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MacUpdate Promo Spring Bundle
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Handbrake will grab all the settings for you. You can just select "TV" or "Ipod" or "Quicktime", etc... really. No experience necessary. Just insert DVD, open Handbrake, select the chapter on the DVD you wish to burn, select "Television" and click GO. Nothing to it.
We don't have chapters -- we just have one recording from the beginning of the service to the end. Can you choose a section to extract by finding it in the video?
EDIT: Oh! Now I see! I did not find the program itself at first. I was getting the impression that I needed to download a large file from Apple and compile the program myself just to be able to use it. I will have to try this.
Still debating
I am tempted by the bundle, but uncertain I really need it.
TTP 5 - I have Prosoft Drive Genius
Parallels - I have VMFusion (but am tempted because Parallels is supposedly faster; not sure about stability)
CircusPonies - I have MacJournal and DevonThink Pro Office (DTPO), as well as MS OneNote via emulation
NetBarrier - I have LittleSnitch and could also install NoobProof. (NB reviews are mixed)
DVDRemaster and RipIt - I have SlySoft software
MultiPlex - there are other (free) alternatives
MoneyWell - I might use it
Paperless - again, I have DTPO
Posterine and BetterZip - could be fun, but ....
Questions for me:
Is it worth having Parallels for an alternative/different features? input from others?
Is it worth having TTP 5 when I already have similar software through ProSoft? The last time I had TTP4 in a bundle, they required a paid upgrade right after the bundle expired. Will they do this again? Besides, their updates ARE really slow.
It looks like a nice bundle but I'm trying to decide if these programs will add to my other apps or just be redundant. What do you think?
I am tempted by the bundle, but uncertain I really need it.
TTP 5 - I have Prosoft Drive Genius
Parallels - I have VMFusion (but am tempted because Parallels is supposedly faster; not sure about stability)
CircusPonies - I have MacJournal and DevonThink Pro Office (DTPO), as well as MS OneNote via emulation
NetBarrier - I have LittleSnitch and could also install NoobProof. (NB reviews are mixed)
DVDRemaster and RipIt - I have SlySoft software
MultiPlex - there are other (free) alternatives
MoneyWell - I might use it
Paperless - again, I have DTPO
Posterine and BetterZip - could be fun, but ....
Questions for me:
Is it worth having Parallels for an alternative/different features? input from others?
Is it worth having TTP 5 when I already have similar software through ProSoft? The last time I had TTP4 in a bundle, they required a paid upgrade right after the bundle expired. Will they do this again? Besides, their updates ARE really slow.
It looks like a nice bundle but I'm trying to decide if these programs will add to my other apps or just be redundant. What do you think?
It's up to Oracle now about what happens to Sun's various no cost offerings, and I've heard things could get a bit dodgy on that score.....
...and come to think of it, Oracle owns ZFS now which has semi-major plumbing implications for Apple down the road, one way or the other.....
Negatives
Why when there is a bundles the Negatives are higher then the Positives? I don't understand what the problem is here. You get what 11 apps for $50, and there most always has some killer app that makes it worth the money. :/
On that note I think I will get it for TTP 5 and Parallels Desktop 4. I have 3 and it's cheeper for me to buy the bundle. LOL!
Hugh
Why when there is a bundles the Negatives are higher then the Positives? I don't understand what the problem is here. You get what 11 apps for $50, and there most always has some killer app that makes it worth the money. :/
On that note I think I will get it for TTP 5 and Parallels Desktop 4. I have 3 and it's cheeper for me to buy the bundle. LOL!
Hugh
You snooze, you lose....
For the rest of us (i.e., probably ALL of us), it's actually, uhhhh, a somewhat to a lot less of a bargain. But that's advertising.....
Meanwhile, "a $521 value, but yours for only $49.95!" is pretty standard infomericalese on this side of the pond. Along with, "but wait, there's more!" (to describe the extra two apps for the early purchasers).
In New York, btw, many would say "such a deal for 50 bucks!" or if pushing it, "a 500 dollar deal for 50 lousy bucks!"
Also it's worth pointing out that you lot over there would have opened the pitch with "MacUpdate are offering a bundle worth...." (This plural verb for group noun thing is, I think the biggest, most obvious "official" difference between our brands of English.)
Meanwhile, "Operators are standing by....!!"
Well, a "natural sounding form of hype" to my Yank ears. The only person to whom this bundle would have the combined retail value of all these programs purchased singly and at full price would be one who bought them all that way and then used all of them productively.
For the rest of us (i.e., probably ALL of us), it's actually, uhhhh, a somewhat to a lot less of a bargain. But that's advertising.....
Meanwhile, "a $521 value, but yours for only $49.95!" is pretty standard infomericalese on this side of the pond. Along with, "but wait, there's more!" (to describe the extra two apps for the early purchasers).
In New York, btw, many would say "such a deal for 50 bucks!" or if pushing it, "a 500 dollar deal for 50 lousy bucks!"
Also it's worth pointing out that you lot over there would have opened the pitch with "MacUpdate are offering a bundle worth...." (This plural verb for group noun thing is, I think the biggest, most obvious "official" difference between our brands of English.)
Meanwhile, "Operators are standing by....!!"
Darn good deal as far as I'm concerned. Purchased it as soon as I got the email about it.
- TechTool Pro 5 (got other programs, but this is cool too)
- Parallels Desktop 4 (will probably hold off on this for now)
- Circus Ponies Notebook 3 (this could really come in handy for Fall semester)
- NetBarrier X5 (my first software of this type - will give it a try)
- DVDRemaster Pro 5 (hopefully will work like it says)
- Multiplex (don't think I'll use this)
- RipIt (was going to buy anyway, not I have it)
- MoneyWell (Um... I have Quicken, thus this will not get used)
- Paperless (don't know much about it - will try)
- Posterino (same here, will try, but may not keep it)
- BetterZip (?....)
- Jets'n'Guns Gold (nice looking shooter, fine with me!)
- CuteClips 3 (may or may not use this)
In all, worth the price, period!
- TechTool Pro 5 (got other programs, but this is cool too)
- Parallels Desktop 4 (will probably hold off on this for now)
- Circus Ponies Notebook 3 (this could really come in handy for Fall semester)
- NetBarrier X5 (my first software of this type - will give it a try)
- DVDRemaster Pro 5 (hopefully will work like it says)
- Multiplex (don't think I'll use this)
- RipIt (was going to buy anyway, not I have it)
- MoneyWell (Um... I have Quicken, thus this will not get used)
- Paperless (don't know much about it - will try)
- Posterino (same here, will try, but may not keep it)
- BetterZip (?....)
- Jets'n'Guns Gold (nice looking shooter, fine with me!)
- CuteClips 3 (may or may not use this)
In all, worth the price, period!
Pretty funny thing, now I don't really intend to start a flame war or anything but it's something that amused me:
MacTheRipper (NOT in the bundle, for obvious reasons) - mandatory "gift", with a bit of a guess-the-amount-to-give game (minimum $40 I heard as a rumour, but there's no solid figure given anywhere) and you have to jump through all sorts of solid-proof-via-email hoops to keep the developer happy and actually get a link to your licensed download. It comes across as very untrusting and arrogant, and I couldn't be bothered with it. Even Microsoft's "activation" method of treating you like a criminal at least gives you an instant response Potential sale lost, probably one of many.
Ripit (In the bundle) - not only easy to buy, but almost too easy to end up buying it by 'accident' / side effect through one of these bundles I think we're likely to end up over-licensed for it here. Far more fairly priced too, if the $40 rumour for MTR is anything to go by (and if the developer doesn't want people relying on rumours, he should just make the thing shareware with a clear price like the rest of the world)
You can guess which one I'll recommend to people.
The point I think being, making things easy to buy pays off, and bundles are a good part of that. We get them rather cheap, then tell friends (too late for the promo, they would hope) how good the app is and they go off and buy it full price. Win.
MacTheRipper (NOT in the bundle, for obvious reasons) - mandatory "gift", with a bit of a guess-the-amount-to-give game (minimum $40 I heard as a rumour, but there's no solid figure given anywhere) and you have to jump through all sorts of solid-proof-via-email hoops to keep the developer happy and actually get a link to your licensed download. It comes across as very untrusting and arrogant, and I couldn't be bothered with it. Even Microsoft's "activation" method of treating you like a criminal at least gives you an instant response
Potential sale lost, probably one of many.Ripit (In the bundle) - not only easy to buy, but almost too easy to end up buying it by 'accident' / side effect through one of these bundles
I think we're likely to end up over-licensed for it here. Far more fairly priced too, if the $40 rumour for MTR is anything to go by (and if the developer doesn't want people relying on rumours, he should just make the thing shareware with a clear price like the rest of the world)You can guess which one I'll recommend to people.
The point I think being, making things easy to buy pays off, and bundles are a good part of that. We get them rather cheap, then tell friends (too late for the promo, they would hope) how good the app is and they go off and buy it full price. Win.
Drive Genius is nice but there are some areas where Tech Tool Pro may be the better tool. Frankly I want both and I'm kicking myself for not buying DG when it was in a bundle. Parallels is nice frankly I wouldn't mind having an extra VM app but then again if you're only looking at two apps as something you'd use the value isn't quite as high.
Was this a tongue-in-cheek joke? There are no locked apps in this bundle. That was the MacHeist bundle (and some others, to be fair). Here there are 11, all available from day one, and 2 bonus for the first 15,000. It is possible that another bonus app gets thrown in later, but as another responder has posted, you would get that for buying early, as well. No legit reason to hold out if you want it and have the cabbage.
I've bought this for Parallels and TechTool Deluxe alone, Netbarrier seems useful too. I have Better Zip and it never actually seems to require you to register, but it's good to give something back as it is a good utility (though I don't use it that much).
The rest I'll just see, usually do find some gems in these bundles that I didn't expect I'd ever really want to use.
I have VMWare Fusion which begs the question of why I'd want Parallels, however neither has perfect support, so VMWare Fusion supports some things that Parallels doesn't and vice-versa, so having both will be good. For example, VMWare Fusion has zero support for Open GL in Windows, which is actually more of a problem than you'd think as quite a few games do use it, as well as various other apps like CAD and such.
The rest I'll just see, usually do find some gems in these bundles that I didn't expect I'd ever really want to use.
I have VMWare Fusion which begs the question of why I'd want Parallels, however neither has perfect support, so VMWare Fusion supports some things that Parallels doesn't and vice-versa, so having both will be good. For example, VMWare Fusion has zero support for Open GL in Windows, which is actually more of a problem than you'd think as quite a few games do use it, as well as various other apps like CAD and such.
I'll go for it, I'm sure. Parallels 4 alone is worth it.
BTW, for those asking about Parallels stability: I've been using v. 3 for a while, after tested some other emulators (it's the only way to run some Excel macros I use for work, which are not running on any Excel for mac versions). It works flawlessly, it crashes, say once each couple of week, but it is damn fast. I can run excel under win XP much faster than under my PC laptop...
BTW, for those asking about Parallels stability: I've been using v. 3 for a while, after tested some other emulators (it's the only way to run some Excel macros I use for work, which are not running on any Excel for mac versions). It works flawlessly, it crashes, say once each couple of week, but it is damn fast. I can run excel under win XP much faster than under my PC laptop...
Good for newbies
I love these bundles.
I seem to be regularly involved in coaching friends and family through the 'switching' process to a Mac. These bundles are a great opportunity for those new to the Mac to get some pretty good utilities at a very reasonable price, as well as seeing some of the quality apps that are out there for the Mac. I find often, a big deterrent to people switching is the misunderstanding that there are limited applications for the Mac. This is SO not true.
Like most people, I find there are one or two apps in each bundle that make it worthwhile. The rest I like to save for a rainy (or snowy) day to just tinker with. Often these lesser known apps become some of my favourites.
Grant
I love these bundles.
I seem to be regularly involved in coaching friends and family through the 'switching' process to a Mac. These bundles are a great opportunity for those new to the Mac to get some pretty good utilities at a very reasonable price, as well as seeing some of the quality apps that are out there for the Mac. I find often, a big deterrent to people switching is the misunderstanding that there are limited applications for the Mac. This is SO not true.
Like most people, I find there are one or two apps in each bundle that make it worthwhile. The rest I like to save for a rainy (or snowy) day to just tinker with. Often these lesser known apps become some of my favourites.
Grant
Darn good deal as far as I'm concerned. Purchased it as soon as I got the email about it.
- TechTool Pro 5 (got other programs, but this is cool too)
- Parallels Desktop 4 (will probably hold off on this for now)
- Circus Ponies Notebook 3 (this could really come in handy for Fall semester)
- NetBarrier X5 (my first software of this type - will give it a try)
- DVDRemaster Pro 5 (hopefully will work like it says)
- Multiplex (don't think I'll use this)
- RipIt (was going to buy anyway, not I have it)
- MoneyWell (Um... I have Quicken, thus this will not get used)
- Paperless (don't know much about it - will try)
- Posterino (same here, will try, but may not keep it)
- BetterZip (?....)
- Jets'n'Guns Gold (nice looking shooter, fine with me!)
- CuteClips 3 (may or may not use this)
In all, worth the price, period!
wanna just give up the moneywell access then?
