[Greg McKaskle]

It is up to you as to whether you need the HW, but to confirm, the 2013 SW will not target the roboRIO. On the other hand, the 2013 SW will work on the PC, both for basic programming and for robot programming in the simulator.

Also, the LV2014 SW is available in eval right now. If the updates are made available before kickoff, then you will be golden. Only FIRST knows when stuff will be made available, though. So, it may not happen until kickoff.

Greg McKakle