Not A Good PT8 Intro...

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Just bought Pro Tools Rack 003+, opened the packaging and tried to install it on my PowerPC g5 mac osx 10.5.8 and...it won't install. Tech support says bad installation disc, will send me a new one. In the meantime I can download it from a link they sent me. Download keeps cancelling and says 23 hr download time. My broadband is fine, so it's not my service. I call back, wait on the line an hour, they tell me this time they will send a direct link. 1/2 hour later, no link. Now I am on the line...waiting. I have been using Logic for 4 yrs with NO issues. Apples tech support is great. Can't say the same for digidesign. And I just find out they are not open on Saturdays. All wknd i will sit without pro tools. Why am i switching to pro tools ? Because when i start school in the fall, the program in Audio engineering uses pro tools. Sounds like lobbying to me that made it the industry standard. You will never hear so much moaning and bitching amongst Logic users, just check the forums. I am not a hater and will continue to give pro tools a chance because i have no other choice, but what a horrible intro !