slim barrowstone Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 hello my question is why do the beta always have updates and the paid version dont really update it seams to me your just better off not even buying it im just wanting to know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 15, 2021 Staff Share Posted January 15, 2021 Hi @slim barrowstone, Welcome to Affinity Forums The purpose of the betas is to test new functionality/changes that otherwise could broke the commercial/retail version if implemented directly to it (upsetting all existing customers). All the changes and improvements added to the betas will end in the next retail update after being tested. Only customers who have acquired/purchased the application have access to the respective Beta (if they want to install/try it to gave us feedback during the beta testing phase). Usually, regular users/customers simply use the retail version for commercial/critical work and don't install the Betas. slim barrowstone and stokerg 2 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slim barrowstone Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 ty for the response i am a paid customer i was just wondering b/c i dont even see any changes in my paid copy but ty for the response Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 On 1/22/2021 at 7:44 PM, slim barrowstone said: ty for the response i am a paid customer i was just wondering b/c i dont even see any changes in my paid copy but ty for the response Which Affinity applications are you running, where did you purchase them, and what version/release of each do you have? slim barrowstone 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xzenor Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 On 1/15/2021 at 1:46 PM, slim barrowstone said: hello my question is why do the beta always have updates and the paid version dont really update it seams to me your just better off not even buying it im just wanting to know That's the whole idea of BETA software. It's for testing and the users are encouraged to give feedback on it. It's updated regularly with bug fixes and new features and once it's stable enough and considered ready for professional use then there's an update for the paid version. Really, read up on the term "Beta software". It's a very VERY common term. Jenna Appleseed 1 Quote Windows 10 Pro Intel Core i7-4770 3.40Ghz 16 GB RAM Nvidia Geforce GTX 980 Samsung EVO 850 SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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