"....the leaked $599 street price (Davis money) is probably not going to sell much further than the participants in this thread....."
If ever the Elite is as solidly built as Davis, has modern, accurate, prosumer level data displays, and prosumer level methods to acquire and display data on one's own computer without convoluted and problematic workarounds, I then think participants in this thread and others will be willing to invest $600. (I'm probably missing some important items on this punch list). For every item above not accomplished, deduct $50 from the Amazon price and/or deduct a percentage of sales to serious hobbyists.
That said, I presume that most here are rooting for Chaney (aka Acurite) to succeed in their endeavor and shake up the pws market and give Davis some serious competition.