trigs;274710 wrotenot sure. you can currently upgrade pt3 on its own (for example to include the omaha component), but they might make you purchase the whole new package for pt4. who knows.
No, once they announced PT4, they said any new purchasers of PT3 from that date forward, would get a free PT4 upgrade. OP if I were you, I'd download PT3 and learn some of the basics for now until the beta comes out.
Speaking of which, I know they said sometime before end of Sept, but Wes, do you happen to know any more details as to the beta release date?