Re: True Cost of AppleWorks 4.0

[danb@pro-newton.cts.com (Dan Brown)]

In <CG57vI.Mv@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> bird@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (j.l.walters) writes:

>There has been a lot of talk about AppleWorks 4.0 and the great
>functionality it adds for an upgrade fee of $79. However, I've not
>seen the question of the "total cost" of upgrading for those of us
>that have a some amount of TimeOut applications that are and are not
>included to some degree in AppleWorks 4.0.

        There are a few categories of TO applications:  Those which are now
obsolete, because their functions are duplicated in AppleWorks 4.0; those
which can be automatically upgraded by AppleWorks 4.0; those which will
require separate updates (usually for a fairly low fee); and those which
don't fit any of the above (not too many of these, I understand).

        Most of the TO applications you listed are included in AW4.

>Companion Plus
>SuperPatch
>RepairWorks

        I'm told that the patch software will be updated.

>Finally, just as I finished the above a friend showed me a mailing
>from Quality about 4.0 that details how much it would cost to 'buy'
>many of the TO utilities I already have. There is no mention of an
>upgrade policy. If there isn't an upgrade policy it looks to me that
>it will cost:
>
> $94.95   Decision Pack - ReportWriter, SideSpread, and Graph

        QC does updates on TimeOut stuff.  I don't know the price, but it's
certainly less that ~$30 each.

> $39.95   UltraMacros 4.3

        This update is $14.95 from 3.0; it's the same or less from 4.x.

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Dan Brown, Sysop of pro-newton     Internet: danb@pro-newton.cts.com
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