Newtek cuts Lightwave's price!!

March 25th, 2002, 03:55 PM

Don't know if anyone saw this, but Newtek has slashed the price of LW 7 from $2495 to $1595! Upgrades have been reduced as well, by $100 --- 6 to 7 is now $395, and earlier versions to 7 are now $495.

If anyone was on the fence about purchasing LW, this should make things a bit easier to decide

Full details are at www.newtek.com

Irongen

April 6th, 2002, 06:51 AM

I saw full version for 1250 somewhere.

April 7th, 2002, 07:33 PM

http://www.sharbor.com/products/NTKI...2.html--------$1250

April 8th, 2002, 06:01 AM

Yup, I usually order my progs from Safe Harbor, they have good prices. This is just one fine example

Irongen

EDIT: Your link was broken; here it is, all better now.

http://www.sharbor.com/products/NTKI0300042.html

April 19th, 2002, 10:46 AM

Great news: Educational Edition for $495.

April 21st, 2002, 12:38 AM

Actually, $395, according to the newest Newtek press release.

Also, LW 7.5 is coming out soon; Newtek is taking applications for folks who'd like to attend a party at New York and get a sneak peek.

Now, if Newtek could speed up the renderer to close to EI, they would bury everyone. LW has become amazingly well featured, and not just for the price...

Irongen

April 21st, 2002, 04:56 AM

$395? Even better, very nice!

Kai · April 21st, 2002, 05:07 AM

I'm still trying to work out why everyone is so suprised by these price reductions ya know...

Newtek and Maya are just following an example set by another firm thats all.. (Caligari who dropped their prices through the floor last year)

the question is.. now the prices have dropped... do you have to pay through the nose for Tech Support?

April 21st, 2002, 06:35 AM

WHo needs tech support? We have each other!

Now if only Discreet/Kinetix/whoever would drop their price produce a new version of rayfx and renderman for Max...

April 21st, 2002, 04:47 PM

"I'm still trying to work out why everyone is so suprised by these price reductions ya know...

Newtek and Maya are just following an example set by another firm thats all.. (Caligari who dropped their prices through the floor last year)

the question is.. now the prices have dropped... do you have to pay through the nose for Tech Support?"

Not trying to start a flame war here, but Caligari is not, nor has it truly ever been, one of the top-tier 3d apps. That's why no one made a big deal out of their price cuts. But now that apps like Maya and Lightwave are dropping their prices, the industry takes notice.

As far as tech support goes, it seems that the companies that previously charged for service contracts (A/W, Softimage) still do, regardless of the price cuts, and the companies that didn't previously charge for tech support (Newtek) still don't. How long that stays true --- well, that remains to be seen.

Irongen