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Not a conspiracy, Stan, but simply the ramifications of what happens with emerging technology.

Some day these things will likely be mature, or at least nonchanging over longer periods of time, but I wouldn't recommend waiting until that day before going ahead and working with what we already have.

Just a decade or so ago, dong what we take for granted, multitracking, effects, editing, etc. was a very large dollar investment only available in studios $$$. When comparing that to the price of new recording software or new puter and new sound device, it is pennies on the dollar no matter the perception.


--Mac



Hi Mac. I'm not a conspiracy whacko. You make a good point about the decline in prices over the years. I'm not against progress either. In fact I just got a new system that's lightning faster than my 6 yr old laptop. I keep reading allusions of those who are waiting in the wings for Win 8 and I think to myself, "Won't there always be something about to emerge on the tech scene?". I can't help but reflect on all the 32 bit programs that I'm running on my Win 7 64 bit system. I have to admit that I'm trying not to think about win 8 right now.

We both know that money talks and BS walks. I remember when Quicken decided to change their file extension which forced everyone to buy their new program--and some of us didn't even like or want it. My credit union dropped it and has never looked back. Of course I do very little online banking with them now. Personally, I think the tech industry has taken on the mantle of produce or perish--both hardware and software. I'm not a state-of-the-art geek, but I no longer have any floppies either. If you stop to think, it really is incredible that our society is so involved in tech stuff as compared to even less than 10 years ago.

Stan

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