I might wait till a box version is available. Watched the seminar.  I'll have my beloved Line tool back.

I think you'll be able to buy the box separately after the fact for a minimal fee. That's what I plan on doing.

I believe there is a boxed version available in the pre-sale as well. http://www.store.cakewalk...ductid=10-CXSP2.00-20C

I ordered the boxed version...I suppose they'll ship it sometime soon, don't know when.

Is the download immediately available in the pre-sale???

You can pre order the box set (add 29.99 + 9.95 FedEx, IIRR), I did.
I always buy the discs.

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I popped for it.

The string package is available for download but I believe X2 won't be available until later this month. I don't know when the box version will be shipped.

So they don't give a date of arrival after you purchase??? Not sure I like that.

I was on the fence about going for the upgrade-get-the-update-free deal, upgrading to Production Suite as it's the only thing I can upgrade to, even though I have Producer Expanded and Z3TA 2 already... just to get the expander/gate module. The X2 presale has wiped that possibility off the map, as the production suite upgrade is gone from the store along with everything else X1. Oh well. 

I will definitely get X2 fairly early on; it looks great from where I'm sitting. I haven't decided about the pre-sale yet, I have a strong suspicion the Strings pack will not be a big motivator for me - I get along with the Kontakt strings (VSL subset) pretty well and am not looking for another probably not particularly fabulous string set; the demo I just listened to didn't help much. If anyone gets it running and is blown away, let me know!