Thanks, jef. Much appreciated. Dean
-- Dean Rosenthal www.deanrosenthal.org www.stonespiece.com > On Nov 28, 2016, at 5:06 AM, SN jef chippewa <shirl...@newmusicnotation.com> > wrote: > > > that could be because there doesn't seem to be one. the discussion back in > august was -- in my interpretation -- more about resignation than joy. > > a speed issue on mac has been fixed. so the loss of speed experienced witth > F2014 has been fixed. it is now as fast as F2012. and we should somehow be > expected to pay for that. > > "dozens of bugs" were fixed, although they were not listed so i have no idea > just how important this claim is, but should we be paying for bug fixes? i > don't think so, whether they are new bugs or age-old ones, these should be > fixed in a free update, or at the very least ONLY as part of as more > substantial upgrade, not as its main selling point, not when i am being asked > to buy it. > > as i mentioned in that discussion, i am staying with finale "for the kids", > certainly not for the amazing upgrades. but i am really on the fence with > this one. if i had a client that needed me to have F25, i would be forced to > get it. and i may spring for it today (because i might eventually have to > have it), but i would much prefer to sit this round out as a political > statement. if i buy it, i will for sure feel like i am feeding alcohol to an > alcoholic that will just reinforce their unwillingness to make the first > step: admit s/he has a problem. > > perhaps a better deal on the win side of things, but all in all, my reading > is that is a less-than-inspiring upgrade. more of a "degrade" to its > customers. > > > >> Thanks to all who¹ve chimed in. But so far, I don¹t think we¹ve heard the >> simple answer to THIS question: >> >> What¹s the ADVANTAGE to upgrading to Fin 25? >> >> Or more simply: why should anyone bother upgrading from 2014.5? >> >> For Win10 users, particularly. >> >> I am a little intrigued by the fact MM has reduced the previous price for >> upgrading. Of course I can come up with PLENTY of answers, but the real >> ones would certainly be revealing. > > -- > > neueweise -- fonts for new music (and traditional) notation > http://newmusicnotation.com/fonts.html > > shirling & neueweise | http://newmusicnotation.com > new music notation + arts management + translation > [FB] http://facebook.com/neueweise | [TW] http://twitter.com/neueweise > > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
