For $149 you can jump from Reason 5 to Reason 8. That's plenty of "reason" to upgrade with all the additions. I have to agree with others, if you're not investing, it's because you never did. And I'm the guy who paid for 4 and was disappointed with things removed from 3....paid for 6 and was disappointed with the new mixer and full screen vs. 5's rack appearance and 14:2 mixer. At this point, they've gotten so much right you can't pretend the earlier dongle free versions aren't inferior. And you don't even need a dongle, just log in or save a license permanently to the computer of your choice. Your lack of account is showing.