Hi, very vague header sorry but finally having to say goodbye to my ancient imac and struggling to know which way to jump.
Covid has destroyed my livelihood as a freelance musician so I can’t be profligate! I also dislike the throwaway culture of just discarding old tech that still works perfectly well for more basic tasks so will be rehoming the imac.
I used to use Cubase on a pc happily, then got given this second hand work imac when my pc died and so bought brand new software etc for it.
Now not sure what to do.
If I switch to windows do I get any sort of discount on new Cubase software or am I back starting from scratch again?
Can you run Cubase pro decently on a windows laptop or is that going to cause issues?
“profligate”… It’s not even 9am my time and I already learned a new word today! Thanks!
Not sure what discount you’re thinking of but there’s nothing special about Win v MacOS as far as that goes. Did you mean if you get a discount on your old Cubase version upgrading to a new one? Your best bet is to just click your way to the online store and choose the version you’re interested in and then see if there’s a discount.
I haven’t used a Win laptop for work for some time so I couldn’t tell you anything about that really other than that it was fine for me. Nothing special about the operating system and more about the computer itself I think.
Which version of Cubase do you have? For a lot of years now the licence on your usb dongle will allow you to install on pc or Mac
Oh I am well behind, am on 9.5. I didn’t know that about the interchangeable license, thankyou, will check, that would be very helpful financially if I could just reinstall!
Yes sorry I wasn’t very clear, I just remembered vaguely from YEARS ago when I used to regularly update my cubase version (on windows) you didn’t have to pay the full amount as if you were a completely new user. I’m perfectly happy with 9.5 and don’t need anything more fancy, but its so long that I actually bought a new computer I feel really out of the loop & so thought people here might have ideas. If I can run it happily on a Macbook or laptop then I’d be able to use it with some of the outside performance work I may be able to pick up when lockdown is over. My prior experience of laptop type gear is that it tended to trip up with heavy audio/video stuff a bit.
Your 9.5 license is valid for Cubase.
It is not machine platform specific.
You can download both Windows and Mac versions , although the Win dongle won’t work on the Mac , and vice-Versa.
Upgrade paths are also not machine specific.
Buy the Cubase 11 upgrade , and run it on your latest machine - you will love it.