Posted by: "David Gordon" music-pro@cox.net davidgordon418 Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:25 pm (PST) > I heard that in the next version of Logic, the XSKey dongle will be > replaced. Instead Logic 8 will require the use of an iPhone, and > accounts with AT&T/Cingular, eBay, PayPal and FedEX. Without those > accounts, the program will not launch. The iPhone will function as a > touch-screen control surface. If there is any TDM equipment in your > system, Logic 8 will upload to your eBay account and automatically > start, manage and complete an auction to sell the TDM equipment with > payment to you via PayPal. To continue using Logic, you will need to > photograph the removed TDM equipment using the iPhone. The > confirmation photos will be sent to Apple by email and also posted on > eBay. When the eBay Auction sale is complete, the iPhone will call > Fedex to schedule a pickup. Logic will then go into registration > mode and there will be a one-week grace period for the TDM equipment > to be delivered to the purchaser after which Logic will not function > until the sale is confirmed. When Fedex confirms delivery by > emailing Logic, Logic will email PayPal to send the proceeds from the > auction to Apple, to be applied to your Applecare Pro Support > package, allowing you to call Applecare techs in India for up to 90 > days for a maximum of 3 separate support issues. As a premium pro > Support member your tech support issue may be escalated to someone > who knows what Logic is and how to use it. When you reach that > person, they will tell you that Apple does not release information > about future upgrades and that since you are already using the new > version, you must be making the whole thing up. I heard that too, and it's definitely true. It was told to me by the nurse who was in the emergency room with Richard Gere a few years ago (actually it was more than a few). He's back in the hospital, by the way. This time he's having a mole removed. Nick Batzdorf, editor/publisher Virtual Instruments Magazine www.Virtualinstrumentsmag.com 1-877 VImagzn (846-2496) 818/905-9101, cell 590-9101