No timeline for the 1.1 release was discussed (at least whilst I was there) but Roger's (?) comment was that it wasn't ready in the very near-near future. I would probably not hold your breath for this one, but It's probably safe to assume that it's going to be this year.

They are working on some really big project at the moment that has to be in the shops some time in August (sounds interesting), and once they have some of the work on that out of the way they will be able to devote much more time to 1.1. Evidently 1.1 is finished, they only need to work through the bugs that appeared in alpha testing before they can make a beta release. There are a few of these, and I don't really think you will want the software 'til they have these out of the way (seriously).

All in all 1.1 (or whatever they end up calling it - Mike even wanted to call it George (M$ haven't even been that creative yet )) will be worth the wait. There are some really cool new graphics in there!

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