I would have agreed with you in the past, squeak, about BOTH Roland and Yamaha's lack of updates (although my G1000 was basically bug-free the way I used it from the git-go, no new features ever got added), but I have to admit, the G70 is the most updated and improved arranger in Roland history, so it looks like they finally have moved over to the Korg model....

Don't forget, the Guitar Mode was an entirely new feature to the G70 they added for free over a year after the G70 was released. Then add in the per-Part EQ they added some months after that, plus an entirely new OTS system, and I for one have no complaints about Roland's upgrade policy!