If you want to use new carts (like Teen Scene, etc.) then you do have to update some of your machines, like I had to for the Imagine. It's not a matter of trying to update for the fun or just for the heck of it--it's a matter of being able to use the products.

Makes Sense to Me.

Edited by user Wednesday, November 14, 2012 4:00:53 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Edited to remove my b**chy-ness

Yep, we update our machines for the fun of it. How silly of us!

Was this your monthly trip out from under your bridge?

I feel very SMART, myself. I have done every update in CCR since its inception. I did have a malfunction of my Expression between 2.34 and 2.43; however, PC helped me with it and it now works with CCR. Unfortunately, I'm unable to use it manually, but as long as I do have CCR, I have moved on and am very THANKFUL for CCR.

I also have a MINI; and, I haven't had one problem with it since its launch on HSN. I LOVE CCR and I LOVE MY CRICUTS!!

So some of us are SMART and some of you are SMART. I think some of us are even. Not trying to be flippant; just seeing it in a different perspective than you are. The ones who aren't even, of course, are those who would really love to use CCR and have their machines working for them. I do feel for them.

Char

LOL Ladies - ya'll are cute- we shouldn't have to be afraid to update - but we are because of all of the bad updates that PC has put out. I have updated every time and had to re-link all of my cartridges once. I think that's pretty good since I've been a Cricut user for two years. I feel bad that because of the bad updates, we feel this way. I don't know if PC feels bad about it, but I do. LOL

I have to admit, the first time I read it, it did sorta sound like that.

Of course not. But people who come onto a board to post a thread like this are trolling and trolling hard. From the insulting title to the ignorant reply, she's trolling.

Plain and simple if you want to use your Gypsy with new titles, you have to update. I have also had to update my machines to use newer carts and I have to update my machine to work with new Gypsy and CCR updates. Apparently, that makes me and everyone else who has to do updates to get their machines to work with each other, with the software or with newer carts not very smart or so her post would insinuate.

Well, I've been a Cricut user since the launch of the original Bug & have done many, many, many updates & never had a problem.

Almost 7 yrs. worth of updates LOL.

I use CCR & I have Design Studio, the original Bug & the Expression, but no Imagine or Gypsy. :)
I feel for those of you that do have the {I & Gypsy} I feel the frustration in some people's posts.

This may or may not be the case but what purpose does it serve to attack someone because you feel insulted? Especially when most of us are here for a positive exchange of ideas.

I am not trying to attack you. I just want to suggest that maybe if we ALL focus on the positive and ignore the negative, maybe there would be more good to share which is our common purpose.

I really love coming on here and seeing everyone's great projects and reading their great tips and ideas. I want to see MORE of that so THAT is what I choose to focus on. If someone says something negative or insulting, I generally try to ignore it.

IF the OP was intending to inflame, then any negative responses would only serve her purpose. Why give her that satisfaction?

WOW! I feel really honored to be mentioned in your post, curious george!! That's so sweet!

I really don't think the OP meant anything by her post. I tried to POST in a non-negative way but to let her see that some of us who have had good luck with our updates do feel exactly as she does.....that we're SMART in what we've been able to do with our updates/machines. ON THE SAME HAND, though, we realize that there are plenty of users out here who feel very frustrated in what they've accomplished through updates. Not all of us are so lucky. I can see why she feels she has been SMART not to do the updates......afraid she might be losing out though. BUT, maybe she's not gung ho on using CCR. I HAPPEN TO LOVE CCR because I would see all the beautiful things others would do with CDS....and, I wasn't SMART enough to get my old computer to work with CDS (mainly because it didn't have enough RAM); then, CCR came along by the time I bought a computer that would be able to function with CDS. So, I went with FREE rather than go out and spend $89+ for CDS.

I learned long ago to never play the lottery......after a few years of "lightly" playing along and never winning.

Char

Edited by user Thursday, November 15, 2012 11:30:37 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified