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Krazykanuck

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Trial Expired
« on: September 25, 2006, 08:58:30 pm »

Is there any way for me to be able to start looking at MC12. I only had a day or two before it was pulled the last time.
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Re: Trial Expired
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2006, 07:46:40 am »

No.  Sorry.
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Re: Trial Expired
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2006, 08:09:04 am »

Hmmm....disappointing to say the least.  I'm in the same boat, installed 12 when the board first opened and was never able to get it running, and then, of course, the public beta shut down.

Will this be changed when 12 is released final?  I guess I can live without beta testing (and certainly you can live without me beta testing), but it would be nice to be able to try it before upgrading when the final release occurs.
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Re: Trial Expired
« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2006, 08:16:52 am »

No, it won't be changed.  Sorry.

It's not because we don't care about you or think you're special.  It's just that we can't start negotiating on a case by case basis.  A 30 day trial usually works.  If it doesn't for you this time, I'm sorry.

It's $19.98 to upgrade.  The odds are good that you'll think the money was well spent.
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Re: Trial Expired
« Reply #4 on: September 26, 2006, 08:36:16 am »

Do you guys have only one PC?

We have about five in our home ...
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Re: Trial Expired
« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2006, 09:25:02 am »

You know what would be really sweet?

Check this page out on Microsoft's site:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/beta/testdrive.mspx?showIntro=n

They're using a Citrix server and Citrix's web portal to let people log into a test environment where they can play around with Office 2007 beta. The end result is that the user gets to evaluate the software fully, with out an expiring trial to worry about. They can't do any actual work on it, so it's not like they can use this to avoid buying the software, either.

It'd be really sweet if JRiver did something similar.
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Re: Trial Expired
« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2006, 05:35:27 pm »

AB, yeah, at the moment, only one machine in the house working, I just donated two machines and am waiting on the 65nm AMD chips before I build another (hopefully Nov  8) ).  Timing is everything, huh?

JimH, lol.  :o
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Re: Trial Expired
« Reply #7 on: September 26, 2006, 06:00:04 pm »

It's $19.98 to upgrade.  The odds are good that you'll think the money was well spent.

Well, since I stand to receive personally exactly 0% of your $19.98 upgrade cost, you can consider me a at-least-somewhat-disinterested-third-party...  ::)

I'd say Jim's right.  It's worth every penny.  Of course, I'm American and $20 isn't a huge amount of money to me (I'm not a rich American -- I work for a non-profit -- so it isn't nothing either).  Then, of course, if you make $20 US per day/week/month then you probably aren't really in MC's target market anyway...

Still.  It is pretty cool, and I think it's worth it.

(And, yes, Jim.  I am in a pretty good mood today.  It was my birthday yesterday and now it's over and I can relax.)
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Re: Trial Expired
« Reply #8 on: September 26, 2006, 06:08:33 pm »

Well, since I stand to receive personally exactly 0% of your $19.98 upgrade cost, you can consider me a at-least-somewhat-disinterested-third-party... I work for a non-profit
How about 1%?  Would that work for you?
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Re: Trial Expired
« Reply #9 on: September 26, 2006, 06:28:09 pm »

I have multiple PC's but try to keep my playing around with new stuff confined to one.
I will upgrade at some point in the next few days.

I don't think we are asking you to negotiate on a case by case basis.

You may however want to consider changing the 30 day period to something a little longer while in a controlled release phase. Now this may not be all that simple but is just a suggestion.
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Re: Trial Expired
« Reply #10 on: September 26, 2006, 06:59:35 pm »

As I Was Reading This Thread, TNT Was Showing Clips From There Shows "Saved" , "The Closer", And A Few Other Shows.

I Went To the Internet With A Few Words Of The Song And The Song Is

Mat Kearney - Nothing Left To Lose

A Nice Song, And Fits With The Upgrade For Me At Least Since JRiver Has Been Doing More Things In Threads It Has Sped Up My Media Center Experience.

Play The Song And Then Close Your Eyes, And Picture JimH In His Pickup Truck, Driving Down A Scenic Road With The The Wind Rushing Thru His Hair (Whats Left Of It).


Artist: Mat Kearney
Album: Nothing Left To Lose
Year: 2006
Title: Nothing Left To Lose


oh, And I Bought The Song From Yahoo Music 


Something’s in the air tonight
the sky's alive with a burning light
you can mark my words something's about to break

and i found myself in a bitter fight
while I've held your hand through the darkest night
don't know where your coming from but your coming soon

to a kid from Oregon by way of California
all of this is more than I've ever known or seen

come on and we'll sing, like we were free
push the pedal down watch the world around fly by us
come on and we'll try, one last time
I'm off of the floor one more time to find you

and here we go there's nothing left to choose
and here we go there's nothing left to lose

so i packed my car and headed east
where i felt your fire and a sweet release
there's a fire in these hills that's coming down

and i don't know much but i found you here
and i can not wait another year
don't know where your coming from but you coming soon

to a kid from Oregon by way of California
all of this is more than I've ever known or seen

come on and we'll sing, like we were free
push the pedal down watch the world around fly by us
come on and we'll try, one last time
I'm off of the floor one more time to find you

and here we go there's nothing left to choose
and here we go there's nothing left to lose

i can still hear the trains out my window
from Hobart street to here in Nashville
i can still smell the pomegranates grow
and i don't know how hard this wind will blow
or where we'll go

come on and we'll sing, like we were free
push the pedal down watch the world around fly by us
come on and we'll try, one last time
I'm off of the floor one more time to find you

and here we go there's nothing left to choose
and here we go there's nothing left to lose
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Re: Trial Expired
« Reply #11 on: September 26, 2006, 07:58:29 pm »

..Picture JimH In His Pickup Truck, Driving Down A Scenic Road With The The Wind Rushing Thru His Hair (Whats Left Of It).
Hey!  I resemble that remark.
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Re: Trial Expired
« Reply #12 on: September 26, 2006, 08:07:34 pm »

I was unhappy when the trial expired, but thought enough of the new features and speed to buy it.  I've haven't thought about it again until now.
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Re: Trial Expired
« Reply #13 on: September 26, 2006, 08:31:18 pm »

How about 1%?  Would that work for you?

With no strings, I'd take anything I could get, but I would guess that the %1 isn't going to amount to enough to sway my opinion one way or another.

Notice... I didn't say I wasn't for sale (that wouldn't be honest, now would it?).  I just said that it'd take more than 1% of JRiver's take on the $19.98 upgrade cost for MC12.  I could be wrong, but you'd have to sell a lot of upgrades to be even worth the postage to send me a check!

Now, if it was 1% of Microsoft's take on the upgrade cost on Vista... That might just do it.   ;)   ;D
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Re: Trial Expired
« Reply #14 on: September 26, 2006, 09:00:58 pm »

glynor, happy birthday from a fellow Libran!  I am hitting 40 very soon.  Meh, just another day, eh?
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Re: Trial Expired
« Reply #15 on: September 26, 2006, 11:20:21 pm »

Most everyone who is trying to get early access to MC12 is going to upgrade anyway - so the easiest way is to just pay the $19.98 & upgrade now. 
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