Star One-Third of Slashdot Readers Find the Mac 'Very Tempting'
Linked by Jim Vanaria on Fri 4th Oct 2002 21:25 UTC
Apple When it comes to using computers, it used to be (and still rings true today) that most people find the Mac platform to be either loathsome or lovable with few spectators taking middle ground on the issue.
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iPhoto alternative from rajan
by appleforever on Sat 5th Oct 2002 18:33 UTC

Rajan on an iPhoto alternative: "MGI Photosuite is really good."

Here's from CNET's review on MGI Photosuite: " Beginners will be totally baffled by PhotoSuite's Prepare Photo window, which offers no clues as to how to use it, and many other simple processes are far more convoluted than necessary. For example, to crop a picture, instead of accessing a crop or clip tool, you must select Prepare • Activity Panel • Select • Crop. Sound convoluted? It is."

Here's some user reviews:

""Unable to read files from CD" My experience is based on PhotoSuite 3 but according to MGIs cust rep the problem exists with 4 too. I can not open a file on a CD and the problem has been acknowledged by MGI; currently there is no fix. I plan on unloading mine and find some thing better."

""Avoid at all costs"Although I'm sure the advertised featured are worth the money, I could not get any of them to work. This product is tied tightly to Internet Explorer. In order for it to work you have to have the correct version of IE installed on your system. I kept on getting script errors throughout the product."

""Lousy Tech Support" Dark screens with no way to lighten same. Tech support is a misnomer. They use form letters and never get back to you. Onscreen Help is mediocre."

By the way, I have never had to call apple for Tech support on any iApp. They all just worked flawlessly. That's good, because tech support almost always sucks, especially on a product that costs $79 like a lot of these so-called iApp "equivalents". The programs are seriously flawed (many of them at least) and no ISV can afford to provide good tech support for a cheap program very well.

Even apart from the technical superiority of individual iApps is something simply incredibly valuable to a lot of consumers: You walk into an Apple store, plunk down the $ and walk out of the store with working, great apps. No research required on what's the best 3 party app. No buying one app and finding it's one of those dog crap apps out there (which exist, that's a fact). NO, ZERO, ZILCH possibility of having conflicts.