Kevin Fairhurst said,
> On 15 Jun 2000 12:21:36 +0100, Neil Bothwick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>> The updates have always been available from somewhere, even if it
>> meant downloading them. The "I want a new CD" argument is based on
>> wanting a single CD to reinstall from in the event of a HD failure or
>> similar incident.
> True, but the one problem with this (that I have experience of) is that
> said CD is out of date.
That's been Chris' argument too :)
> When PFS3 scrambled my Work: partition, I had the
> CD with Photogencis on. However, it was out of date - I still had to
> download the updates.
But the CD got you up and running. That's the most important point, to
get a working setup, not the latest setup.
>> If it works out, we'll have a complete NC 3.1 except for the
>> netconnect.library. If you lose your HD you'll need to install from the
>> original NC3 CD and then run the 3.1 update to get everything fixed and
>> updated.
> I admit that this is all well and good. However, will there be regular
> revisions on AACDs like this? Because as soon as another version of MDII
> or V��is released, that cover CD is out of date and we're back to square
> one, which we're currently at due to the NC3 CD being out of date ...
See the above point. The problem is that the NC3 CD doesn't give you a
working setup, because two of the programs are broken. The 3.1 version
will have working versions of everything, and they will be release
versions not pre-releases. It will never be fully up to date, because
Olli will probably release an update between pressing and publication.
Neil
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