Am I the only one lost on the new offerings? PRO PRO+ Cloud etc???

[Turan Mirza]

Thanks for all the help.

So for myself, who only works from my desktop, what is the benifit of Pro+ ? I use it for my business - but don't design for others just myself.

If I read correctly Pro+ actual drops some legacy features. So while you get the desktop version - this means swapping between two tools at times??

My Update service is until 18th Jan 2021 - but last update was Mar 21st this year. When they say "This gives us the ability to rapidly deploy updates, new features, and bug fixes to you more quickly and consistently." Surely if I'm paying for updates I should get updates quckly and consistently and should not be held back becase Magic is the seller!!??

Or are there no new updates to XDPx only Pro+ - in which case I feel like this is unfair.

Note sure what you mean by "Chase a discount even ask to transfer across remaining XDPX Update service as a credit." how's can that be managed if the update is with Magix?

[handrawn]

there are now two channels - - ie two ways in which you can purchase 'the same' program

the pro+ is the fast channel for updates, but if youi stop subscribing you lose it which is the price you pay for the fast track

the magix channel will update but not as fast, and currently it is not updating at all worth speaking about

past experience would say take everything that is said by the company with a couple of large sacks of salt

to be fair they have released quite a bit for pro+, but as threads here show, there are issues, they are still relying on user 'feedback' to fix them - ie they are using us as beta testers, just like they always did

I would stick with what you have for now ... unless you think committing to paying every year is worth it, only a decision you can make

[you can always trial the pro+]

[handrawn]

just to add - the pro+ is supplied directly by xara, magix have no involvement in this at all

this means swapping between two tools at times

well, sometimes I go back to previous versions to use a feature that has been depricated or 'improved' in a way I don't like - this is a fact of life, things progress not always the way you might wish

[Turan Mirza]

Thanks for that.