Thanks everyone. I've decided to let Cakewalk decide for me. WHen they put out the first update I'll pull the trigger. The ball is in their court, if they want my money they need to release X2b.
I find it strange that with all their ploys to get you to buy stuff (zeta+2 for $29, the bi-monthly freebee, etc) why didn't they offer free disks to early adopters or a special $9.95 price for hard copy if you bought the D/L. To me this would have been a better incentive than a cheap plug-in or free groove clips.