I think I'm Ready to Upgrade, But I need to know........

Hi All!
 
I have a birthday quickly approaching and I'm going to finally take advantage of the chance to upgrade to Sonar X1 from Sonar 8.5.
 
I just went to the Cakewalk E-Store and it looks like the only way to purchase Sonar X1 is through "download". Is this correct?
 
I would love to have the "Discs" with the program on it as opposed to just downloading it from the web (it just feels better to me to have a physical copy).
 
Has it ever been available as a "Boxed" version as opposed to a Download?
 
Let me know folks.
 
Thanks!

Happy B-day Harpo!

Antother idea is to spend the $30 on Scott's book!

Harpo

Hi All!
 
I have a birthday quickly approaching and I'm going to finally take advantage of the chance to upgrade to Sonar X1 from Sonar 8.5.
 
I just went to the Cakewalk E-Store and it looks like the only way to purchase Sonar X1 is through "download". Is this correct?
 
I would love to have the "Discs" with the program on it as opposed to just downloading it from the web (it just feels better to me to have a physical copy).
 
Has it ever been available as a "Boxed" version as opposed to a Download?
 
Let me know folks.
 
Thanks!

You can buy the upgrade from Sweetwater, Guitar Center ... etc. You'll get the disc's at no extra charge. They may not come in the box, but you will get the discs along with a short manual and a big foldout key chart.

Jim Roseberry

This of course assumes you have a fast Internet connection.  If not, buy the DVDs... 

Why would I spend $30 extra for DVD's from Cakewalk when I can get them for free from Sweetwater or any other retailer?

I can see a shipping/processing fee of $10, hell, even $15, totally understandable, but $30? That ain't right, that's just pure greed in my opinion.

If it costs so much more for packaging then why can I buy a boxed version from retailers at the same price as the download from Cakewalk?

It's like you are being punished if you want to buy DVD's from Cakewalk directly.

Like I've said before, that may not be the case, but, perception trumps reality.

I opted to get the disks as well.  I don't like being dependent on a download to restore.

konradh


I opted to get the disks as well.  I don't like being dependent on a download to restore.

That's why they encourage you to burn the file to disk.

JSkeen

I got my copy from sweetwater for 100 bucks with free shipping. I hate big downloads!!!

I got mine from Sweetwater and I hate big downloads too.

I never was able to get Studio One downloaded when they had that $20.11 sale. I tried on 3 completely different networks and PC's and every one of them stopped halfway through the download. I tried again a couple of months after the sale thinking it was just heavy traffic on their site and still no go. Tried download resuming software and it kept forcing a complete restart of the download. Oh well, at least it was only $20.11.

I'm ok with downloading some things ... but man, when you get over 150 ~ 200MB ... come on? A lot of ISP's will kick in their FUP (Fair Use Policy) and either kick you, or cut your speed by 80% for 30 days.

It never ceases to amaze me how people will justify one corporation charging them more for the exact same product they can get elsewhere for less. I'll never get it. So ... Ladies and Gentlemen, this deceased equine has been thoroughly trounced. Time to move on.

Hmm..

I think I understand both sides here, but I have to go with 'Bub".

I ususally buy my products from Sweetwater anyway, but I didn't realize that this (CD's included thing) was the case with this product.

I'm unemployed right now and only use my studio to suplement my income from my regular job anyway, so money is very, very tight right now!
Saving $30. bucks on this transaction would, and does, create an attractive proposal for me at this point in time. 

Thank you all for your insight and different views on the subject.

Corporate America is an interesting bird!

Did you say "Free" Upgrade from 8.5?!?!?!?
 
When did that happen, and how did I miss it??
 
 
 

Jim is right. They had an offer if you bought 8.5 within a certain time frame of last year they gave you the free download of X1. I believe it was within 6 to 8 weeks before they made X1 available. Best investment I ever made. Although, I used 8.5 for about 2 months until I learned X1. Then it was all X1 from then on. 8.5.3 still sits on my hard drive, both 32 and 64, but they haven't been touched since the last of January, other than to refresh my memory of the old Sonar workflow. LOL