Also, since I have a thread open, if I use the install package for CodeBlocks instead of compiling my own version, am I at a huge loss? Am I at a huge disadvantage for not compiling my own version? Thanks.
Compiling your own is a little bit of a leap off the Lion's head (was that what they called it in Indiana Jones...?)

However, it is nowhere near complicated once you have compiled a monolithic wxWidgets (this is about the hardest part of it).
The disadvantages of building your own are that it is scary if you have never done it (although it is more or less pressing one button

), and that it takes 3-4 minutes to finish.
The advantages are (besides that it's cool) that you can update at any time, so you don't have to wait until the next nightly build comes out. Also, you can compile using your own favourite compiler flags (for example, I don't know whether or not Lieven builds his nightlies with the crash handler enabled) and if you have subversion on your PC, you'll get accurate revision times in addition to the revision number.
Also, you can apply a patch from the patch tracker if there is an additional feature that is not in the main codebase yet, and you can make your own modifications if you deem them necessary. The nice thing about it is that as long as there are no conflicts, your changes made to the source tree persist when you update to another revision.