Avid upgrades?

[Jon Zanone]

Every upgrade needs a dongle like the desert needs the rain. Like a poet needs the pain. You DO have a dongle, don’t you?

Jon

“The Almighty tells me He can get me out of this mess. But He’s pretty sure you’re F%$#*D!”

[Dave Schweitzer]

America, right?

[Kenton Vannatten]

Well actually… the user *could* upgrade to XDV4.6 (which no longer requires a dongle…btw, it is the only Avid product that does not)

BUT the disadvantages for upgrading from v3 to 4.6 far outweigh it’s advantages.

For example, the 4.6 XDV doesn’t have many of the features that were included in the 3.5 and lower series, so it’s like a step backwards.

And if the user ever decided to upgrade to XpressPro, the jump from v3 is $495, the jump from 4.6 is $995.

Also, I haven’t heard any recent news about a version XDV5, so it would “appear” that 4.6 could be the end of the line. (NOTE: it is already a few years old)

If you do have a dongle upgrade to XpressPro, but if you don’t….

Kenton VanNatten
Avid Editor (for hire)