I am no longer six years old so I've learned to wait for Santa Claus. It doesn't make much difference whether I wait two weeks or two months so no, the beta is not much of an incentive for me. However, a business lives on its cash flow. As I have a vested interest in Eovia's continuing existence and Carrara product development I'll be pre-ordering later today. Besides... Carrara is a decent product at a decent price. Such things should be rewarded.