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Originally Posted by acmost

all good points.

Chit happens...I wish I didn't have to have my HD Rig iLok in my Macbook Pro is all. I suppose on behalf of all LE users who got ADC with the PT9 update though I should be happy for them. An extra license would be asking too much.

Seriously though...good points you make, I'll get the USB dongle buddy thingy also. Thx.

Yeah.. It was nice being able to go to your laptop and just launch LE with no dongle. And leave your iLok with your HD licence just sitting in your HD machine.. But then truth be told -- when you were sitting at the laptop you needed your iLok with the plugins on it too.. So -- I guess in the end -- there was NO working situation on the laptop that was without an iLok plugged in and having to move it from machine to machine -- unless, of course, you kept an iLok at your HD machine with JUST the HD license on it and another one for plugins.

I think the fact that my new iLok2 is do sturdy and I don't have to tether a piece of hardware from it while working on the laptop -- is a good enough 'prize' for me in the release of PT9. It's still pretty surreal sitting on my livingroom couch and hearing my 50 track full mix + premastering all coming out my MBP speakers. Still not used to being able to do that. Not since 'ProTools FREE' - remember that? Only 8 tracks though back then with FREE. My PT9 world is a very good one - even having to travel around with my iLok on my Keychain everywhere as I travel to three studio locations where I have my own setups and need it. I too have Zero Downtime insurance on the iLok, $30/year and a $40/year rider on my homeowner's insurance for lost/stolen for replacement value of all the licenses. So I don't fear.

Though I would never have considered NOT using my Dongle Buddy with the iLok1 plastic babies -- which always seemed one step away from breaking off (and I had '2' fail over the years) -- this new iLok2, by contrast, is a rock.. I won't use the Dongle Buddy at all with it -- which was always a little 'in the way' too and not very -- well -- not very cool lookin'..