Maybe the not so happy valley?

Long story short.
 
Years ago, When iLok was the New wave of the future, I got burned from the beginning, Several broken promises, A lot of wasted time, and lost some Real money over it. I will not give it or anything like it another chance, and, I would not trust any software vendor that feels the need/greed to require it.
 
I currently have more Fx and Virtual Instruments than I will ever have time to learn or use and none of them require iLok. I'm Happy!

mike_mccue
Maybe the not so happy valley?

I'm very happy McQ. I have nothing to complain about except Cool Ranch chips. Long story short. Years ago I bought some and got................ so I'll never give them or anything like them a chance again.

Dongles are one of those things that work great... until they don't and then you are screwed. I do use an iLok, but then I don't do anything commercially so it messing up isn't a big deal. These days, I'm not a fan and don't buy anything iLok'd anymore. I got it because EW required it for the Play upgrade and, well, I've whined at great length on this board about all the problems I have with Play. If I could sell it, I would :P.

bapu

mike_mccue
Maybe the not so happy valley?

I'm very happy McQ. I have nothing to complain about except Cool Ranch chips. Long story short. Years ago I bought some and got................ so I'll never give them or anything like them a chance again.

I knew you'd see it my way!  

bapu
 
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I see you smiling... 
 
...but it's kinda creepy how your eyes are following me around the room.
 
 
 
 
I keep expecting your avatar to start talking to me via Facetime.

 
 
BTW, what happened to the OP?

Sycraft
Dongles are one of those things that work great... until they don't and then you are screwed. 

That is why I have a spare and I pay the $30 annual protection plan that will transfer all my licenses. I call it my iLok backup (you know like the dongle, errm hard drive, I use for my project backups).
 
Yes, I might be down for two or three days but as a hobbyist it just means I can attack the "Honey Do" list or just take a couple extra naps.
 
But as I see it, I would not be "screwed". 

rtucker55

 
 
BTW, what happened to the OP?

I have no USB ports left for an iLok.

1. Drive E (streaming audio)
2. RME UFX
3. MIDI keyboard
4. HD500 (but only needed for editing since I use S/PDIF for audio)
5. One shared with external DVD & portable recorder & backup drive (but not used all time)

Mouse  & keyboard are Bluetooth. So I suppose I COULD use USB ports 4 or 5 for iLok if I had to.