To buy or not to buy, Football Mananger 2009

I used to be a huge fan of Championship Football Manager, having played from CM2 all the way up to FM2006.

FM2009 is due for release this November, but if I'm honest, I am finding it difficult to get excited about it.

I downloaded the FM2008 demo a few months back to see how things had changed since '06 and to my horror, there was so much more going on. The features were welcome, but the layout had become way to cramped for my liking.

I've seen the game available for pre-order at £17.99 over at the Hut, but I am still debating as to whether I should update my FM collection.

Just thinking of the game brings back a lot of memories but I don't think '09 will ever come any where near matching them. Admiteddly that could be because I'm getting older, but I'm 90% sure it's the overwhelming interface that was almost perfect in CM's 3 & 4 and FM 2006.

Oh, and I need to double check the screen resolution required/recommended for Football Manager because my MacBook's vertical resolution might make it harder to deal with due to a lack of real estate.