Anderton
As you all know by now, Sonar X4 came out on September 23, and was sold in a limited edition bundle with a free HP laptop sporting a custom sunburst finish.

It would seem that the sunburst laptop is not all that far fetched...having seen the Gibson logo'd flame maple & sunburst fronted studio monitors at AES.
 
(And...no...I'm not makin' this up.)

Anderton
As you all know by now, Sonar X4 came out on September 23, and was sold in a limited edition bundle with a free HP laptop sporting a custom sunburst finish. However that was a special that lasted for only a week, so we're now back to X3.

brconflict
And when the Apple acquisition is complete...

 
Ya know, Apple gives away their DAW to sell their hardware.  I love CW, but it's hard to compete w/ free.  It's hard for software companies to compete w/ free.  It's hard for record companies to compete w/ free.  It's hard for songwriters to compete w/ free.
 
Yeah, we can sell coffee mugs and t-shirts, but now the venues want a big chunk of that... the 'real stuff'. 
 
Have we all become virtual buskers?
 
Just sayin'...
 
 
 
 
Moderators - feel free to censor this comment.  Or move it.  But this is where the discussion took me for some reason.
 

Ian Ferrin
Ya know, Apple gives away their DAW to sell their hardware. 
 

 
Apple bundles GarageBand for free, it's not really comparable to Sonar. It's more like a lite version of Sonar being included with an audio interface.
 
Logic costs $199.99 and there is no upgrade path...if a new version comes out, you buy the new version.

btw, Gibson should cash in on a ProChannel plug-in modeled after their guitars played through different amps. (Marshall, Peavey 5150, Les Paul, Fender Twin, etc.) There's some options here...

brconflict
btw, Gibson should cash in on a ProChannel plug-in modeled after their guitars played through different amps. (Marshall, Peavey 5150, Les Paul, Fender Twin, etc.) There's some options here...

 
No comment except 

I will try that when I get home from work Craig. I will post the result later.
Cheers

brconflict
btw, Gibson should cash in on a ProChannel plug-in modeled after their guitars played through different amps. (Marshall, Peavey 5150, Les Paul, Fender Twin, etc.) There's some options here...

YES , that is a great idea 
 
Kenny