Darcy James Argue wrote:
Coda *is* in effect forcing us to buy Fin2005 by saying, "Okay, we realize that there are a lot of things that are still deeply screwed up about FinMac2004, but we have a budget for two maintenance releases and that's it. So after FinMac2004c (which I believe adds EPS support and nothing else), you're out of luck -- if you want any of the major outstanding issues with Fin2004 fixed, you'll have to buy Fin2005."
And why wouldn't you want to get Finale 2005? Hell, I don't complain to Rico because a bunch of reeds on saxophone didn't last as long as the batch before. I think this whole cost, and people complaining about the upgrade costs. It's a moot point. If you USE the program, then upgrade. I've been using Finale since, oh, like version 2, and every update has been better.
I don't see what the big deal is. I have been doing a LOT of work with Finale 2004 for Mac, and I can't say that it's given me any problems at all........it has been great.
I understand why Coda is doing this, but I also understand why people are upset. Hell, *I'm* upset -- FinMac2004 has been like car wreck in slow motion. (It also sucks you in with its new expression tool, knowing that you'll give up everything else -- speed, stability, efficiency, reliability, the integrity of your own files -- because you can't do without auto-positioning dynamics.) Even after FinMac2004b, it's only borderline usable, and only then for people with the very latest hardware. Hell, the thing I'm working on now requires Fin2003, and after several months of using Fin2004, it's just *staggering* how much faster everything is in Fin2003 -- in *Classic.*
Thats not true at all. Finale runs great on my G4 cube, which is not "modern". It runs faster on my other G4, but thats newer. And it ran fine on my 9500 that I hacked to run OS X. (before I got a newer G4 tower). Yes, there are things that are faster in OS 9 Finale 2003, but I don't see the point in going backwards. Finale 2004 has a lot of things that save me time, and I use it. I haven't had any issues at all.
FinMac2004 remains beta-quality software, at best. By shutting down any further bugfixes on MacFin2004, Coda is basically extorting us into buying 2005 if we want a usable piece of software.
I totally disagree. It is a great piece of software that has been working fine for me since I got in back in Jan/Feb or whenever it came out. I wouldn't think twice about ever using 2003........
As for 2005, I'd buy it. Every upgrade seems to make the program better. It's a business expense, and it's a very little expense I think. For something I use everyday. $120 or whatever is well worth it.
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