It's not a matter of purchasing, it's a matter of compatibility in an ever evolving market. They do a decent job with free updates until the hardware becomes obsolete. It's not economically justified to continue development on older hardware. *Software on one platform won't necessarily work on another.**The X99 is at the end of its ropes too. While they have released a few new boards like the RVE10 the intel chipset is more than 2 years old and X299 with SkylakeX and Kaby LakeX are on the horizon which is where they are concentrating their resources.*
We would all love it if a simple software or firmware upgrade would keep us current with technology. However such a ploy would have the opposite result. No new products, no development equates to bankruptcy. *So long as there is a market and people continue to stay on the cutting edge companies like ASUS will thrive by relieving us of excess funds in our bank accounts!*:cool:
We would all love it if a simple software or firmware upgrade would keep us current with technology. However such a ploy would have the opposite result. No new products, no development equates to bankruptcy. *So long as there is a market and people continue to stay on the cutting edge companies like ASUS will thrive by relieving us of excess funds in our bank accounts!*:cool:
And again my point is not every software produced is supported on every platform regardless of whether it's free or not. *While it doesn't seem that long ago Z97 and haswell is now very old news in terms of technology. About like the IPhone 4s which is now up to 7 in about the same time frame. This point is just another decision to be made when you choose your poison. Just always keep in mind, you can never have your cake and eat it too! Again we would all love to have technology that endlessly evolved and again this would end it all.*
As for getting the programs you mentioned they are all free and can be downloaded by anyone at anytime without t purchase, again the question remains is are the boards compatible. There is an old southern saying that also applies to technology and having to pony up if you want to stay on the cutting edge.
"You have to lift your leg high if you want to run with the big dogs" or another variant " if you can't run with the big dogs then stay on the porch"*
As for getting the programs you mentioned they are all free and can be downloaded by anyone at anytime without t purchase, again the question remains is are the boards compatible. There is an old southern saying that also applies to technology and having to pony up if you want to stay on the cutting edge.
"You have to lift your leg high if you want to run with the big dogs" or another variant " if you can't run with the big dogs then stay on the porch"*
