>>> Knowing that Macs represent a very small share of the entire computer >>> industry, I would be very curious to know what size share Macs have in >>> the Finale marketplace. >> >> >> At the National Flute Association convention last August, A MakeMusic! >> representative told me that approximately 40% of the installed user base is >> Macintosh, and for that reason they are strongly committed to continue >> developing versions for the Mac platform. >> > > Thanks for sharing that -- I wonder why the discrepancy between the MM > claim and Robert Patterson's indicated ratio of windows:mac downloads of > plug-ins?
I have no idea, except that perhaps the Windows market may tend more towards amateurs who need more technical assistance vs. the Mac market which may contain more tech-savvy professionals. I'd be curious to know the ratio of windows:mac downloads of TGTools. Also, to clarify, the sales rep told me that between a third and 40% of all installed versions of Finale were Mac. I grilled him pretty hard about the upcoming move to Intel and how that could really be a problem for the Mac version, but he repeatedly reassured me that MM has no plans to drop the Mac version. He said it would be "suicide" to cut off over a third of its installed base. We'll see. Brian _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
