3 cameras from 3 different companies have 3 distinct color expression but the feel of my pictures do match each other because of the way I process.
However sometimes, digitally processing and converting RAW to JPEG are something that takes pretty long time and becomes a burden when you have let's say 100 or more pictures taken..
Canon G series are known for their great picture taking capabilities, I am sure the new one is even better.
Sigma DP-1 is not on market yet but that's another possibility, new Panasonic is having good reviews among people and so on.. so you may want to see the different color expression before you decide. It maybe just me but I am not really a Canon fan.. hehe..