I also need new web authoring package and am currently testing Dreamweaver and MS Expression Web which is supposedly their DW killer, they wish. (Its Dreamweaver 8 as there is (or was) no demo of CS.)
This is an honest account as I just want software to use to update our website. I have a PC and my imac so lots of options.
The Dreamweaver demo was very easy to download (literally took 5 minutes)and DW is so intuitive to use, its easy to add CSS layers, DIV's etc. I have it running on my mac with no problems. The MS one was a nightmare to even download. I had to sign up for a Passport account, then the confirmation email wouldn't come through until I used my Gmail account to get the confirmation email (after trying three of our business emails), then I had to download ASP server and when I eventually came to try (after an hour at least)it it took me 30 minutes to even get a page to open. Awful and obviously a poor imitation of Dreamweaver. It MAY be good but it wore my patience so much I have lost interest in it. I will never touch it again. When I can get Dreamweaver CS after the 22 days left of my demo finish I am buying it even if I can use MS Expression FREE for 60 odd days. The more I use MS stuff the more I dislike their software. I hope DW CS is as easy to use as DW 8.
