RaulW Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Hi guys. I want to buy with the discount, Photo, Designer and Publisher for Windows. Do I get the same software if I buy them from the Microsoft Store as from the Affinity Store? I ask this since Microsoft is a little cheaper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff SFurniss Posted May 18, 2020 Staff Share Posted May 18, 2020 Apart from the installation/update method and the fact that the Microsoft version is sandboxed, the two versions are basically the same Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 It’s perhaps worth noting that the Microsoft Store version can only be installed on Windows 10, and you need to be signed in to your Microsoft account. The Affinity Store version can be installed on any machine running Windows 10, 8.1 or 7 (SP1 with the latest platform update) and all you need is the installer file and your product key. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 9 hours ago, RaulW said: I ask this since Microsoft is a little cheaper That is surprising. I thought they were supposed to be the same price. In any case, depending on your exact needs, the sandboxing of the Microsoft Store applications can cause some issues. For example, if you want to tell some other application to open an image in Affinity Photo, that is difficult if you bought Photo from the Microsoft Store rather than from Serif. Also, if you may ever want to revert to an older version of the application, you should purchase from Serif, as reverting to older versions of the program is not possible with the Microsoft Store version. Alfred 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaulW Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 Hi guys! I appreciate your responses. I will proceed to purchase directly from Affinity Store. Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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