Sun Dec 22, 2019 10:00 am
If you were able to put up and configure HW4, HW5 isn't that much different if you have a relatively simple audio configuration. Your HW4 backup installed into HW5 will set the HW5 audio configuration for you. (Just make sure your left channel numbers in your audio device are lower than the right channel numbers, e.g., L-1/R-2 and not L-2/R-1, etc.).
iLok and migration might seem daunting, but it is straightforward and the process is described here in the forum. And yes, you have to reinstall sample sets.
But I agree with Tocata … buy it now. And just put the email you get back with your iLok activation key in a safe place.
Clone your boot drive. Install HW5. You can run iLok in the cloud temporarily … until you decide to purchase a dongle. If you are still bamboozled then ask for help on the forum, or just re-image your hard drive from the clone and you'll be back where you were until you decide later to bite the bullet. No fault, no foul.
Grant