Ah but it is significantly cheaper in a way.
If you wanted all the same features you get from the Sony in a Nikon then you will need to look somewhere in between the D60 and the D80.
Now that changes the pricing by a few hundred dollars for the same feature set.
I know you bought the D40 because of size and that makes sense then but others just throw out flat and falsely that the D40 is a better Camera and most likely have never even touched a Sony before and that's what bothered me.
I mean personally I don't care what a person buys but when the wrong people give advise I just have to say something.