Definitely buy Vue 5 non pro ! It will take about 6 month of intensive use of Vue, before you will learn about all functions offered by Vue 5, and probably then Vue 5 Pro will be available. You will have not to pay a full price of Vue 5 Pro surely ther would be an important discount for Vue 5 users. I started with old free Vue 2 - I used it for about 8 month before I switched to Vue 4 - and still there was a lot of functions in Vue 2 that I never touched. When you learn to be a pilot, you learn with a Cessna before you switch to a F-22 :-)