[QUOTE=BrendaEM;1937216]How is Mach 4?[/QUOTE] Probably OK, but at a much higher price. [QUOTE=BrendaEM;1937216]Can it do everything Mach 3 could?[/QUOTE] Most probably not. I would guess that some useful features are removed, or perhaps solved a different way so that users of Mach3 must modify their work flow or configurations. [QUOTE=BrendaEM;1937216]Is Mach 4 complete? Is Mach 4 stable?[/QUOTE] What is the definition of 'complete' and 'stable'? Even Mach3 has it's weaker moments and every software needs an update now and then.

How to install the license for Mach3: Your license file will arrive via email attached within a zip file. The name of the zip file will be the order number of your. This video shows you how to copy your Mach3 license to the Mach3 folder on your PC to activate your Mach3 software. Copying a valid license to the C: Mach3 Folder will activate the software.

The way I see the biggest disadvantage of Mach4 vs. Mach3 is the price. It is in my opinion too expensive, so for me there is no interest in it. If I have to buy a new license I might as well try something else, like UCCNC. [QUOTE=CitizenOfDreams;1937406]I agree. Just don't see myself paying another $200 for a different flavor of a program I have already bought. (Not to mention the extra $25 for parallel port support).

Might as well go for 'something completely different'.[/QUOTE] $200 is one thing, that is a fully acceptable price, but the license conditions are totally unacceptable according to me. It is one license per computer it is installed on, so even though I only have one CNC, I can not just plug it in to any of my computers, depending on what I want to do, developing something new to test the G-code air milling, or drawing the work, or milling for real, I would need to buy a license for each of my computers. Also, if I am not wrong, the license is connected to the serial number of the computer so one can no longer just change computer hardware, buy a new computer and carry on using Mach after installation. I think their new license conditions are just crazy. There is no way I buy that software under such license conditions. [QUOTE]Probably OK, but at a much higher price.[/QUOTE] $25 is much higher?

[QUOTE] Can it do everything Mach 3 could? Is Mach 4 complete?[/QUOTE] No, it's not complete. Eventually, it will do more than Mach3, but right now, probably not. [QUOTE]$200 is one thing, that is a fully acceptable price, but the license conditions are totally unacceptable according to me. It is one license per computer it is installed on, so even though I only have one CNC, I can not just plug it in to any of my computers, depending on what I want to do, developing something new to test the G-code air milling, or drawing the work, or milling for real, I would need to buy a license for each of my computers.[/QUOTE] You can generate your own license codes, and I believe you can have 5-7 licenses active at any one time, so you can put it on multiple computers. If you change PC's, you just generate a new license. The licensing is really no different than Mach3 for hobbyist.

You just generate a different license code for each PC, rather than use the same license file. While I haven't used Mach4 on a machine, I've had a license for two years, and have installed it on multiple PC's. [QUOTE=ger]$25 is much higher? No, it's not complete.

Eventually, it will do more than Mach3, but right now, probably not. You can generate your own license codes, and I believe you can have 5-7 licenses active at any one time, so you can put it on multiple computers. If you change PC's, you just generate a new license.

The licensing is really no different than Mach3 for hobbyist. You just generate a different license code for each PC, rather than use the same license file.

While I haven't used Mach4 on a machine, I've had a license for two years, and have installed it on multiple PC's.[/QUOTE] Perhaps I misunderstood the license key information when I looked at it, or I read the following also, which made me arrive to the conclusion that it is indeed considerably more expensive than Mach3. From [url=- Newfangled Solutions[/url] [QUOTE]marketed toward those interested in using CNC machinery for their own personal /non-business use[/QUOTE] My understanding is that it would not allow you to sell anything at all if you have a Hobby license, so even if you don't run a big commercial shop, just financing your hobby and some extras, you are not allowed to use the the Hobby version. So it is actually $825 extra for a version which I can't see any benefits from. I haven't really looked at Mach4 at all in the last year, so I don't really know the current state. Java 8 programming black book pdf free download. I purchased a license 2 years ago, but have no plans to ever use Mach4 as of right now. [QUOTE]My understanding is that it would not allow you to sell anything at all if you have a Hobby license, so even if you don't run a big commercial shop, just financing your hobby and some extras, you are not allowed to use the the Hobby version. So it is actually $825 extra for a version which I can't see any benefits from.[/QUOTE] Artsoft has stated multiple times on that the Mach4 hobby license is basically the same as the Mach3 license.