From my understanding, the quick answer to your question is "yes". But it's not a lot to pay considering its benefits & dividends you can potentially receive. I can assure you LW version 4 is even better & gets better all the time. I can't wait for LW 4.1 to be released. But I have been considering trying out the beta version. If you do upgrade to a new version, make sure you have the latest version of Java for your Operating System. LW runs on Java & many problems that arise can be attributed to Java not being up to date.