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mixmastamyk · 2018-04-11 15:55:44+00:00

If you're not doing much/any text encoding, guessing graphics/VFX is not, then upgrading is pretty painless these days.

bsimpson | karma 7317 | avg karma 3.89 · | 2013-10-22 22:50:07+00:00

Yet. It's much easier to upgrade software than hardware.

illumen | karma 1777 | avg karma 2.0 · | 2010-10-10 19:12:14+00:00

Except upgrading incrementally if you can is easier. Less things to change all at once.

noctarius | karma 85 | avg karma 1.33 · | 2024-04-18 15:37:23

True, but I guess it'll be a surprise to many. And, unfortunately, upgrading isn't always the easiest thing with deprecations and stuff

bschmidt1 | karma 592 | avg karma 0.92 · | 2024-05-07 23:14:22

You'll want to upgrade to produce generative content - you just don't know it yet.

bluedino | karma 19194 | avg karma 2.78 · | 2020-04-11 11:58:38

Upgrade? You mean re-write.

revskill | karma 2173 | avg karma 0.97 · | 2023-07-13 11:29:06

No news is good news, so it's fine to upgrade without any changes.

jeremymcanally | karma 4115 | avg karma 8.04 · | 2013-06-25 14:47:29+00:00

The upgrade isn't that bad. Nowhere near going 2.x to 3.x.

dolphenstein | karma 778 | avg karma 3.8 · | 2013-02-28 06:08:01+00:00

Easy until you try to upgrade.

batiudrami | karma 2216 | avg karma 3.16 · | 2021-10-26 02:25:12

But upgrades are free.

pwdisswordfish8 | karma 927 | avg karma 3.5 · | 2021-09-07 08:41:34

And here I was considering finally upgrading. Good to know.

Cyphus | karma 103 | avg karma 4.29 · | 2016-01-06 11:13:28

They released minimum system requirements specifically so that you wouldn't have to upgrade 9 months down the road.

notreallyserio | karma 1852 | avg karma 2.7 · | 2022-03-17 11:05:15

It's always amazing to see companies make upgrading harder than moving to their competitors.

andraz | karma 366 | avg karma 4.95 · | 2012-03-13 04:55:49+00:00

Great reasons to upgrade.

But they should also mention they are taking away our beloved print and quick string formatting.

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tamana | karma 1354 | avg karma 1.2 · | 2016-06-13 09:37:38

Yeah, the forced upgrade isn't bad. The low quality of the new version is bad.

mixmastamyk | karma 12554 | avg karma 1.22 · | 2011-03-05 07:52:21+00:00

Companies don't usually put off upgrading for lack of money, rather all the outdated internal software that will have to be fixed.

smolder | karma 4435 | avg karma 2.13 · | 2020-03-18 19:22:20+00:00

I'd be happy with cherry picking out all the marketing/semi-literate pop culture influences making a mess of it, but that's just as unlikely as any kind of upgrade.

philipov | karma 5318 | avg karma 3.01 · | 2016-03-23 19:11:16+00:00

If you haven't upgraded your packages in 10 years, you've got nothing to worry about ;)

Klathmon | karma 13742 | avg karma 4.35 · | 2017-07-25 07:58:28+00:00

Something can still be an upgrade for the vast majority even if it doesn't do 100% of the same stuff as it's predecessor...

fckgw | karma 752 | avg karma 2.98 · | 2024-04-16 16:05:47

But it's also assuming everyone has a desktop PC capable of this stuff that can be upgraded.