Reading this thread is what finally prompted me to buy Warband. I've played it for a couple of days now and even with some of the great singleplayer mods that have already been released, it still doesn't measure up to PoP for me, so I'll be shelving it until the port is done.
As for beta testing, how does one submit an application for it? (if it's still possible) I haven't seen any threads or such around the board and I'd be happy to sink some hours looking around for bugs.