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I'm interested in buying Electric Quilt 7. While reading reviews, etc. about the EQ7 I see that the EQ6 sells for about $50 less. Is there that much difference between the 2? I'm trying to save DH a little money! Keep in mind, I'm an amateur quilter although I've sewn all my life. I'm getting near retirement and thought this program would be great but I'm still thinking that EQ6 would be fine then I can upgrade when they release EQ8! Does anyone have 6 and then upgraded to 7 and could give me some advice? Thanks........
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The big difference is that with EQ7 you can draw your own squares. That was the deciding factor for me. I LOVE the drawing feature. Now I can take just about any quilt that I see and duplicate the blocks.
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In my opinion the MAIN difference is that EQ6 comes with 4 activations. Once used, you will need to pay for additional installations! So if your hard drive crashes, or you reformat to install a new Windows OS, or you buy a new computer... poof you're going through those 4 activations in a hurry!
EQ7 can only be installed on two computers, but all you have to do to MOVE it is to deactivate on one computer, install in on the new one, and reactivate. VERY fair and reasonable. It does have some cool new features. It's always worth getting the most current version, since they only come out every few years, a LOT of neat things get added. |
Gotta' add a question--- With an upgrade package can you upgrade from say EQ5 to EQ7, or do you have to go EQ5, EQ6, EQ7?
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would suggest you contact EQ and ask Penny she will answer that one or check thier site
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Originally Posted by cookiedal1
I'm interested in buying Electric Quilt 7. While reading reviews, etc. about the EQ7 I see that the EQ6 sells for about $50 less. Is there that much difference between the 2? I'm trying to save DH a little money! Keep in mind, I'm an amateur quilter although I've sewn all my life. I'm getting near retirement and thought this program would be great but I'm still thinking that EQ6 would be fine then I can upgrade when they release EQ8! Does anyone have 6 and then upgraded to 7 and could give me some advice? Thanks........
EQ7 has a lot more features than EQ6... it may pay you in the long run to get EQ7... you may not ever need more than it has to offer. The ability to transfer it from computer to computer is a wonderful improvement over EQ6's limited installations. :D:D:D |
Originally Posted by jrhboxers
The big difference is that with EQ7 you can draw your own squares. That was the deciding factor for me. I LOVE the drawing feature. Now I can take just about any quilt that I see and duplicate the blocks.
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Originally Posted by amma
Originally Posted by cookiedal1
I'm interested in buying Electric Quilt 7. While reading reviews, etc. about the EQ7 I see that the EQ6 sells for about $50 less. Is there that much difference between the 2? I'm trying to save DH a little money! Keep in mind, I'm an amateur quilter although I've sewn all my life. I'm getting near retirement and thought this program would be great but I'm still thinking that EQ6 would be fine then I can upgrade when they release EQ8! Does anyone have 6 and then upgraded to 7 and could give me some advice? Thanks........
EQ7 has a lot more features than EQ6... it may pay you in the long run to get EQ7... you may not ever need more than it has to offer. The ability to transfer it from computer to computer is a wonderful improvement over EQ6's limited installations. :D:D:D |
So where is the best place to get EQ7? Santa is in a really great mood here lately and she got me a new Laptop for Christmas (Yay!!) and now I am wanting to see if I can get the EQ7 to go on it!
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Maybe some of the members can give us that info.........I've been searching on the internet and standard price seems to be $189. Found it on Ebay for $169, but feel more comfortable ordering from Amazon. Anyone know where to find it cheaper?
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