I think it is not possible to be more specific. There are too many variables. OgNasty says it also depends on price. Later preorders are maybe not enough for the expensive ASICMINER hardware.

I understand that OgNasty is against this. I believe OgNasty only wants to see if overwhelming most members want to sell preorders.

I'm in agreement as well, I think selling our preorders at this point is just a form of cannibalism as well.

Seems that BFL must have very serious problems with the equipment. It's really frustrating. I doubt we have them this month. Do we have any idea when they are shipping?   

They should be announcing this left and right. But at least some news. Thank you.

Good. Can we please get an update what are our next steps, what hashrate\seat we are expecting in the coming weeks given BFL is shipping in the next ten days or so ?
Cheers!

Thank you. I think given the delays and available equipment we should rather sooner than later think of buying more mining power. I think that < 10GH\s  for 51.99BTC is a good offer.  
http://wtcr.ca/catalog/product/bm-ambe1-01
The question (is if we choose so) how could we finance this if we have only 80% of the price today.
It is only some 10BTC. On this occasion I would opt for a rule with regards to upgrading. In the future we should be upgrading asap when we have enough funds to pay for the best available offer on the market (excluding eruptor USB stick toys of course however I might be wrong).
What do you think  ?
 

It may be best to wait until another generation is announced, as a smaller feature size (<32nm?) would provide a relatively significant improvement. That advancement will be the primary way of remaining ahead of the game in the coming months, and it can only be taken advantage of with an available pool of wealth. Stretch too thin and Nasty won't have maneuvering room.

If there weren't BFL orders already in place, acquiring ASICMINER hardware would be a good move. However, BFL is delivering now. With the amount of equipment due, it will take a little while to pay itself off in BTC terms (mere days in dollar denomination).

I think a more prudent plan is to allocate 10-20% of current liquid funds to purchases from each manufacturer, weighted based on past delivery performance, hardware capability, and business relationship. There may also be some value in holding a small percentage of funds in alternate chains.

One question - will Nasty be using p2pool? If so, how will merged mining be handled? This appears to be a better choice than relying mainly upon normal pools.

But by this time we could have more BTC for the upgrades. My concern is that we are not mining and therefore we have no purchasing power. And BFL has let down its customers so many times...