If you compare IQ value with single dollars, most of us have more money than brains
I registered TG 0.9 back in the old days, and so I got 99 bucks of the TG2 price, so I chose Deep+Animation... I live at home with my parents, and I gradually upgrade my pc's €200,- at a time (which buys me a new mobo and cpu from the lower regeions of the performance ladder).
I think a lot of people have pre-purchased, a lot of which are 3D developers and the like. They just don't show themselves here, because they're to busy working. So I don't think we are Elite or someting, but we are hapy with the advantages.
However, we're not too chep minded to keep it to ourselves! We share all that we find with everyone in this community. That's how we learn, that's how we grow, that's how we help eachother.
Don't go freaking out if you cant afford it, but enjoy what you cán do, and wait for the future possibilities. Or just leave it be, but it makes no sense complaining about something you can't change anyways.