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Software Updates
- Thread starter wayne_etc
- Start date
relicmeister
Well-known member
I think Minelab will be in no rush to issue any software
updates to the equinox, even if there is a consensus
among users that one is warranted. So it could be a
year or more, maybe much more, in my opinion.
The unlikely exception would be to fix a significant bug
that somehow got unnoticed by the testers and only
Showed up after the detector has been used by enough
users in enough conditions for it to appear.
updates to the equinox, even if there is a consensus
among users that one is warranted. So it could be a
year or more, maybe much more, in my opinion.
The unlikely exception would be to fix a significant bug
that somehow got unnoticed by the testers and only
Showed up after the detector has been used by enough
users in enough conditions for it to appear.
relicmeister said:
+1
Agree.
It's inevitable a bug will be found after release?
Minor or major, it doesn't matter...
An Update should be easily done via a USB connection to the detector, right???
It'll be a Test of that Software to see if any 'bugs' exist in that process!
Interesting times.
dewcon4414
Well-known member
I forsee an update..... if not I certainly wouldnt want tne first batch.
WaterWalker
Well-known member
I've bought into a few first model year items - cars, tools, detectors, electronics...etc.
Very often they have been less than perfected items. Some have had mods or fixes, others I just have lived with the item knowing
the next years model is in the design/testing stage with new technology features. It has become the way of life span of many products.
Even the manufacturers are know to build in early obsolescent to their products. How many cell phones have been given up for a newer
model while their older unit is still functioning as it did when first purchased? Take a look at your computer / laptop, 8 track / cassette / CD
devices.
I have to believe that more functional devices are discarded just because we wanted the newer and more features. Heck my first cell phone
was over 8 years old when the cell companies stopped using signal algorithm my phone had. The phone was still a functional unit that the industry
ceased to support. My replacement phone is now 5 years old and if I had your phone number I could still call you today. The phone will text, take
photos and act as a GPS yet I have very infrequently used the apps. My Microsoft Office is the 2003 version, still suites me fine.
And my Atari 800 is still running my favorite games and data base form the 1980's.
Bottom line...Don't worry about tomorrow: buy now, play now, don't wait for something better to come along - you will miss out on many enjoyable experiences.
The XChange2 app needs to be re-written to accommodate the programs in the Equinox and its new technology. I don't think that will happen very soon.
Very often they have been less than perfected items. Some have had mods or fixes, others I just have lived with the item knowing
the next years model is in the design/testing stage with new technology features. It has become the way of life span of many products.
Even the manufacturers are know to build in early obsolescent to their products. How many cell phones have been given up for a newer
model while their older unit is still functioning as it did when first purchased? Take a look at your computer / laptop, 8 track / cassette / CD
devices.
I have to believe that more functional devices are discarded just because we wanted the newer and more features. Heck my first cell phone
was over 8 years old when the cell companies stopped using signal algorithm my phone had. The phone was still a functional unit that the industry
ceased to support. My replacement phone is now 5 years old and if I had your phone number I could still call you today. The phone will text, take
photos and act as a GPS yet I have very infrequently used the apps. My Microsoft Office is the 2003 version, still suites me fine.
And my Atari 800 is still running my favorite games and data base form the 1980's.
Bottom line...Don't worry about tomorrow: buy now, play now, don't wait for something better to come along - you will miss out on many enjoyable experiences.
The XChange2 app needs to be re-written to accommodate the programs in the Equinox and its new technology. I don't think that will happen very soon.