Tuesday, July 25 2006 @ 09:59 PM CDT
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$100+ for just a calender and contacts is steep (especially since every so often you have to shell out another $28 a year for "maintainance", or pay upgrade fees of about $50 every so often)
On top of that, realize that you have to buy a copy for each and every person in your organization (or family), if you really want to take advantage of calander sharing functions... (I'd be surprised if it works with Sync Services, which would allow sharing with iCal & Address Book users)
I used to use it back under versions 2 and 3. But in it's bouncing around from company to company, it failed to work after a system upgrade, and required me to pay a hefty upgrade fee that wasn't worth it.
Don't get me wrong, it was a pretty cool program, but there was never any added functionality to the program that ever justified the chain of upgrade fees for me.
I'd use it today if it wasn't for the ridiculous prices. I understand the David Pogue review of this was very positive and went into detail about how his family uses it. They have 3 computers and 1 laptop. That's nearly $400 in software and about $90 a year in "maintenance fees"
Maybe David really ought to take these expenses into account in his reviews Very few people are willing to shell out that kind of cash on just a calander and address book program. (I will concede that the version I read may have been edited, as it was on Now Software's site, I could not find the original review at the New York Times website)
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Be Seeing You,
Shawn L.