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farss wrote on 11/16/2007, 5:58 PM
I've got V4,5,6 and 7 on the one machine. Only the point releases are updates. Just install each full version and it doesn't overwrite the previous version.

Bob.
JohnnyRoy wrote on 11/16/2007, 5:58 PM
I believe you can only have one copy of a major version on at a time. This is because each major version (i.e., 6, 7 ,8) installs into it's own folder. So you can have Vegas 7 & 8 Pro but not 7d and 7e. If you try to install 7e after 7d it will automatically update the 7d version (as you would normally want it to do).

I have Vegas 5, 6, 7 & 8 Pro all on at the same time but only the latest version of each.

~jr
blink3times wrote on 11/16/2007, 6:42 PM
Funny, I just removed 7. I found that 8a is now reliable enough to stand on its own.

Having said that, I found 7d and 8a to be sound and stable (I do mostly HDV work) and 7e and the original 8 to be a little whacked... they seem to carry the same bugs with regards to HDV work.
Chienworks wrote on 11/16/2007, 8:15 PM
Vegas does offer the option to choose the installation directory. After installing 7.0 in the C:\program files\Sony\Vegas 7.0\ directory you could install 7.0a in a directory named Vegas 7.0a\ and then 7.0b in a directory named Vegas 7.0b\ and so forth. I don't know if this would work, but i'm sure you could try it.
byGeorge wrote on 11/17/2007, 5:13 AM
I purchased 8 as an upgrade. I currently have 7d on my machine. Will 8 load without disturbing 7d?

Thanks,

George
farss wrote on 11/17/2007, 5:22 AM
Yes.
It's not really an "upgrade". No matter how you buy it you get the same thing so it's always a new self contained install.


Bob.