Nimrod. I too am waiting hopefully for the 7000. I have a K.N. 5000 at the moment, but I feel I am missing out on so much,as everything is focussed on the 6500.I do not want to have to cope with "add ons" and I really only want to learn to use one keyboard, so I am waiting impatiently.Sometimes I think it would be wise to buy the 6500 now while the price is moderate, and the kinks have been sorted out, and then wait a year after the 7000 comes out in case there are early problems with that, but it means learning 2 keyboards. They are usually quite different and I'm a slow learner of computerised material.I am really just coming to grips with the K.N. 5000. Good Luck. Jean.