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Now Taking Orders for Universal Pro-Apps
I doubt that too many of us need the Intel version of Final Cut Pro right away, but for those who do, you can now submit your order:
https://www.apple.com/universal/crossgrade/
Of far more interest to me is the “single-program to entire studio” upgrades at the bottom of the page. If you can still find a new copy of DVD Studio Pro 4 somewhere (B&H, for example) then you could end up with an entirely new licence for Final Cut Studio for about $650 instead of the usual $1,300.
If you ever wanted to make a “logging/DVD-making” computer to sit next to your main editing machine I’d say that (this-deal + iMac) would be just about the cheapest chance you’ll ever have to do that.
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Read the fine print folks. You MUST send in your original disk to get this deal. Heaven help you if the disk gets lost in the mail or you need to re-install while your disk is on the UPS truck
Send your letters too…..
Michael Horton
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I think the general idea of getting a second setup (for cheap) is definitely a good deal. (especially when pirating is so popular) I see that Motion or Soundtrack Pro are going for about 299 – you ad 200 for the upgrade and you got FC Studio for 499!
It would be worth it to buy the software specifically to send in for the upgrade, not to rely on for work purposes – so losing it would suck, but I would also insure it with USPS.
As far as losing stuff in the mail…I live in NYC (Brooklyn) and get Netflix on a regular basis with no trouble.
-Matt
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I dont think you get the point here Matt. What if on the rare chance your system goes down and only way to get it back up is to re-install? You got a deadline. What do you do? I’m sorry, but I think this policy needs re-thinking.
Michael Horton
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Use a program like super duper, or carbon copy cloner to clone your hard drive. You should do this anyway as it’s that fastest way to rebuild a complete system. Or even faster, clone it to a SATA drive, and then if the shite hits the fan all you have to do is pop in the other SATA drive and you’re good to go.
Jeremy
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Not good enough in my not so humble opinion. There may come a time when you need to re-install, clone or not. Thats the point.
Michael Horton
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But what are the chances that you’ll come across a situation where a cloned drive can’t help you during that one week your disc is away?
Certainly problems can and do happen, but you’re worried that not only will one system will fail, and not only will the backup fail to help, but that both of these terrible events would coincide with the 1 particular week you’ve happened to mail your discs away?
I believe in preparing for the worst, yes, but this seems overly “Murphy’s Law-ish” to me.. Like brining 3 cameras to a 1-camera shoot just in case the first 2 happen to break at the same time.
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I was thinking that you could perhaps avoid this issue by calling your local Apple store and very nicely asking them to request a copy from Apple for you. Offer to pay for it right there on the phone with a credit card.
You could then go to the Apple store once they get it and trade in your disc in person.
There’s no official policy for this, but it’s possible it might work if you find a sympathetic store manager.
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Wow Jeff, that is an excellent idea!!!. You should work for Apple marketing. Between VAR’s, Apple Stores, CompUSA’s, Fry’s, et al, this is a doable deed nationwide or at least the VAR’s and Apple Stores. Yes, some will have to do the mail-in thing but it shouldn’t be burdensome for them–living Timbukto to enjoy the country life has its convenience costs.
Hello Apple???
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Did anybody notice that they are accepting Academic versions also?
-Craig
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[Craig Shields] “Did anybody notice that they are accepting Academic versions also?”
Yes, and did you notice that “Upgrades” independent of the original version are also accepted?
FWIW,
Robert
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