Ableton Forum

fabortiz · Post by **fabortiz** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 3:27 pm

Hi,

Does anyone know when the release for 5.2 (Intel Mac compatibility) will be available? It just says february on the website, but no exact date.

Thanks

mcconaghy · Post by **mcconaghy** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 3:34 pm

If you read the announcement closely you'll get a better hint. 5.2 will enter beta as soon as the MacBook Pro's are available. That is supposed to be towards the end of the month.

fabortiz · Post by **fabortiz** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 2:58 am

er....The Mac Book Pros have been available for a couple of weeks now, I'm using one as we speak? I bought it end of Jan....

I'm sure they must have been released in the US at the same time, if not before?

Would be nice for an exact date in Feb from Ableton, since we are in Feb and the news have not been updated since...apologies for the slight grudge - ha ha

Digi V · Post by **Digi V** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 3:22 am

what are you talking about? the first batch was not to be shipped until the 15th of this month.

are you sure you are speaking of the pro laptops?

HD1 · Post by **HD1** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 3:30 am

i think i agree with fabortiz.......

i've seen the mactel powerbooks for sale at applestore for some time now

puRe · Post by **puRe** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 11:46 am

linzatti · Post by **linzatti** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 11:49 am

Digi V wrote:what are you talking about? the first batch was not to be shipped until the 15th of this month.

are you sure you are speaking of the pro laptops?

I saw them being avaliable for order at the end of January too.

mcconaghy · Post by **mcconaghy** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 5:37 pm

They've been available for pre-order since MacWorld, but won't ship until February 15th, according to Apple.

Mk · Post by Mk » Sat Feb 11, 2006 5:58 pm

mcconaghy wrote:They've been available for pre-order since MacWorld, but won't ship until February 15th, according to Apple.

this guy knows what he's talking about. U.S. orders ship 15th of Feb. my friend and i bought one for our project studio and its due to be delivered on 23rd of Feb.

DJHELLO! · Post by **DJHELLO!** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 4:48 pm

Anyone have any ideas about when 5.2 is actually arriving?

I use SERATO and on the weekend I was messing around with the demo of 5 on my 20" Intel Mac, was really impressed - great fun and really quick for chucking ideas together to see what works.

I was using SERATO to scratch in a load of loops and scratched beats etc to build a scratch composition.

Anyway ver.5 really crunches along on the Intel Macs - It was having an eppy with only three two bar samples playing, I was kinda feeling the Prefuse glitchyness but I'd rather just get 5.2 and get a true idea of how it works.

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:04 pm

DJHELLO! wrote: ... having an eppy ...

1980's Uk slang translation for non UK readers
an eppy = stuttering spasmodic behaviour, jumping around.

derivation, an epileptic fit.

mcconaghy · Post by **mcconaghy** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:28 pm

DJHELLO! wrote:Anyone have any ideas about when 5.2 is actually arriving?

As it says in the news section on this very site, as soon as the MacBook Pros are shipping, 5.2 will enter beta stage. Add one to two weeks onto that to allow for a decent testing period, and you should have it by the end of the month.

kennerb · Post by **kennerb** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:43 pm

How bout the flipping Windows 5.2 for those of us not concerned with those things mac. It's really frustrating to wait for a company that has nothing to do with the platform you work on to release something. Apple is so famous for pushed back release dates too. Seems like the abes should split the release up. Especially since they are charging for the macbook version and not the others.

mcconaghy · Post by **mcconaghy** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:50 pm

kennerb wrote:How bout the flipping Windows 5.2 for those of us not concerned with those things mac. It's really frustrating to wait for a company that has nothing to do with the platform you work on to release something. Apple is so famous for pushed back release dates too. Seems like the abes should split the release up. Especially since they are charging for the macbook version and not the others.

All versions will be released at the same time. 5.2 is not just about releasing a Universal binary, it's about bug-fixing, of which there are plenty on both platforms. Ableton want to get rid of as many bugs as possible, and make all 3 versions (Mac/Universal/Windows) as identical as possible. That takes time.

kennerb · Post by **kennerb** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:25 pm

mcconaghy wrote:
kennerb wrote:How bout the flipping Windows 5.2 for those of us not concerned with those things mac. It's really frustrating to wait for a company that has nothing to do with the platform you work on to release something. Apple is so famous for pushed back release dates too. Seems like the abes should split the release up. Especially since they are charging for the macbook version and not the others.
All versions will be released at the same time. 5.2 is not just about releasing a Universal binary, it's about bug-fixing, of which there are plenty on both platforms. Ableton want to get rid of as many bugs as possible, and make all 3 versions (Mac/Universal/Windows) as identical as possible. That takes time.

Since when was there a need for external testing for bug fixes. By it's very nature a bug is an issue that is demonstrated, documented, and reproduced. At that point it is in the dev. or response team's hands. No need to involve others. This is more a case of branding priority than actually getting something out to people so it will help them.

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