Buy 1.5 or wait until 2.0?

I'm a student and fine art photographer. I've had a chance to play around with Aperture and I really like it. However, as a starting student and artist I don't have a lot of $$. I qualify for the educational discount ($150), which I could probably swing, but if I do I won't be able to shell that kind of $$ out again anytime soon. I know this is incredibly premature, since 1.5 was just released, but I'm wondering if there's any speculation about when 2.0 might arrive. I want to be smart about how I spend my money... and since there is no upgrade with the educational discount, I'll have to buy it all over again when 2.0 arrives.
I'm getting along okay with Bridge and PS, and feel that if Aperture 2.0 had a decent chance of being released at Macworld in January or shortly thereafter, I could wait. If it's gonna be more like six months to a year, I think I'd spring for it now.
What do you think?

Short answer:
The real cost you are going to face is not the $150 or even the upgrade cost. The real cost is the time you are going to put in, now or later, to learn the software, import, tag, rate, and process your photos.
Considering that Aperture and Lightroom both benefit from the time you put in organzing, rating, and adjusting your images, the sooner you start doing that, the better.
Both Aperture and Lightroom are good options. Derrick Story has an excellent comparison of the two up at The Digital Story, his digital photography podcast.
I prefer aperture for general workflow, particularly with the large number of images I shoot. However, for one off fine art prints, Lightroom has some distinct advantages. This being said, all my photos are primarily stored and managed in Aperture.
Another considering is your hardware... what are you running on? Running Aperture on sub-optimal hardware is no picnic.

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