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Originally Posted by emck

it seems like the next version is a major version, so my thinking would be wait until it comes out then buy it or buy the current version if omni would honor the next major update free?

Hard to imagine it could be out in less than a quarter of a year, minimum, if they are still mapping out what to put into it. That's a long time to wait to save $30 or $40 if the program is something you will use regularly (and if it isn't, why buy it?) I don't have any control over Omni's pricing, but looking at the pricing for upgrades from version 4 to 5 of OmniGraffle, which costs a bit more than OmniPlan, and Ken's past comments about how they like to give you quite a bit of credit for having bought the prior version, it seems like $30 or $40 is going to be the approximate cost of upgrading. Surely you can save more than 50 cents per work day by using it, no? If it is a useful tool to you now, you should buy it and use it now!

If it ships within a month of your purchasing it, you could take advantage of their 30-day refund policy to upgrade for free.