You have to buy the Designer edition for the Silhouette Studio to use svg files. It doesn't change the feel of how the program works, just gives you a bit more capabilities. Personally, the Silhouette Studio program drives me crazy. It doesn't have functional layers. (Yes they are there, but only as an afterthought and they don't really work like layers.) I find it a pain to use. The plus side of Silhouette Studio is that it lets you set the registration marks closer to the edges of your page so you can squeeze more images or larger images into the same space compared to SCAL.
So basically, IMO (and you might not agree with me), Silhouette Studio gives you a slightly bigger design area but SCAL is a much less clunky program. You can download and play with both the current version of SCAL and the basic Silhouette Studio to see which works better for you.
Yes, you can have both SCAL4 and SCAL2 on your computer, but I don't think there is a discounted upgrade for SCAL4.
Also, if you are comfortable with Inkscape you can make your svg files into dxf files, and they can be used in the basic Silhouette Studio.
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