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@alex - I tried Carrera 7 as a tutor for geekatplay. Nothing wrong with it that I could see. It didnt crush even once, so thta's definitely better than vue7. However I dont use CG as much anymore - I do traditional painting (see rebubble.com/artpearl) and use XG only as a tool in studying form, lighting, perspective etc.  I dont want(and cant)  invest any more time or money with a new application. I still REALLY like vue in principle - if it worked as promissed it would be a delight. I was often told the problem is that it isnt as supported for macs. Now that they say they reprogrammed it from the ground up using cocoo I was wondering if It would work better, hence my renewed interest. The price of $100 was just about as much as I can allocate to CG, so I thought I'll give it a try.

@Steve - I attached the link to the newsletter they sent, with the pricing that implies v7c->v9c costs $98. The * note on the right hand side only says these are "from" prices and that other products available online. So even if you looked carefully there was nothing to indicate the pricing requires extra purchases, so it isnt your fault you fell into the trap. It's theirs.

In fact, their pricing as given on their site are even worse. I just tried to go through the purchaseing procedure to see where the maintanence fees are added. It says the product is "v7c->v9c + maintainance" and the cost is $98. NOWHERE does it mention extra payments will be required. I got up to the stage they request serial number of v7 and I didnt want to look for it, but that means the info about the real total price  is way way burried...

Anyhow, I asked them in my ticket to forward my issue to higher managment. I'm not holding my breath...A BBB complaint still on the cards, but I think this was the final nail on vue's coffin for me. Sad.

"I paint that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive. I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence."
Man Ray, modernist painter
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