Family Historian User Group

I was just wondering what the implications are if rather than upgrade I decided to buy the complete version 4? For example would it overwrite my existing version or would I have both version 3 and version 4 on my PC, and would I be able to transfer my information over? I can see the advantage of buying the full version 4 if I needed to reinstall for any reason, but apart from about the £12.70 difference in cost what are the disadvantages/advantages?

Margaret

PS - Sorry to be impatient, but will we get to see some screen shots before the release date?

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If Simon from Calico Pie comes along he may clarify this or correct me if I'm wrong but...

I don't think you would get any benefit from having both versions installed. I believe that version 4 will import your settings from version 3 automatically.

I believe that the only disadvantage in buying the upgrade is that if you ever need to reinstall you would need to install your version 3 first and then install the version 4 upgrade. There was a recent discussion about this: See this thread

There may be some other advantages to getting the full version that I'm not aware of, e.g. a printed manual or free credits for a family history website, etc.

However, generally I think one would expect a user of version 3 to just buy the upgrade.