Hi guys, this message is probably for the sales people or the bean counters...
If I decide to download the product how much will this cost me in terms of
the rate exchange and taxes?
If I download this, how many files will it be and (dumb question) can I save onto
CD in case my system crashes?
Unfortunately, you're looking at more than 70% extra. :(
I remember getting my MasterCard bill with SoFo purchases, and just about fell on my butt!
Here's a suggestion. Call your credit card company to see how much they're charging for exchange rate today, and do the math.
If you get an answer, post it here. I'm curious also.
As far as saving your app to CD...excellent idea.
My suggestion for this, burn the downloaded (self-extracting) file along with your serial number and activation code to CD-RW.
I've got a "C:\download\sonicfoundry\" directory on my hard drive with subdirectories for each different application. I store the download files, serial numbers, purchase receipts, and accessory files in each appropriate directory. After each purchase or update i'll burn the whole sonicfoundry directory to a CD-R and file it. At this point i'm only up to about 550MB, which even includes several older versions, the acoustic mirror impulse files, sample projects, etc. so it all fits easily on one CD. This way i can easily reinstall anything whenever necessary.
Most SonicFoundry applications are downloaded as a single self-extracting .exe file. Generally this and a serial number are the only things necessary to reinstall and reregister. Most of them also have available a few additional files such as the manual in .pdf format, some sample media files, etc. These additional files are nonessential, but often very helpful. They're usually much smaller than the application file so there isn't much reason not to download and keep them.