Well..
I Was Pretty Dissapointed With Beta.
Nothing New, Nor Special.
And I Thought Notch ( Yesterday ) Was Spose To Add A New Mob, I Think He Should Have Made It Snow For All Of December.
Lol it was just so he could make more money, and to stop people from using McCheat item hack's.
Alpha has been in beta stages for a long time now. Most alpha builds are nowhere near this playable, and the game is written in java, so the fact that it runs this well warrants it to be a finished version.
Its not like hes even fixing the game. He is spending more time thinking up ways to ruin some of the mechanics, or adding in useless stuff to keep people occupied.