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WHAT TYPE OF LICENSE SHOULD I BUY? STATIC LICENSE With a static license, you get a small key that plugs into an available USB port on your computer. The key must be plugged in for MacVector or Assembler to work. You can install MacVector on as many machines as you wish, but you can only run the program on the machine where the key is plugged into. If you remove the key after MacVector has started, all analysis functions will become disabled (although you will be able to save your work) until you reinsert the key NETWORK or "CONCURRENT USAGE" LICENSE With a Network or "Concurrent usage" license, you install a small program on a central server that keeps track of the number of copies of MacVector currently in use on your network. Each time a copy of MacVector is started, a license is checked out from the server. If all of the licenses you have bought are in use, additional users will get a message that there are no licenses available and will be asked if they wish to join a waiting list. You have the option of "borrowing" a network license for use of the network if you need to travel out of town or take home work for the weekend on a laptop. If you have one or two machines, you will usually find that the "Static" license is the most cost effective, even if you need to buy two or three to cover all of your users or machines. However, once you have a larger network of 5 or more machines, the Network license approach is usually more cost effective. For larger networks, a ratio of one network license per 3-4 machines is usually sufficient to ensure that all users have access to MacVector when needed. UPGRADES If you have let your maintenance plan lapse, or have an older license of MacVector (any version), you can upgrade it. When you purchase an upgrade, you will be sent the latest version of MacVector, and will then be back on the maintenance plan. This means that you will be sent all new releases in the next 12 month period and be eligible for telephone and email support. If you have an older static license with an old ADB key, when you upgrade we will exchange your old key for a new USB key free of charge. We will send you a quotation before your yearly maintenance is expired to give you the opportunity to renew. For more information on maintenance please click on Why buy maintenance? STUDENT LICENSES We also offer a deeply discounted student license to undergraduate and graduate students at accredited educational institutions. |
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