Seeker,

I find that when I am in "tool accumulation mode" I don't get anything else done but buying stuff.

Once I settle on the tools I'm going to learn and get down to the business of learning them, simplicity is golden. Too many options = brain freeze.

After reading your posts in this thread, you strike me as a guy who is already well-positioned to "grow into the clothes you've got "

The time to buy new stuff is when you've maxed out your possibilities on the old stuff. Speaking for myself, each new version of BIAB keeps me learning longer than the upgrade cycle. I'm more productive focusing my limited play time on one package rather than dividing it between many.

YMMV