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Aperture 1.1 Universal Update and $200 Price Drop [Update]

BWhaler said:
Adobe's response to Aperture.
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i've been using lightroom...i didn't know if it was a misunderstanding or if there was a new product i didn't know about...

in any case, i also think that the EDU price will make me buy it...sweet.
 
Aperature 1.1 webpage screen shot

Here's a screen shot I took of the web page just now. It claims aperature 1.1 is a universal binary that will be available sometime in April. Price is still $499, the upgrade is free through software update.
 

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mlrproducts said:
Either way, those early adopters will be mad, understandably.
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I guess, but apparently there weren't many people who bought in. Apple wouldn't have cut 40% off the price if sales were great.
 
I just made the switch to digital and have been waiting for Aperture 1.1... sounds like they addressed most of the issues that it had. I'm anxious to see if Lightroom gets an update soon as well. The student price should be $150 as the student price of other $300 Apple programs (Final Cut Express and Logic Express) get the same discount.
 
mambodancer said:
Here's a screen shot I took of the web page just now. It claims aperature 1.1 is a universal binary that will be available sometime in April. Price is still $499, the upgrade is free through software update.
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and that people who have 1.0 get 1.1 free of charge, just to restate it
 
simX said:
*sigh* Was $499 worth it for you? It must have been, given that you purchased 3 copies. So why are you ticked off that the price drops by $200 later on?

If it wasn't worth the $499, then you wouldn't (or at least shouldn't) have paid for it. IMHO, you got exactly what you paid for, and you knew how much it cost, so why should you be angry? Sure, it would've been nice to have the extra $200, but it's nothing to get "angered" about.
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I - and a few others, I bet - bought the program because we saw and heard the hype Apple produced about this product. The price was steep, but we held our breath and bought it for $499. The program simply wasn't as good as Apple said. Now they are upgrading the program significantly, and it's only worth $299? So the previous, less useful (original) version must have been only worth, what $199? So the early adopter paid $300 to beta-test Apple's software for them? That would make you a little angry . . .
 
MacEyeDoc said:
I - and a few others, I bet - bought the program because we saw and heard the hype Apple produced about this product. The price was steep, but we held our breath and bought it for $499. The program simply wasn't as good as Apple said. Now they are upgrading the program significantly, and it's only worth $299? So the previous, less useful (original) version must have been only worth, what $199? So the early adopter paid $300 to beta-test Apple's software for them? That would make you a little angry . . .
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It is a free upgrade from 1.0 to 1.1, it says that on the upgrade page
 
Peace said:
Apple has already changed the newsfeed removing any reference to price.;)

Tell me Apple doesn't peek in here.
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Didn't they remove the entire article? I can't find it anywhere anymore (I saw it on their home page before MR had it posted).

Where did it go?

edit: Just read Doctor Q's post. nevermind.
 
The educational price is still $249. I guess that's what it was when the full price was $499. I wonder how low it will go and if I like it. :D
 
I agree with the angry mob! Early adopters will be shafted by a $200 price drop. They could have at least waited a few more months to lower the price.

Here's hoping Apple provides rebates for those who paid $499 for beta-quality software.
 
BWhaler said:
Sounds like a great update, and at 200 bucks this is a much safer purchase.
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People are saying "at 200". It's a price drop OF 200. It's down to 299 now. If I had a steady career I'd consider it. Darn grad school! It'll be awhile before I get the PhD and can afford things like this.
 
Rangerhall6 said:
It is a free upgrade from 1.0 to 1.1, it says that on the upgrade page
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Yes, but if we had not joined Apple in their struggle to release a "professional quality" photo software, we would be able to have had a better software, at a cheaper price.

It's like Apple saying "Don't buy our products when we release them, because they're buggy and expensive. Wait until we drop the price and release a .x, and then it'll be worth it"

I'm a little ticked off, but thankful that Aperture will FINALLY be upgraded.
 
pdpfilms said:
Yes, but if we had not joined Apple in their struggle to release a "professional quality" photo software, we would be able to have had a better software, at a cheaper price.

It's like Apple saying "Don't buy our products when we release them, because they're buggy and expensive. Wait until we drop the price and release a .x, and then it'll be worth it"

I'm a little ticked off, but thankful that Aperture will FINALLY be upgraded.
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well you are getting the same 1.1 as the people who will pay $299.
you paid extra $200 to try it EARLY and use it in your work EARLY. the time value should be taken into account. any product at early released stage is more expensive for the targetted consummer's price inelasticity. common economic practice anyway. nto reall apple's fault, though they may have practiced it more than other companies
 
gomakeitreal said:
you paid extra $200 to try it EARLY and use it in your work EARLY. the time value should be taken into account. any product at early released stage is more expensive for the targetted consummer's price inelasticity. common economic practice anyway. nto reall apple's fault, though they may have practiced it more than other companies
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Normal practice in software is to have free betas, not betas that are +$200 the v1.1 version.
 
gomakeitreal said:
well you are getting the same 1.1 as the people who will pay $299.
you paid extra $200 to try it EARLY and use it in your work EARLY. the time value should be taken into account. any product at early released stage is more expensive for the targetted consummer's price inelasticity. common economic practice anyway. nto reall apple's fault, though they may have practiced it more than other companies
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I could see this as true if Apple were to say "we'll be lowering the price a matter of months from now", but they didn't. I purchased it then because i assumed (like most of Apple's software products) that it would not drop (and so significantly) so soon in its life. I easily could have waited this long, if I had known.

Oh well. Hopefully we'll get some sort of reimbursment... if only 1.1.
 
Peace said:
I just checked the RSS screensaver and it's still there..:confused:
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It's no longer on Apple's home page (on their hot news ticker), or their RSS feed.

Maybe your screen saver just hasn't updated? What happens when you click the number for that story, does it take you there?
 
EricNau said:
It's no longer on Apple's home page (on their hot news ticker), or their RSS feed.

Maybe your screen saver just hasn't updated? What happens when you click the number for that story, does it take you there?
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Here :

I watched it change from the original one showing a $299 price to this current one.
When I press the "1" key it goes to the Aperture site..
http://www.apple.com/aperture/
 

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gomakeitreal said:
well you are getting the same 1.1 as the people who will pay $299.
you paid extra $200 to try it EARLY and use it in your work EARLY. the time value should be taken into account. any product at early released stage is more expensive for the targetted consummer's price inelasticity. common economic practice anyway. nto reall apple's fault, though they may have practiced it more than other companies
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Oh I see - is that like Adobe offering Lightroom as a FREE Beta to use, saying that you would be able to buy it later when upgraded to a shipping product (thanks to input from the early adopters, like those who paid $499 for Aperture), or you could just use it for FREE and then not buy it if you didn't like it?

uh, that would be a big NO.
 
MacEyeDoc said:
Oh I see - is that like Adobe offering Lightroom as a FREE Beta to use, saying that you would be able to buy it later when upgraded to a shipping product (thanks to input from the early adopters, like those who paid $499 for Aperture), or you could just use it for FREE and then not buy it if you didn't like it?

uh, that would be big NO.
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Exactly. Why do people feel the need to condone Apple's use of early adopters as unwilling guinea pigs? "Oh, that's common economic practice." No, that's standard "ripping the customer off."
 
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