Did we shoot our selves in the foot by subscribing early? Will our subscription run out before we get to use 10 for 12 months? Probably. I hope they will not start counting the subscription time before we get version 10. I hope their intent was not to appease us for this early subscription penalty with the promo items.
I understand that that the promo items may change or be added too, I got the Virtual Tutor (sorry but i don't think it is very useful unless you are new to ArchiCAD) and the 3d profiler. Nice tool but I still have not used it enough to see how it is any better than the profiler tool we already have. Priority tech support? Great for the first year. But now it is just something I hope I wont need to use. Key insurance? I have had my key replaced twice since version 6. No charge. Now it will cost $100.00
To buy ArchiCAD in the US now will cost a min. of $3,995.00 down +$57.62/mo. ($695.00/yr subscription) + Key insurance (nobody wants to pay the full price for the program if they lose or damage the key) + what ever add-ons you need.
What are the chances of ever getting rid of the dongle now that there is Key insurance? 0!
Is the key insurance going to be an annual fee now too?
ArchiCAD 25 7000 USA - Windows 10 Pro 64x - Dell 7720 64 GB 2400MHz ECC - Xeon E3 1535M v6 4.20GHz - (2) 1TB M.2 PCIe Class 50 SSD's - 17.3" UHD IPS (3840x2160) - Nvidia Quadro P5000 16GB GDDR5 - Maxwell Studio/Render 5.2.1.49- Multilight 2 - Adobe Acrobat Pro - ArchiCAD 6 -25
