Thank you Jim.
One more question please.
Will most likely go with the USB flash drive.
If I wait until near the end of the month to purchase ... would the USB have all the current updates ... or would I still have to download updates separately ?
Just look at the Build number to find that out. PG always posts the new builds and their numbers. Check your install to find out.
ALSO: Remember that you don't necessarily need to install an update. I rarely do any of the :bug fix" updates that invariably get released a month or so after the official program release. I have never experienced any of the bugs that it supposedly fixes so I don't update.
I did an update this year however, and only because I picked up the new "Extra paks" and one of the requirements to run them was to have the most recent update and build number installed.
Doing the updates are a painless (for me) process. So I'd say, if you're wanting to get 2017, go ahead and do it now, then get the updates if you need them. I might be wrong, but I think the updates are more about bug fixes than getting any new tracks, styles, and other things along that line.