Originally posted by Kingfrog:
That depends on ones financial situation. People pay that much for watches.
For what Palin spent on clothes for the campaign, you could buy about 40 T3's... still doesn't make it cheap!
As for OS upgrades and ver 3 for the G70, Ian, no, everything wasn't fixed. Any more than every dumb design feature on the Yamaha's is 'fixed' by getting a T3. There is little in the way of pure 'bugs' left in the G70 OS. There ARE some design choices I am not fond of, but trust me, were I to have a T3, I guarantee I could find just as many!
NOTHING is perfect. But major OS changes are a sign of willingness to even TRY to address some of the issues. So, apparently, Yamaha seem mostly unwilling. MFD without transpose storage, tiny RAM HD's, these are operational aspects that, first one could be fixed with a simple OS upgrade, second one could have easily been fixed on the T3.
Where is the willingness to not only add new features, but to revamp the ones that many DO feel are less than perfect?
For all of Roland's failure to finish the job completely, it is still a large cry from Yamaha's unwillingness to fix operational aspects that have gone through three separate hardware models...
It's easy to criticize someone else's choice in arrangers. It takes a MAN to criticize his own choice. But that's the only thing your manufacturer takes any notice of. 'Defend' Yamaha's every move (or lack of them), and what incentive do they have to improve things?
[This message has been edited by Diki (edited 10-27-2008).]