Bryce

Well, if you'll be my friend, we only need three others.

So it only activates online, eh? That makes it a little nicer. However, I am now torn. If I buy the subscription for my laptop, I'll be using a much older version on my desktop, which would be my primary rendering box. I don't want to buy two subscriptions because that'd be silly... Something like Steam that allowed you to use it on only one machine at a time would be nice, but that would require an internet connection... Looks like my best option is to find four folks who would like to go in for the 5-pack ($100 a copy beats the heck out of $300), then get the subscription version on my laptop... When I upgraded from Orangutan to Sorserez (I don't know what version numbers those would be), the guy at the show just sold me the new CD sans the book with the registration code and I was able to use my existing code. Would that work if I bought just the CD for the latest version or has the registration process changed?

But an internet connection is required and I won't always have access to that, especially at work (where I plan to do most of my modeling). It looks like I'm stuck with Anim8or. At least it and A:M both support 3DS files... I could model on my laptop then bring the file into A:M to do the animation. (I like A:M's animation system more than Anim8or's.) Its my own fault for using an UMPC and not having a USB CD-ROM... I know there's a network dongle version which allows running without CDs or an internet connection, but I don't need 10 licenses. Can you order a dongle for one license?

I was wondering about that because I saw a few posts of people asking about transferring from one PC to another... That leads me to another question: is there an upgrade option or would I have to buy a new copy at full price? I upgraded from Orangutan to Sorserez at a computer show for half price, but I something tells me it isn't likely with the web version...

I use to use A:M on my desktop a lot back when I first got it, then I started slacking off. Recently, I found Anim8or and started playing with that and decided I wanted to install A:M again. Problem is, my EEE doesn't have a CD-ROM. I'd like to know if there is a legitimate way of running A:M without the CD (aside from a volume license). If A:M and Anim8or shared any format, it'd be a non-issue, but I'd prefer to use A:M. Like I said, its been a while since I used it. I have "Sorserez" version CD. (Old, I know.) My brother and I bought it at a computer show because the guy giving the demo showed how simple everything was. I don't remember exactly why I stopped using it...