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For me, unless there is another manna from heaven like last year when I won a copy of 2012, I simply don't have $300 to shell out every year for a new version no matter what bugs it fixes.




The upgrade prices for existing users are (IMO) VERY generous here. I've never paid anything close to $300 for an upgrade. There's usually a DL only version for $99, and that solves your problem with USB drives piling up.

Even if PG didn't want the USB drives back for reformatting, somebody on Craig's List would buy them. CL has made it unnecessary to have possessions lying around that you don't need. No matter WHAT it is, SOMEBODY will buy it on CL.

Speaking of a-la-carte... I've noticed a CL trend: rather than trying to sell a guitar for a reasonable price (everybody wants a deal on CL) people have started disassembling them and selling them as parts. The value of an item's parts is almost always higher than the price of the assembled item. Go figure.