[MacDV] Re: FCP 3 Academic

[Matthew Guemple]

I just wrote them a long letter saying exactly that. Why not reward  
people who actually buy stuff, register it and stick with it?

My point was, I bought FCP3 last year when I was taking a directing  
course. A bunch of us were talking about going in together (5 of us in  
fact) to buy it for $399. Dupe the disks... or just install it on our  
laptops ($3000 Macs by the way) and hope that we did'nt have to  
reinstall...
I decided to take the high road and buy my own copy.
This is the thanks I get?

I know it's a great piece of software and 4 has tons of stuff that  
makes it well worth the money... but really, if you are not making  
money off the software it seems strange to gouge a  
not-yet-making-a-profit market.

Rant rant rant. I'm sorry I'm such a slave to style. I should just get  
a PC and Avid. That would show them.

> That pricing structure would offer some
> kind of "reward" for people to stick with FCP and move to the new  
> version,
> while giving Apple a little more money for people who are buying it  
> new.  To
> me $399 new and $199 upgrade makes a whole lot more sense for academic
> pricing...  But I'm not the new-and-improved money-grabbing Apple  
> Computer,
> Inc.  :-\

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