Andrew Davies Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Hello - Haven't upgraded yet, but have ordered my copy of 2010. Would it be sensible, or even possible to install 2010 alongside 2009 ? Just in case any of my existing 2009 files don't open correctly. Or is it worth doing that at all?? Thanks, Andrew Quote Link to comment
0 Ray Libby Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 You can have different versions installed at the same time. If you have no problem with disk space it makes sense. Quote Link to comment
0 Andrew Davies Posted September 24, 2009 Author Share Posted September 24, 2009 Thanks Ray - appreciate your help. Assume that's the same for OS X - seeing you're on Windows. I've got plenty of disk space, so will install it alongside 2009. Cheers, Andrew Quote Link to comment
0 Kool Aid Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Would it be sensible, or even possible to install 2010 alongside 2009 ? Just in case any of my existing 2009 files don't open correctly. It would, indeed. In my line of business ? architecture, urban design and facilities planning & management ??it is mission-critical that projects are moved from one software version to another one in a controlled and managed way, including Plan B, Plan C and the fallback option. Now, unlike with McMansions, my jobs can easily require five years from inception to even permit applications. I keep a couple of old PowerPC Macs running ancient versions of various software just to be safe, not sorry. While most software companies, including NNA, do a very good job as comes to conversions, you never know. As comes to the managed transition: on the Mac you can determine which applicable program opens the files. Quote Link to comment
0 CipesDesign Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Andrew, I currently have 2008, 2009 & 2010 installed and often (lately) run the last two at the same time. No real problems. Things can get bogged down at times, but I think that's more of an issue with RAM (or lack thereof) and the fact that I am running a three year old machine (a dinosaur in the digital age!). As long as you own all the licenses, and as long as the software and hardware are compatible then there is no limit I am aware of. Quote Link to comment
0 Andrew Davies Posted September 24, 2009 Author Share Posted September 24, 2009 Good point re: licences. As I have bought an upgrade - maybe that means I don't own a licence for 2009 & 2010. Hmmm.. Quote Link to comment
0 Pat Stanford Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 You do have a license for each, but they are "bundled" licenses. That means that you can install and run both on the same machine, but you can't sell the 2009 license to someone else or run 2009 on one machine while running 2010 on a different machine. Quote Link to comment
0 Andrew Davies Posted September 24, 2009 Author Share Posted September 24, 2009 Thanks Pat. Andrew Quote Link to comment
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Andrew Davies
Hello -
Haven't upgraded yet, but have ordered my copy of 2010.
Would it be sensible, or even possible to install 2010 alongside 2009 ? Just in case any of my existing 2009 files don't open correctly.
Or is it worth doing that at all??
Thanks,
Andrew
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