Mikehotel152,
Saw the thread yesterday and was hoping someone else would post with further details. I'm using RANT XL but still to upgrade to the new version. Have you tried ringing Oddsoft for details of when G1000 will be available? As for making the most of it, I still go through the tutorials from time to time to make sure I'm not just winging it and get approach procedures from AIS and give them a try with different instrument fits. I don't want to get too far ahead at the moment as it's fine as a procedural trainer but tying it all in with flying is going to be a different matter altogether and I'm not starting ME/CPL/IR until May next year.
Noz