Any deals on upgrade to Vegas Pro 9?

24Peter wrote on 5/19/2010, 6:56 AM
Enough new features and performance boost (Win 7 64) for me to jump from 8c to 9e. Looks like the Sony upgrade price is around $235. In the past I recall seeing discounted upgrade for Vegas from B&H or Video Guys, but not now. Am I missing any deals?

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rs170a wrote on 5/19/2010, 7:20 AM
The current (special promo?) upgrade price through the online store is US$179.95.

Mike
richard-amirault wrote on 5/19/2010, 10:58 AM
Enough new features and performance boost (Win 7 64) for me to jump from 8c to 9e.

Is Vegas Pro 9.0e officially supported for Windows 7?

I know many folks here are running that way, but unless it is "official" ... if you have a problem ... and if you can find them (wait .. that's the A-Team) ... if you have a problem you may have a trouble getting support from Sony.
ForumAdmin wrote on 5/19/2010, 11:28 AM
Vegas Pro 9 is fully supported under Windows 7, 32 and 64 bit.
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/vegaspro/sysreq
richard-amirault wrote on 5/19/2010, 11:32 AM
Ok, thanks. Guess there is no reason not to install my Win 7 upgrade now (been sitting in my drawer for a couple of months now)
24Peter wrote on 5/19/2010, 6:20 PM
The current (special promo?) upgrade price through the online store is US$179.95.

Mike - I see it for $235 download via that link. What am I missing?
rs170a wrote on 5/19/2010, 6:30 PM
24Peter, you're not missing anything.
I swear on a stack of bibles that it was the price I mentioned when I posted the link earlier today.

Mike
24Peter wrote on 5/19/2010, 6:46 PM
I swear on a stack of bibles that it was the price I mentioned when I posted the link earlier today.

LOL - well for anyone "in the know", does it pay to keep checking back for special pricing? Does Sony do unannounced special prices?
rs170a wrote on 5/19/2010, 7:21 PM
Here's another link with a promo price of US$187.96
This is a 20% off promo price (until May 31) on the front of the recent newsletter.

Mike
24Peter wrote on 5/19/2010, 7:37 PM
Perfect. Thanks Mike.
Jeff9329 wrote on 5/21/2010, 11:41 AM
Im on 8.0c too. It's working so well I hate to mess with it.

How long till Vegas 10 comes out?
24Peter wrote on 5/22/2010, 6:01 AM
Im on 8.0c too. It's working so well I hate to mess with it.

I was waiting for 10 too. But usually new versions come around NAB (April) and this year all we got was 9d. I'm guessing it will be at least six months and maybe a year til we see 10.

I upgraded both my computers in the last few months to Win 7 64 and decided to see if there were any performance benefits to going with Vegas Pro 9 64. So I installed the trial version. My renders are 50%+ faster for the same files with Vegas 9 64 vs. 8 32 on the same machine. And Vegas no longer crashes when I add multiple .mov clips (from my Canon 5DII & T2i) to the timeline. (Previewing those .mov files still s*cks in Vegas, but at least the program doesn't crash & close when I try to edit them.) Those two reasons were enough for me to upgrade.

Try the trial version on your computer and see how it goes.