I don't like work either. Glad I didn't put Win 8 on all my computers without trying it first. Do, I trial a new upgrade of eMedware or BackupAssist or Macrium or any of my antivirus software? No, because I know from a LOT of experience that they have been beta tested a long time, and they will install in about five minutes and things will run perfectly. EVERY time.
Now, I wouldn't upgrade AC without "trying" it. Let's not use the word "test." Maybe they are different. Why? Because from past experience, I have had problems.
But, in this case there are two reasons why I would think one should trial it.
1. There have been numerous, numerous reports on the board that version 8 and even version 8.2.4 have been slow. A lot of the complaints haven't been 5 seconds. They have been 10, 15 seconds.
2. You can't go back. You simply cannot go back. So, there are people on the board who have installed 8.2 or 8.2.4 and state they can barely use it.
Does this happen to everyone? Apparently not.
Maybe trying it over the network isn't something everyone has time for. But, to install it on one computer takes less than 20 minutes. You make a good point that just because it works doesn't mean it will work when you really install it. No, but I would at least want to have some idea.
If someone has a positive ANA, they don't necessarily have SLE. But, if they don't have a positive ANA, then you can rule it out.
So, I am saying the same thing with 8.2.4. If you trial it, and it is fast, it doesn't necessarily mean it will be just as fast on the server. BUT...if I trial it, and it is super slow, I have little faith it will all of a sudden be much faster on a computer connected to all of the other computers.
I don't mean to come across as judging anyone for not testing. It's just that this is the hottest topic on the board. There are four threads in the MRP section.
So when I hear someone say, "Well I finally made the leap to 8.2.4, and everything is slow as hell," I am confused as to why they didn't try it first.
Maybe this thread is to help some people know you can try it both in a standalone environment and in a network environment while still maintaining their production network.
I don't like writing referral letters, but I have to. I don't think it is a matter of liking it. I think it is nearly a necessity. Especially if you are using wireless. You may be all set even in a wireless environment. Maybe it works great (over the network) with wireless. But, if it takes 15 seconds to open eRx in a wireless network environment, then one may say I better move to wired.
Did it take me extra time to test it? Yes, I actually spent over three hours. But, that was because Sandeep and I ran multiple tests trying to find the root cause of the slowness. But, I would much rather take that time than to take up hours and hours of time.
Speaking of trialing. I ran it in a VM. I ran it on that VM not over the network. I had 8GBs of memory, an i7 processor and SSD hard drive. I gave a list of the new features (this is from 6.1.2) to my staff. They were very excited. Then I ran the program. To a person, they said, "Thanks but no thanks." Just couldn't get past the 7 seconds to open a chart, 4 seconds to open Demographics and other tabs, and 10 or more seconds to open eRx.
If AC is reading this, are they thinking, damn, this is a post that will turn people off from AC. On the contrary. AC knows there are performance issues with version 8. They are specificalaly working on it. In fact, 8.2.4 is mainly to improve performance. So, if people are staying with version 7 and waiting on version 8 and/or trying v8 first, then there will be less posts on the board with users saying they really need help.
