Ok, thanks. Sounds as if there are some significant probs going on with installation at present ... perhaps I should wait a while anyway before installing on any machine.

Dean

On Jul 28, 2005, at 10:28 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote:

Dean,

When you start up a new Mac for the first time, it will ask you if you want to transfer all your data and settings from an existing Mac. If so, all you need is a FireWire cable to hook up the two computers. It's extremely easy and reliable.

You can have two simultaneous installation of Finale, so you probably won't have to do anything more complicated than registering Finale on the new computer. (If you like, you can also call Coda and get them to unregister the old computer.)

On your underpowered system, GPO instruments will likely pop, cackle, and distort quite a bit, and if you have several instruments playing at once, playback will probably grind to a halt.

- Darcy
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On 28 Jul 2005, at 1:19 PM, Dean M. Estabrook wrote:

I hear you guys. But, God, the thought of dealing with a new computer is such a hassle, aside from any monetary burdens. With my limited knowledge of technology, it takes me forever to get everything hooked up and running every time I change. One other issue, if I do load the MacFin 06 on my iMac, and then get really ticked that it is struggling so much I can't stand it, and do get a new computer, will the application let me load it again on the new machine ... or do restrictions apply? And, when we say the 2006 will struggle, are we talking super slow action, refusal of GPO's instruments to play, or what? I'll try and stop whining now ....

Dean

On Jul 27, 2005, at 5:59 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:

On 27 Jul 2005, at 8:41 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote:

Yeah, it probably will load, but you'd be lucky to get 1 or 2 instruments to run.

Honestly, GPO sounds great, but I'd suggest investing in a separate computer for it. Like go out, get a Pentium 4 machine, windows, and a good sound card. And slave it to your Mac Midi setup ;-)

That is REALLY no longer necessary with Fin2k6. The Audio Units plugin version of GPO is worlds better than GPO studio.

That said, a 600 MHz G3 is still going to struggle -- but that's a 5-year old computer at this point! Time for Dean to upgrade.

- Darcy
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