My comment a few posts up was aimed at buyer impressions more than actual usefulness. If buyers of all consumer goods acted only out of a wealth of information in proper context following well-reasoned thought, what people buy, from housing and vehicles all the way down to toilet paper, would be markedly different.

I’m not one to chase the latest feature set. Only the sellers of ‘the latest’ gear promote that concept. Even the larger overall changes, such as consumer HD, IMHO weren’t/aren’t worth paying for until the content was/is readily available.

So in that sense, the 997 will incorporate many important advances and have a few positive things others don’t, likely making it a very reasoned value for those in the market for a pre/pro even if some may whine about the lack of whatever the latest hoopla is that comes along.