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#542587 - 11/01/10 02:18 PM new app store
Anna Brooks Offline


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Hi, everyone!

What do you think about new App store launch?
Will it be much better to buy software there rather than from third party developers directly?

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#542594 - 11/01/10 02:31 PM Re: new app store [Re: Anna Brooks]
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It'll probably be easier to purchase it via the App Store. And I think it'll be easier to find software through the App Store because they have them in sections (Games, Productivity, etc). (if they follow the iPhone app store model, which I'm sure they will)

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#542610 - 11/01/10 07:12 PM Re: new app store [Re: Anna Brooks]
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Registered: 04/19/02
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I agree with John - Anna, everything will be in one spot, plus should be a little cheaper due to no packaging required? Well lets hope thats the case.
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#542622 - 11/01/10 10:17 PM Re: new app store [Re: carp]
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I invented modding!

Registered: 11/04/02
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Loc: Lindale, TX (Tyler)
Sorry ya'll, when I get a software program over the net I spend the extra $10 to get a hard copy (DVD). I want a "solid" backup if I need it + I keep the serial # and the on-line codes with the hard copy. Guess I'm too old fashioned. whistle
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#542632 - 11/01/10 10:48 PM Re: new app store [Re: DLC]
John Rougeux Offline
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I usually burn a CD or DVD of installers that I downloaded and a document with serial numbers.

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#542637 - 11/01/10 11:09 PM Re: new app store [Re: John Rougeux]
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Welcome, Anna.
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#542638 - 11/01/10 11:11 PM Re: new app store [Re: Anna Brooks]
Lea Offline
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Registered: 08/18/06
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What yoyo said. Oh, and I agree about having hard backups. I'm more inclined to buy direct.
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#542650 - 11/02/10 12:06 AM Re: new app store [Re: John Rougeux]
carp Offline
Dino's are Babe magnets

Registered: 04/19/02
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Loc: Hawaii
Originally Posted By: John Rougeux
I usually burn a CD or DVD of installers that I downloaded and a document with serial numbers.


Yeah thats the right way to do it.

Sure I used to buy the Hard Box with the developers DVD, its a nice thing to have - I have learned that since these software titles go obsolete so fast now days, it seems almost a waste of money buying the hard box.

The last hard boxes I bought was iWork 04, its at 09 now, and OSX Tiger, its at snow now. So they just sit around collecting dust.
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#542657 - 11/02/10 12:50 AM Re: new app store [Re: carp]
Acumowchek Offline
Is this thing on?

Registered: 12/30/07
Posts: 4208
Loc: Petaluma, CA
Before Apple's turnaround, I used to keep all my software packages on display, thinking I might get laid.
Needless to say, the boxes are no longer on display.
wink

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#542663 - 11/02/10 01:23 AM Re: new app store [Re: Acumowchek]
Lea Offline
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Registered: 08/18/06
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You had the wrong box on display. I'm just saying . . . whistle


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