Where can I buy a copy of it? I am wary of buying online, is it available for purchase in a real shop? Not some hotch potch website!

I only know the Sybex version which is available in a "real" shop, but you cannot update it + I dunno where Sybex is available.

So if you really consider buying this, buy it in the conitec webshop.

Hmm, well as I said, I am wary of buying from online stores. Especially when they look a bit 'dodgy' with a bad layout etc...

Well I guess thats your choice.
Its up to you, I'm just telling you what I know about this.

Don't worry, I have yet to know of Conetic cheating anyone out of anything, people like Thunder have been around for many years, I'd take their word if I were you.

at ebay i were wary too
but conitecs store is serious!
thousands of gs-users have buyed it there, i too

Conitec's on-line buying is very reliable. Just expect a possible wait of 'upto' 4 buisness days for the e-mail reply ( especialy if you make your order near the end of the week because they don't work weekends). That's the only complaint I've ever seen from people about thier order system, they expected a reply right then and there, not realising it takes conitec some time to generate a key code protected copy just for you ( so don't loose that key code )

I am with Game Studio since the early A4 days, and Conitec is a serious company. Anyhow, if you dont like the Webshop, you can order by writing them a mail(not email!) if that fits you more in a "serious" way.

Tiffany, don't buy anything. All 7000+ forum users are warez users or just co-workers in Conitec (well known creditcard stealing company) or bots. All our 'discussions' maked by bots. I'm bot too. But I hate this place, this Matrix.

For the humor impaired, Lion_Ts is telling a joke.

Almost all the forum users are legal users (warez users are found quickly and fed to the Warez Bunny).
Our credit card info is encrypted so not even I can read it (not that *I* would try such a thing).
And, as far as I know, the only bot here is me...but that's a well keep secret.