Re: [Finale] Finale 2009 Announced

2008-07-12 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 11.07.2008 David W. Fenton wrote: But 10.3 is quite dated now. I just don't understand this mentality. According to Wikipedia, Panther was released Oct. 24, 2003, which means it's less than 5 years old. I'm running WinXP on my laptop and Win2K on my desktop, which means that both of my

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009 Announced

2008-07-11 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 11.07.2008 Andrew Stiller wrote: I have Mac OS 10.3, wh. apparently FinMac 09 won't support. Since long, bitter experience has taught me *never* to upgrade an OS, but rather to buy a new computer with the upgraded version already on it, Finale 09, promising though it seems, is definitely

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009 Announced

2008-07-11 Thread Robert Patterson
10.3 to 10.4 is painless, unless you need to do file sharing over Ethertalk (highly unlikely). Upgrading to 10.5 is a much bigger step, and I disrecommend it. I use 10.5 exclusively now, but I had to upgrade much of my software to get there. I did upgrade one computer from 10.4, and I found it to

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009 Announced

2008-07-11 Thread Dick Hauser
On Jul 11, 2008, at 10:30 AM, Robert Patterson wrote: I did upgrade one computer from 10.4, and I found it to be the most annoying and troublesome upgrade ever foisted on me by Apple. (It was still far easier than major Windows upgrades, though.) My system is not very complex, but I found

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009 Announced

2008-07-11 Thread J D Thomas
Wow Robert, I had no file sharing trouble in my venture from 10.3 to 10.4. In fact, file sharing is one area that has been trouble-free for me all the way thru OS X. But the upgrade the 10.5 was quite problematic, as yours. I'm convinced mine was due to the gawd-awful Migration

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009 Announced

2008-07-11 Thread David W. Fenton
On 11 Jul 2008 at 19:14, Johannes Gebauer wrote: But 10.3 is quite dated now. I just don't understand this mentality. According to Wikipedia, Panther was released Oct. 24, 2003, which means it's less than 5 years old. I'm running WinXP on my laptop and Win2K on my desktop, which means that

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009 Announced

2008-07-11 Thread Steve Schow
This has always been the tradeoff between Apple and Microsoft. Microsoft tends to value backwards compatibility, but moves very slowly to evolve their OS and software into superior products, since they are stuck in a quagmire of backwards compatibility. Even the ages old 8086 processor

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009 Announced

2008-07-11 Thread Phil Daley
At 7/11/2008 01:30 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: (It was still far easier than major Windows upgrades, though.) Interesting observation. WinNt4 to Win2000 was mindless, no changes needed. Win2000 to WinXP was mindless, no changes needed. WinXP to Vista is annoying. But Finale 3.7 runs fine on

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009 Announced

2008-07-11 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Hence the mess you have they call vista. On Jul 11, 2008, at 11:34 AM, David W. Fenton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11 Jul 2008 at 19:14, Johannes Gebauer wrote: But 10.3 is quite dated now. I just don't understand this mentality. According to Wikipedia, Panther was released Oct. 24,

[Finale] Finale 2009 Announced

2008-07-10 Thread Patrick Sheehan
Anyone see any features worth working with in '09? How many of you will stay with '08? Let the discussion begin! Patrick J. M. Sheehan Woodlawn Arts Academy, Instructor, Music Director Centennial Auditorium, Music Director Conductor P.S. Music Host, The Saturday Night Blues: 89.5

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009 Announced

2008-07-10 Thread Cecil Rigby
How many haven't left 2006 yet?!! I might be convinced to upgrade if the Engraver slurs really *do* work now... -Cecil Rigby [EMAIL PROTECTED] Patrick Sheehan asked: Anyone see any features worth working with in '09? How many of you will stay with '08?

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009 Announced

2008-07-10 Thread Lora Crighton
Well, I'm still using '06, so it's probably time for me to upgrade. --- Patrick Sheehan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone see any features worth working with in '09? How many of you will stay with '08? Let the discussion begin! Patrick J. M. Sheehan Woodlawn Arts Academy, Instructor,

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009 Announced

2008-07-10 Thread Jari Williamsson
Patrick Sheehan wrote: Anyone see any features worth working with in '09? Yes. Best regards, Jari Williamsson ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009 Announced

2008-07-10 Thread Lora Crighton
--- Cecil Rigby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How many haven't left 2006 yet?!! I might be convinced to upgrade if the Engraver slurs really *do* work now... That's why I'm thinking of ugrading. -Cecil Rigby [EMAIL PROTECTED] Patrick Sheehan asked: Anyone see any features worth

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009 Announced

2008-07-10 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Thu, July 10, 2008 11:05 am, Lora Crighton wrote: --- Cecil Rigby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I might be convinced to upgrade if the Engraver slurs really *do* work now... That's why I'm thinking of ugrading. If other vector features worked, then I'd really pay attention! I'm talking Shape

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009 Announced

2008-07-10 Thread Chris Bell
Anyone see any features worth working with in '09? How many of you will stay with '08? Let the discussion begin! I'll upgrade, but keep 2008 working in parallel until I'm comfortable with 09. I use 2008 on a daily basis, both in teaching as well as my personal

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009 Announced

2008-07-10 Thread Randolph Peters
Patrick Sheehan queried: Anyone see any features worth working with in '09? Even though I see important functions that don't seem to be addressed (fixing and improving linked parts, for example), this upgrade doesn't seem to have too much added fluff. The improvements in the way we can

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009 Announced

2008-07-10 Thread Carolyn Bremer
I saw Tom Carruth demo '09 on Tuesday. He said there were things they still needed to fix with linked parts. Duh. I told him that linked parts weren't useful for most composers and he countered with how useful they were for those using Smart Music. Clearly, that's where the main thrust of

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009 Announced

2008-07-10 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Staying with 2007 thanks Patrick Sheehan wrote: Anyone see any features worth working with in '09? How many of you will stay with '08? Let the discussion begin! Patrick J. M. Sheehan Woodlawn Arts Academy, Instructor, Music Director Centennial Auditorium, Music Director Conductor