Alright, it's done. I still think it ain't right I paid $200 more than the LATE adopters (yes... those who hopped on the free upgrade deal are late X1 adopters, not early X2 adopters). I only got my X1 Suite in May. C'mon boys... give me a box or give me Pyro or a book or SOMETHING! $200 is a lot of cash to me. :-/

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Bub

But for the 90% of us who don't have broadband ... we are punished by not being able to cash in on the deal at all even if we wanted to ... or we get slammed an extra $30 bucks to get the DVD's ... and still can't get the strings.

far less than that now , 90% is a big exaggeration. I'd say it's 10-20% perhaps that are still on dial up or slow DSL / broadband..  even when I was in rural Ireland recently they had a decent enough connection.. they had errm sent over beacons , either sat or radio. forget which. more expensive , but that way they don't have to put down the cable.

I can understand in Oz and NZ that it's capped due to having to travel so far, but still

most uni's have had very fast connections for years, (JANET in the UK) .. so if you know someone going to a uni, get them to get it for you :)

I just checked and yes, it has improved in the U.S. For a 20MB connection roughly 40% have availability to it, then it drops drastically the higher the DL speed. The lower the DL speed, the more people have it, but that includes wireless, slow DSL, and dialup, which is garbage for downloading. And it was just availability, not how many people actually had it. A quick search on the net will link you to the PDF.

If I had a fast enough connection I would jump on board ... I like Dim Pro ... you just have to remember to freeze it, which is a good idea with any synth IMO.

I wish I did still have a connection at Iowa State University but I don't anymore. :(

Like I said, the numbers have gotten better, but not really by a lot. The vast majority of people still don't have high speed broadband that can handle such a big download, especially without violating their FUP. I'm limited to 5GB a month so even if I attempted it, I would be shut down halfway through the DL. And let me tell ya, you'd have to have the patients of Job to hit the 5GB mark on a 3G wireless connection. I can't even watch a 3 minute low res vid on youtube ... I have to download it and use a download manager, then watch it. It sucks. And it looks like where I'm moving outside of Kansas City is going to be the same way ... I can't believe it. No DSL, No cable, just dial up and 3G wireless. :( I was really looking forward to collaborating with some folks here ... won't happen now. :(

Beepster: You did get something....an expensive lesson :)

@scook... *grumblegrumble*

daveny5

we are punished by not being able to cash in on the deal at all even if we wanted to ... or we get slammed an extra $30 bucks to get the DVD's

Those of us with broadband are paying $40-50 per month for it. 

I'd pay $50 a month for broadband if it was available where I lived ... that's the point though ... it's still not available in a lot of places ... and not all broadband is going to be able to handle a 10+GB download either, so just because you have broadband, it doesn't mean you'll be able to DL it.

So now I've got some new s/n's for Dimension Pro and Rapture on my account that weren't there before on top of my X2 number. I saw someone refer to this earlier. So do we know are these updates or upgrades to full versions or wassup? I'm really not sure if I had the full versions of either with the Suite because I haven't really used that stuff yet.

OT but I'm curious, Bub... why has the forehead axe returned?

Full versions. You already have the full DimPro but you will want to d/l Rapture. That will be new for you.

Bub

daveny5

we are punished by not being able to cash in on the deal at all even if we wanted to ... or we get slammed an extra $30 bucks to get the DVD's

Those of us with broadband are paying $40-50 per month for it. 

I'd pay $50 a month for broadband if it was available where I lived ... that's the point though ... it's still not available in a lot of places ... and not all broadband is going to be able to handle a 10+GB download either, so just because you have broadband, it doesn't mean you'll be able to DL it.

That's sucky.. Are there any satellite options available? Or are they super expensive?

Might even qualify for "low-cost" satellite via the U.S. Recovery Act but it will be around 1.5mb usage capped starting @ $40-50.