I placed my pre-order today!

I am not in a hurry to pay for a game that I can't play a final copy for 6+ months.  Other developers have beta tests where you arent duped into paying early for the priveledge. I am a fan don't get me wrong.  But this was game of the year in 2008 and you want me to pay 30+ for an expansion that I don't get to see now.  Just seems like the title is getting long in the tooth to be going all starcraft 2 on us.  (very expensive expansions) 

Lets face it the average gamer spends way too much on hardware and software.  I just dropped 150 on a new case this weekend... a case.  These guys know that.  We know it.  It's a game.  They need to sell preorders way in advance to fund development.  I get it.  But 4th quarter and no teaser media.  Come on guys.  That's way too long for the instant gratification crowd and ya know what... if it's all that and a bag o chips, the extra ten bucks isn't gonna break me.  As it is now with COD Black Ops and Starcraft 2 I barely have time for other games. 

I am not saying no just not right now.  If it was buy and download it now and play I would be on that like 100% organic unprocessed free-range Soylent Green.

Just waiting for paypal payment to be available to pre-order.... i believe it will happen when the beta is available?

Were you actually charged, or did the bank put the money on hold? Some banks will place a temporary hold on the money, even if you haven't been charged yet.

pre-ordered the game today. I hope it comes out soon. My only complaint with the game series is that there should be a 64 bit version to stop the 2gb memory limit i can live with that though.

Apologies - I've updated the original post: 

(Please note that if you choose a bundle upgrade option - i.e., Rebellion with the Expansion Bundle - you will be charged immediately.)

If you don't wish to be charged yet and haven't downloaded the bundle product (i.e., Entrenchment/Diplomacy), you may contact sales@stardock.com to cancel your pre-order.

Neither is really possible at this point (64-bit or multithreading).

I love this game, and will almost definitely be buying Rebellion, but they won't be seeing a preorder from me until I get some concrete gameplay info (i.e. videos).

Allowing preorders before we've even seen the product seems a little daft.

Not really the option to buy.  As a Sins + Entrenchment owner, it offers me to pay $40 for Diplomacy and Rebellion.  I don't particularly want Diplomacy at this point, with Rebellion on the horizon listed as a "standalone." But apparently I can buy it for $10 and then get $10 off Rebellion.  Unless I missed something where I could click through and just choose Rebellion?

Can we expect any optimisations to counter late game lag at all? I had hoped to have at least the AI reexamined for speed gains and modability.

If you have been following the beta, the 1.2 diplo patch will be a significant improvement over current lag (not including network related lag, which would be the user's fault, not the devs).  but... IT WILL NEVER BE 64BIT OR MULTITHREAD.  everyone wants it... but its never. going. to. happen.

I just do not understand why you can not make the game use 64 bit or multithreading...

The end game still lags for me, it doesn't go and kill itself like it used to do, but does Ironclad expect me to suck it up and be happy over the lag I get?
I've bought the product and I am unable to enjoy it to the fullest. And as far as I've read, they do not plan to make that happen either. And now they plan to give out an stand alone expansion pack that will add even more items to the gameplay, chugging up the pipeline even more without doing anything to improve the flow of things.

Will Rebellion turn SoaSE into a lagfest again? Or will Ironclad do some changes in order to avoid it?