On 2 Aug 2005 at 11:59, Stephen Peters wrote: > "David W. Fenton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Please post a reference where I said not to buy the drives. [...] I > > posted a warning about potential pitfalls and about basic weaknesses > > in WinXP optical drive support, nothing more. > > Well, to quote from the Eric Dannewitz's message and your reply > (message ID <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>): > > David W. Fenton wrote: > > On 28 Jul 2005 at 18:25, Eric Dannewitz wrote: > >>It did say on the update page that it was on DVD. You can get it on > >>CDRoms for a little extra $$$. > >> > >>But, you know, you could get a DVD drive for about $20, so, why not > >>just go get one? > > > Well, for one, DVD drive support on Windows, especially WinXP, is > > decidedly problematic. It's not provided by the OS natively, but by > > add-in software. [...] > > The juxtaposition of your "warning about potential pitfalls", coming > as it does directly after Eric's query as to why you shouldn't buy a > DVD drive, would seem to suggest that your criticisms are, in fact, > reasons why you shouldn't buy a DVD drive. > > Hopefully you can see how people like Jim and I have gotten confused > as to your intent.
Well, in light of the *reasons* for buying a DVD drive, just so the individual in question could use the Finale install DVDs, it seems to me that the warning is warranted, even in the interpretation that was not intended (though, in retrospect, I see it was understandable). When the option is to order the CD-ROM version from MakeMusic, or buy and install a DVD drive, it seems to me that awareness of the potential problems with optical drives could tip the balance towards just sticking with CD-ROM. Were optical drives 100% trouble-free and reliable, the add-on DVD install would be less of an issue. I was only trying to provide context and information for the original question. I wasn't making blanket recommendations for anyone, nor was I even making categorical statements about all optical drives on all WinXP PCs. Here's a question: regardless of how unclear I may have been, would you prefer that I had not raised the issue at all? Would you rather I keep quiet about the bad experiences my clients have had with this technology in WinXP? -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
