I said the exact same thing in the Carrara newsgroup at Yahoo. I don't see why I should have to pay an extra 20-30 for something just because it comes as a CD in a box without a printed manual included. To me, that's the whole point of buying a physical copy. Other than that, there's not even any mention of when the manual will be ready, which is what I actually meant in my original question. Are we going to have to wait another month to buy that?