> Sorry I replied without reading the whole thread
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>I think that the sooner Avid can get $x00/year from each and every >system used professionally the better shape they'll be in.
I agree -- hence my comment about being happy to have supported them during MC6 development. Ultimately, a healthy and prospering Avid -- is best for all of us.
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "trevatpc" <trevatpc@...> wrote:
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> Sorry I replied without reading the whole thread... schoolboy error (and I still haven't read it, so apologies again).
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> Some folks can upgrade for $150? I agree that the upgrade from 5.5 should be cheapest.
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> But I think that your $500 for 5.5 will last for quite a while... no need to be on the bleeding edge of 6 straight away that I can see. If enough 5.5 owners hold back they'll get a better upgrade route (cf ProTools10).
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> But this development work does cost them money that has to come from somewhere. I think that the sooner Avid can get $x00/year from each and every system used professionally the better shape they'll be in.
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> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "blafarm" <blafarm@> wrote:
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> > > Hmm.... but you had the *use* of 5.5 for that time.
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> > Forgive me -- but I'm not sure what you mean. I clearly paid for the privilege of that *use* when I paid Avid $495 back in April for the MC 5.5 upgrade.
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> > From a completely unemotional and purely logical point-of-view -- what could possibly be the rationale that explains how someone who *didn't* pay $495 for MC5.5 -- is able to upgrade to MC6 for $150 -- while those of us who paid $495 for MC5.5 are forced to pay $299?
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> > To be perfectly clear, in my last post I acknowledged that the difference in price of $150 is merely the cost of one nice dinner. In the big scheme of things, it is quite insignificant and immaterial from my point-of-view.
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> > However, that is not a reason to pretend that the disparity does not exist -- and that it is clearly unfair to a large number of users.
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> > I was happy to have supported Avid this year with my purchase of MC5.5 while they were hard at work developing MC6. And, although MC6 is missing a surprising number of features that we hoped would be included, it's an affordable upgrade and it hopefully provides a foundation for our long-requested features to be built upon.
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> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "trevatpc" <trevatpc@> wrote:
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> > > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "blafarm" <blafarm@> wrote:
> > > >the simple and undeniable fact remains that it is cheaper to have NOT upgraded to 5.5 -- than to upgrade FROM 5.5
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> > > Hmm.... but you had the *use* of 5.5 for that time.
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> > > I absolutely agree that pricing could be more transparent, but I'm happy to have been on 5.5 for the new searching alone. Going back to v5 for a month felt painful.
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> > > Don't pay for an upgrade unless it is going to pay for itself. You *could* still edit on the old v6 if you wanted...
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