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Microsoft Fail

February 26, 2014 The Gathering Site
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For all the Mac users out there - this may seem like an obvious title line, but really - Microsoft, EPIC fail.

So along came a system crash - and then a new computer set up (yeah!!!!  nothing like the smell of a brand, new MacBook Pro).  So now - we have a rebuilt hard drive (software) on an old computer, functioning beautifully (a bit slow) - but good for a back up.

And NOW we have a new computer set up - with an updated DAW.  The awesome, beautiful - fantastic Sequoia 12.  Seriously - no sarcasm - best EVER.  I cannot speak enough about this program and how life (or mix, edit and mastering) changing it will be.  I will work more efficiently - quicker and with ease.  I am so pumped and I have just started diving in.

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That being said - unfortunately Sequoia 12 is ONLY Windows compatible.  Always has been - so I have grown accustomed to it.  My old machine was/is running Win 7 Pro - great.  But with a new machine and new software - I thought, what they hey - let's upgrade to Win 8 Pro!

For 90 bucks from Tek-Micro (I absolutely recommend buying from this third party distributor - their customer service is 1000 times better than Microsoft and they are quick and affordable!) - I snagged Win 8 Pro.  The specs said I was compatible (on the Microsoft website!) and I was good to go.  Right?

Wrong.  So my installer wouldn't work.  Registered the legitimate key - but kept saying I wasn't connected to the internet although I was.  After staying up most of the night and struggling with it - I got a hold of tech this morning.  Oh!  You have to buy the new drivers for 150 dollars!  What?!!  And for just 50 dollars more you can get our support for a year.  Um - no thank you!

Now, my fellow Mac users (this is on a MacBook Pro running bootcamp by the way), I know your shaking your head and saying things like 'but Mavericks was free' and 'my Mac installed updated drivers before/while installing my FREE new operating system'  or the classic 'my Mac never does that.  You don't get this with Apple - that's what you pay for right out of the box'.  And you are correct.

Thankfully - I bought the license from Tek-Micro (once again - get your software here!) .  I went to contact them on their website and was instantly welcomed with a personal (by that I mean an actual person!) IM.  I explained my situation and he immediately apologized and understood my situation.  This happens daily apparently (Ugh!).  So, he offered to exchange my license for a Win 7 Pro one.  THANK YOU KEVIN (that was his name)!!!!  I got the new license key in 20 minutes - activated my Win 7 Pro and will never, NEVER look back.  

If only Sequoia 12 had the support team to re-program for Mac OS, *sigh.  

And Microsoft - epic, EPIC fail on your part.  Shame.

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Hi!  I'm Chelsea.  I live in Cincinnati with my husband Trent, our boys (singleton Soren, the twins Marley and Mayer, the babe - Orion) and August - our ole' lady pitbull.  The Gathering Site is Trent's brainchild.  A fantasy card shop catering to the finest cards and committed client.  Trent protects, I maintain, our 4 wee gents terrorize while we run the card biz and explore this fine city.  A place to gather.  A place to play.

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