5 comments about FileMaker Pro 7 (Mac).

1. This Filemaker is the best version yet! Highly recommended!



2. I have been using Filemaker 7 for Mac for 2 motnhs now. I am so happy with all the improvements they have made. Hands down this is the best database program (Mac or PC) ever made. A must buy!



3. The improvements made over version 6 are monumental! A must have for database users and users of previous versions! A+++++



4. I'm a database professional, one of the few MySQL Certified Professionals in the country. I've been familiar with dBase, InfoFile, Clarion, Microsoft Access, FoxPro, Oracle, SQL Server and PostgreSQL, most since their earliest incarnations.
   
   I've been tinkering with FileMaker since version 3 (1995). It never seemed much more than an oh-so-slightly souped-up version of the database in ClarisWorks/AppleWorks.
   
   I've always evaluated FileMaker's time-limited downloads, but was never impressed.
   
   But version 7 is a quantum leap, highly matured. If you want a replacement for the buggy and unstable Microsoft Access, here it is.
   
   On a note, I bought a copy of FileMaker 7 on eBay. When I registered it, FileMaker told me that it was a pirated copy, which diminished my opinion of that online service.
   
   I believe that if "a software is good enough to use, it's good enough to pay for". On a shoestring budget, I needed to find the best price, and it was here on Amazon.



5. FileMaker Pro 7 (and it's new version 8) have one leg up on Microsoft Access: the are cross-platform. You can use FileMaker on Macs and PCs. Microsoft doesn't make an Access for Mac, either stand-alone or bundled with Office.
   
   If you don't know how to use Access, if you don't know too much about relational database management systems, FileMaker is probably for you. It's much easier to use than Access. But if you have invested the time to learn Access enough to do the basics - create tables, complex queries, and forms, and to produce useful reports - stick with Access.
   
   Switching to FileMaker means learning a whole new system, and once you do, you will not be any more productive than you already are.

5 comments about TeLL me More Chinese - Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced.

1. A note about the "look and feel" of this software. When I loaded the software, I felt like I had been transported back into the 80's. Installation messages about graphics modes. Unsophisticated/flat graphics. No installation mode that allows the software to be run without the CDROM (so forget running out of the box on a laptop without a CDROM). If it were free, or maybe even $20 or $30, OK. But this for close to $200?



2. I have to agree with the longest review here. About 18 months ago we bought this prior to our Asia trip. It was nearly incomprehensible before we left, and I convinced myself I was missing something or was impatient. After our return and several hours of "discovery" as described by others it was clear level 1 has no guided instruction to speak of.
   
   We're going back to Asia, and I found myself today looking for a deal on Rosetta Stone or Fluenz. That's when I was reminded by that burning in my gut for having paid retail for this product. It makes me mad because we've dropped about $400 on this and other tools to this point and there is a severe lack of methodology, so let me point people to the closest, most informed thing I've discovered related to Chinese instruction. On the web site "doubting to shua" you will find a lot of discussion of Chinese instruction products.
   
   I may try Rosetta Stone, but I am really beginning to believe an online college course is going to be the only thing with satisfactory structure for someone who wants to speak and read. I will say Pimsleur's cheap level one (8 disc, 16 lesson) introduction has been the best learning tool so far. We are 100% on the four tonal influences after that. I was also able to get us onto the correct bus in Taipei as a result. Native speakers can't always succeed getting the right bus.
   
   Fortunately, China is the largest English speaking country in the world, and they treat you like a rock star when you earnestly attempt to communicate in Chinese. To be fair I'm, going to do what I should have done 18 months ago. I'm going to write Tell Me More and find out if there is an update with guidance. If there was some guidance I believe this could be the best product out there. At the same time I also can't figure out what the three images have to do with the word you are matching. I was pretty successful in the first Myst trilogy and I do nothing but problem solving for a living, but I couldn't break the code on this product.
   
   Maybe this is a test and NSA is going to pop up with a giant signing bonus and license to kill for the first person to decipher this product. If so, it probably won't be me because I'll be hiring a personal tutor and going to language school when we go back to Asia.



3. The desc is incorrect. Taiwan doesn't use the pinyin system nor simplified Chinese characters. Taiwan uses Traditional Chinese Characters and a pronunciation key of 36 sounds to create how Mandarin is spoken, which in my opinion are harder to learn but result in better pronounciation.
   
   Please neglect my rating as I don't have this product and was looking for a ZhuYing FuHao product.



4. This is one of the worst products I've ever purchased. The first time I ran the software it gave me no instruction on what to do next. I fumbled around a clumsy user interface for about an hour. There were lists of words to say but it didn't tell me what they meant. Nor did it tell me why I was saying them or even how long I should say them. You would do just as well as purchasing a Chinese newspaper and attempt to read it for a while. At least the pictures would make more sense.



5. First let me say that the reason I selected Tell Me More as my Mandarin language program was because of the good experience I've had with their German program. But this ... this is just a disaster. Unworkable, clunky, unhelpful. I've never thought of "Tell Me More" as a cry for help one might shout when running one of their programs, but that was my situation. I looked at this thing a hundred different ways, thinking I must be missing SOMETHING. Alas, it's just a poorly designed program unworthy of stealing, let alone purchase.

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1 comments about FileMaker Pro 7 Upgrade (Mac).

1. il ny a pas de spécification sur votre site.
   Merci

3 comments about Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition English - 1 Processor License.

1. This is a great product - but I think it retails for $2,000 not $20,000



2. The price is correct. It's not $2000. Note, it's a processor license, not a server license.



3. The cost of the processor license MSRP is $20,000.00 and it not only covers the processor, but also the computer the processor is in. You need one for each processor in the computer, and instead of using server license's, processor license's give you unlimited User and Device CAL's I have a Quad Xeon with 4 processor license's and I can connect an unlimmited number of user's or devices http://www.microsoft.com/sql/howtobuy/faq.mspx
   It's the way to go !

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2 comments about Microsoft Visual Studio Pro w/MSDN Pro 2005 [OLD VERSION].

1. Well when dot net first came along I more or less refused to upgrade until I saw a stable platform. I have finally upgraded... not sure if it is all that stable but I will say upgrading from VB 6 my application development time has just about been cut in half and I can very impressive looking interfaces. Overall I would say I am happy with the purchase.



2. As Developer and System Analyst Visual Studio 2005 it was the best buy in the category development that i made it, powerfull, easy custom and full deploy , build applications with experience, full interaction with windows, as provider my customers trust me with this new tool and they see it very important results.