The Logic Off Topic list

>  > After following this thread about returning the V4 CD for a while, I
>>  just cannot resist asking: What kind of people throw away their Logic
>>  CD?
>snip
>>  What if your computer dies and all your backups fail. In that case,
>>  your CD is the *only* thing that'll get you back on the road...
>>
>>  You don't throw away a book after you've finished reading it either,
>  > or do you?
>>
>
>Well, as we are going OT...
>
>I think what people have been kinda dancing around here is this (f*ck
>it, i'll say it, and they can come and sue me :-) )
>
>It is *lots, lots, lots* more likely that someone who says they 'threw
>away' their Logic update is actually one of the people that has obtained
>a dodgy copy of a Logic updater and doesnt want to pay the full upgrade
>price to Logic 5.
>
>Personally, I doubt that anyone would be that stupid.
>For a start some (but not all) of the update CDs required either a
>previous installation of Logic Audio.
>Also, I dont know anyone who is still running Windows 95 with Logic 4.5.
>
>This means that anyone who bought (like me) Logic Audio back in 1996 (i
>think) and has upgraded each time has also upgraded their OS. Each time
>their OS is upgraded they need to do a fresh Logic install. This
>requires (in my case) a copy of Logic V3.0, then V3.5, then V4.0, then
>V4.5, then V4.8. Maybe one or two less, I dont remember exactly the
>updates I needed... maybe I didnt need to install V4.5- i could just go
>from V4.0 to V4.8... I stopped using Logic Windows a while back it all
>gets hazy.. where is my wheelchair?
>
>My point is though that the CD is *often required*.

None of this is true on the mac.