don't need session drums and EIC2 is not a significant upgrade for me, I got Live 6 boxed with the manual and EIC, I barely use the EIC sounds as I have so many other vsts and sample sets, nothing against them, there are a few good sounds in there. Also, I can't afford to give Sesh/EIC 40 GB of real estate on my hard drive. I may buy the Suite manual and stickers later (gotta have the stickies

) or I may print the manual out and ringbind it myself as there are tools at my disposal to do that at work (I will supply the paper)
Apparently boxed versions are taking longer due to a technical glitch at Ableton HQ, I read their manual pressing machine had broken and is causing the delay. And I'm jamming away with a huge smile on my face as my Live 7 is installed and having hella fun with all the cool instruments and features, OH YEAH ! No more betas to have to update and delete every 4 days, drum racks, slicing and the cool instruments are just awesome.