The Logic 7 Shaft. Options

[Igotsoul4u]

I purchased Logic 6 platinum five weeks ago. You would think that if an upgrade came out within several weeks of the original purchase date, a free or heavily discounted update would be available. Think again. All must pay the upgrade no questions asked. I am pretty sure this is an Apple influence. Nonetheless, I hate you apple and logic. I barely make any money and spent my last dime to buy your brand new program. Why should it cost me $1300 to get the current software. Well anyway...Steve Jobs, I hope the ferrari you buy with all the money you ripped off from us poor recent logic 6 purchasers gets demolished by an apple truck.

[enygma]

As far as I can tell, after visiting Apples site, I assume you are talking about Canadian price.

http://www.apple.com/ca/logic/

In that link, there is an upgrade price of $379. So yes, there is a heavily discounted version, and no, Apple isn't the only company that I know of that will release a new version of a program without warning. However, keep in mind that upgrading is optional. I work in the 3D graphics industry working with Alias Maya. They are at version 6 right now and I am using version 4.5 because it still gets the job done.

[lepetitmartien]

Next update (that is this one) was supposed to be free… It upsets a lot the ones who have just upgraded to 6.

Sometimes a little gesture is good for consumers, reduce the price for the buyers of the 6 verison the last 3 months and no body will complain. It's not mandatory, it's just commercial!

Buyers do have feelings, Apple is a regular upster in this field however great or not are the products.

[Fields]

Please mail Formal Complaints to:

Apple Computer, Inc.
Attn: Customer Care
1 Infinite Loop
Cupertino, CA 95014

ph#408.996.1010

Customers who purchased LP6 within 30 days or so should mail a Formal Complaint to the address above. If we send enough letters, maybe they'll reconsider.

-Fields

[Barb]

Contact Apple directly. They'll upgrade you.

[lepetitmartien]

We need an official position from Apple, not arangements behind closed doors. As it is the right to the editor to fix prices and availability, it is also fair to respect OFFICIALY its customers.

The translation of the petition in under way.

[td3k]

..."Bend over"

I purchased 3 copies of Logic Express about 6 or 8 weeks ago, as an Academic Institution. Of course there was no software assurance program for the product at the time as well. Academic pricing offers NO upgrade path from Express 6.4 to Express 7. It is the same price as a new purchase.

Digidesign and Ableton both offer upgrade grace periods for recent purchases.

Lovely!

[Fields]

Contact Apple directly. They'll upgrade you.

Have you recently called?

I called/emailed over the weekend, maybe I need to try again...

Fields

[Fields]

What's going on with the French Logic 6>7 Petition?

Is someone working on translating it?

Anyone know of a US Petition?

-Fields

[azusa]

Let's look at this way:
There are 200,000 Logic registered users worldwide.
If only a half of these pay for the upgrade, it would be $30 million.
That's about the same price Apple paid to acquire Logic.