Originally Posted by Ssnake of eSim

Well, after some consideration we've decided to postpone the newsletter yet.

But I can tell you this:

1. We try as hard as we can to get SB Pro PE 2.4x out of the door before Christmas.
   As usual, it's going to be a close shave; if the beta testers find a critical issue we will delay the production until we got it right. We should know about two weeks in advance what the shipping date will be. Therefore we will start accepting preorders no earlier than by the time that we bring the Gold Master CD to the factory, two weeks in advance of the shipping date. Only then will we know with high confidence what the release date will be.
2. For preorders, we will offer a discount of $5.- and $10.-, depending on whether you will order it together with the new printed manual or not.
   The effective price for early birds will therefore be $25.- (software only) and $30.- (with printed manual).
3. Once that shipping starts that discount will no longer apply; the price will then be $30.- and $40.- for the upgrade.
   As you can see, the effective prices will be even less than what we previously announced.
4. In the meantime you can contact me for ordering the "austere version" for $107.50 where we will only ship the CodeMeter stick with a single license (additional licenses can still be had at $25.-)

Originally Posted by Ssnake

The upgrade will be a completely new installation. No patch sequences to go through. It will be necessary to uninstall previous PE version though since there were changes to some resource files.