glennjan,

I'm not sure about CL's policy regarding acedemic versions, but typically acedemic versions don't come with upgrade options (this is not universal, some companies are very progressive in this area and offer upgrades, but they are in the minority). If there is no direct link to acedemic upgrades on the web site, chances are pretty good that they don't have an upgrade policy. You could try contacting CL's customer support, they may be able to enlighten you on the subject.

Buying P5 now with the P6 download offer might be the simplest solution. Even if there is an upgrade option, you probably wouldn't save much over the P5 purchase with P6 upgrade download. If you don't mind doing some "leg work" to try to save a few bucks (probably around $20-30 at the most), then I'd check with CL about their upgrade policy. If you prefer to keep it simple, then getting P5 with the P6 upgrade download is the way to go.

A plus to going with the P5 purchase is you would have a copy of P5 in addition to P6, which would give you a little added flexibility if P6 tuns out to have some real issues (not quite ready for prime time), or if P6 is a big resource/CPU hog.

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