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Mac App Store Open, 10.6.6 Released
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<blockquote data-quote="Doug b" data-source="post: 1166453" data-attributes="member: 59143"><p>You don't have to get it in order to see what is offered. Just go to Apple's main site and look at the apps available thus far. They're not many at the moment, but you can see how much they cost if purchasing from the app store, and I'm going to say that it goes beyond opinion in stating that it's not a gimmick, and a much better deal to purchase a download from the app store as opposed to buying a boxed version of the same software for a few reasons:</p><p></p><p>1. Price. Aperture 3 sells for $200 in stores. You can get it for less than half that from the App store. </p><p></p><p>2. Licensing and serial number out of the way. You bought it, so you can install it on any of your registered computers. No serial needed. </p><p></p><p>3. After you purchase it, you don't need to keep the install file. Delete it and be happy in knowing that you can download it again and again from the app store whenever you want for free.</p><p></p><p>4. Eco-friendly packaging. Because there is none. Manuals can be downloaded. I'm very happy about this, personally speaking. You can read the manual on your phone, iPad, laptop or print it if you're that hard up for a hard copy. I love a physical medium for some things, but software isn't on the list of things. </p><p></p><p>Believe me, I'd be the first to agree or say that this was a gimmick. But I just don't see it that way. I think they're [Apple] doing a great thing here. </p><p></p><p>Doug</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doug b, post: 1166453, member: 59143"] You don't have to get it in order to see what is offered. Just go to Apple's main site and look at the apps available thus far. They're not many at the moment, but you can see how much they cost if purchasing from the app store, and I'm going to say that it goes beyond opinion in stating that it's not a gimmick, and a much better deal to purchase a download from the app store as opposed to buying a boxed version of the same software for a few reasons: 1. Price. Aperture 3 sells for $200 in stores. You can get it for less than half that from the App store. 2. Licensing and serial number out of the way. You bought it, so you can install it on any of your registered computers. No serial needed. 3. After you purchase it, you don't need to keep the install file. Delete it and be happy in knowing that you can download it again and again from the app store whenever you want for free. 4. Eco-friendly packaging. Because there is none. Manuals can be downloaded. I'm very happy about this, personally speaking. You can read the manual on your phone, iPad, laptop or print it if you're that hard up for a hard copy. I love a physical medium for some things, but software isn't on the list of things. Believe me, I'd be the first to agree or say that this was a gimmick. But I just don't see it that way. I think they're [Apple] doing a great thing here. Doug [/QUOTE]
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