Not Happy With Acronis

starkers

Join Date 05/2004

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Not Happy With Acronis

... it seems to be money grabbing, imo

Yeah, I'm pretty pissed with Acronis. 2012 isn't even over and Acronis True Image 2012 is obsolete if you run Windows 8. It won't install on Win 8 and this page suggests it will never be updated to do so. It's pissing me off enormously because I only purchased it 4 - 5 months ago and I've not even gotten 6 months use out of it.

Now it wouldn't be so bad if there were plans to update it, or if it were 10 years old or something, but the year for which it was published isn't even over... and it is already obsolete for 1000's of Windows 8 users? Moreover, a number of people who added Win 8 compatibility to the Acronis 2012 wishlist were totally ignored, so I'm thinking Acronis has an attitude problem and will likely disappear from the list of backup programs as I search for a replacement to safeguard my system. Active Disk Image and Macrium look like 2 possible candidates.

Oh yeah, and another reason I'm looking to switch, Acronis bundles what should be standard features [by today's standards] into a 'Plus Pack' and charges extra for them. Various forum members drew attenton to this and noted that other developers had made them all inclusive, but it seems Acronis intends not to follow suit, and for me that is an incentive to look elsewhere.

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Quoting starkers,

reply 51

Okay, so a few smaller traders here and there are still offering Win 7

Maybe it is a small trader, i have no idea really, but it's not like i had to search through countless obscure stores before finding one that offered a windows 7 PC. Took me about 30 seconds.

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starkers

Join Date 05/2004

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Right, so I took that bullet and, instead of biting it, I effing well chomped on it.

Like not only did I do the Acronis 2013 upgrade, I also purchased the 2013 'Plus Pack' to accompany it.

And one of the most pleasing aspects of my purchase, if not the most pleasing... Gerry (whiney-Ass) Harvey didn't see a frickin' cent of it.

Oh, and while I'm on the subject of purchases, does anybody remember me saying something about smart phones being yuppy overkill, or something to that effect?

Okay, good, cos I'm now the proud owner of a you-beaut NextG, wi-fi enabled smartphone with more whistles and bells than I can poke a stick at. No, I didn't purchase it... that was my soon to be departing - to England - mother, who's an 88 y/o yuppy who loves to hang out online and purchase online bargains... and what a bargain it was... er, they were.

She got 4 of them @ $54,95 each, and believe me, they aren't cheaply made Taiwanese/Chinese items, either. No, although they are Telstra branded phones, they're made by LG and are quite solid little units, not to mention being somewhat slick in appearance. Moreover, they are unlocked and we can hook up to a provider of our own choosing, though I'll likely stick with Telstra as I'm already with them for my landline/internet, and I'll be able to utilise all the inbuilt and additional features exclusive to Telstra.

Hehe, and one of the most pleasing aspects of mother's purchase, if not the most pleasing... Gerry (whiney-ass) Harvey didn't see a fricking red cent of it.

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starkers

Join Date 05/2004

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Quoting stax77,

reply 51

Just to clear things up. I'm from the EU, not Australia. I don't know anything about australian stores. The link i posted i got from googling "australia computer store" and clicking on the very first link it gave me.

Maybe it is a small trader, i have no idea really, but it's not like i had to search through countless obscure stores before finding one that offered a windows 7 PC. Took me about 30 seconds.

stax77, you're missing the point entirely. It's not whether or not some smaller operators are still selling PC's with Win 7 installed, but that the major retailers are not, probably at the behest of Microsoft. Now it's quite likely that Microsoft wants to push Win 8 more aggressively, given the poor sales figure worldwide, and that means it will likely dry up supply of Win 7 to enable that, meaning that even the smaller traders won't be able to provide customers with Win 7 machines for much longer.

It happened when Win 7 was released! There may have been a few old copies out in the wild to begin with, but MS ceased releasing earlier editions and within a few weeks of 7's release, Vista and XP were pretty much unavailable anywhere in Australia.

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Sad thing, that page you linked was just changed on 11/21. On 11/12 it stated that Acronis Home 2012 was going to get Windows 8 support via a patch.

I know because I emailed them on 11/12 asking when they were going to release the patch. Now I know why they didn't reply.

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Quoting CarGuy1,

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I know because I emailed them on 11/12 asking when they were going to release the patch. Now I know why they didn't reply.

Yeah, there wasn't a payment included with yer email.

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DaveRI

Join Date 09/2003

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Starkers I'm inclined to agree with you that sooner is better than later if a person wants to pick up a copy of Win7. Particularly if he wants a version that is not married to the motherboard, and/or locked into 32bit, and/or doesn't require XP to actually be installed first. Lots of OEM versions out there, but otherwise it's already a little sparse.

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Quoting DaveRI,

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Lots of OEM versions out there, but otherwise it's already a little sparse.

Looking at the prices of Windows 7 Ultimate at Newegg and elsewhere, I can see the appeal of Win8. That still doesn't sell me on it, but it does make more sense I guess.

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DrJBHL

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Quoting Wizard1956,

reply 57

but it does make more sense I guess.

Fewer cents, actually.

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DaveRI

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Quoting Wizard1956,

reply 57

Looking at the prices of Windows 7 Ultimate at Newegg and elsewhere

Not exactly trying to dump it off are they?

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starkers

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Quoting DaveRI,

reply 59

Quoting Wizard1956, reply 57Looking at the prices of Windows 7 Ultimate at Newegg and elsewhere

Not exactly trying to dump it off are they?

The thing is, Microsoft doesn't really want sales of Win 7 as it would place greater demand on their support sevices in 2013 -14... it would rather place its support eggs in the Win 8 basket and focus on the future of Windows, not past editions.

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Quoting starkers,

reply 53

Quoting stax77, reply 51Just to clear things up. I'm from the EU, not Australia. I don't know anything about australian stores. The link i posted i got from googling "australia computer store" and clicking on the very first link it gave me.

Maybe it is a small trader, i have no idea really, but it's not like i had to search through countless obscure stores before finding one that offered a windows 7 PC. Took me about 30 seconds.

stax77, you're missing the point entirely. It's not whether or not some smaller operators are still selling PC's with Win 7 installed, but that the major retailers are not, probably at the behest of Microsoft. Now it's quite likely that Microsoft wants to push Win 8 more aggressively, given the poor sales figure worldwide, and that means it will likely dry up supply of Win 7 to enable that, meaning that even the smaller traders won't be able to provide customers with Win 7 machines for much longer.

It happened when Win 7 was released! There may have been a few old copies out in the wild to begin with, but MS ceased releasing earlier editions and within a few weeks of 7's release, Vista and XP were pretty much unavailable anywhere in Australia.

Oh, i agree with you that microsoft is/will be pushing win 8 on the market. What i disagree with is your accusation of acronis based on the claim that "you can only get windows 8 and nothing else today", because it quickly got reduced to "you can only get windows 8 and nothing else IN AUSTRALIA" to "you can only get windows 8 and nothing else in australia AT MAJOR RETAILERS"(which i still have my doubt about - google usually does not point you to a MINOR retailer in it's first link).

Basically it quickly went from worldwide truth to an avoidable local concern (if all an australian has to do to find a computer with win7 is google it and click the first link then it's not really that hard to get as you depict it, IMHO)

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