I have a highly modified IPB running with it - maximum 14 queries. There isn't a lot of load with it.

The 'clutter' is admin driven. Two or three column, and each block is created without hacking - turn them on or off from within the ACP. You choose whether you have the forum running within the columns or as a standalone.

Actually a very clean and configurable piece of code.

Im sorry, I am looking for a place to download this for vbulletin but do not see it. I went to their site, registered and dont see any download links. Is this free?

Give it about a week - the vB version hasn't been released yet, from what I can tell.

They generally don't run a wide-release public beta.

I use it on an IPB board too. It's def one of the better portals I've used (and I've used many) It has a bunch of pretty cool modules, but for my vBulletin, I'm still going to use what I have now.

I think the biggest downside for most users will be the skinning side. It's a little difficult compared to the templating of vBulletin.. I have no problem with it though, so experienced skinners should be okay as far as that goes.

But I would recommend it, it's very fast, very little queries, a wysiwyg editor for custom pages, etc. I won't get into it that much, there's a features list over on their website.

EDIT: It looks like they have released m04 (the vBulletin working version)

Moved to the lounge.

Well im always open to try something new. This portal looks nice- I will be keeping my eyes open for it.