MacHeist retail bundle now available
Today MacHeist revealed their newest bundle of software for sale. This new software bundle is being billed as "12 Top Mac Apps" and includes the following pieces of software: - Awaken
- Cha-Ching
- CoverSutra
- DEVONthink Personal
- iClip
- Overflow
- Wallet
- WriteRoom
- XSlimmer
- Enigmo
- Bugdom 2
- Nanosaur 2
[via MacHeist Forums]
Thanks, Chris and Alex!
[Update:] Please do not post MacHeist referral codes in the comments. All comments with referral codes will be deleted.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
ME said 9:44PM on 4-12-2008
Worst. Bundle. Ever.
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Olivier said 4:38PM on 4-13-2008
+1
Clark Goble said 6:14PM on 4-13-2008
I have to agree. The last bundle was really compelling. I was about to buy it but went to do it the day after it ended. This one has little I'd want. And the things that are interesting like DevonThink I already have programs that do it.
ME said 9:47PM on 4-12-2008
Also, 1password is on the box art, but not listed in the apps list?
MacHeist strikes again!
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AlphaDeltaVIII said 9:46PM on 4-12-2008
In my opinion (not trying to criticize MacHeist or anything, I loved the last bundle) but the last sale seemed like a better value of software to me. Plus, it seems like they brought back the less popular apps from the last bundle to this one.
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James said 9:48PM on 4-12-2008
yeah, really boring stuff... when they start having to include games as part of the package, i think they are running out of good programs... how about a deal where they give you a selection and you put together your own bundle. I already own anything worth getting in this bundle already.
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ncus said 9:54PM on 4-12-2008
Most of the apps are included on winter heist. This bundle is suited to people who are not participated on the winter heist.
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Chris Thomson said 9:54PM on 4-12-2008
Which I guess is why this aimed more for the retail market. Selling 35 bundles in like 2 hours isn't exactly great for MacHeist.
Gar said 9:48PM on 4-12-2008
MacLife May 08 issue has an ad for another MacUpdate bundle: Parallels, BannerZest, SoundStudio, Hazel, Leap, DVDReaster Pro, StoryMill, Typinator, MenuCalendarCock and Art Text. For $64.99. Avail April 16 to 29th via mupromo.com/maclife. Costs more, but for me it has a lot more usable titles. Cheers...
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Steven W said 9:51PM on 4-12-2008
Parallels alone is worth that price.
ncus said 9:56PM on 4-12-2008
Dang! I just bought VMWare last week.
Ethan said 1:16PM on 4-13-2008
Will that link only go somewhere other than the main site in 3 days? very interested in this.
Walker said 10:06PM on 4-12-2008
I own all of those except for iClip. No way I'm buying that! I am looking forward to mupromo's bundle, which has a few useful apps. I'm kicking myself for not knowin about mupromo for their June 2007 bundle, which was incredible. Great apps. Ahh, well.
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Brian Burns said 10:22PM on 4-12-2008
Are they serious? This is just awful.
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Ginger Force said 11:53PM on 4-12-2008
just what you'd expect from small time digg-spamming capitalists.
these guys basically specialize in making a most-mind-blowing profit margin off the devs' sweaty backs.
why is it that the developers cannot realize that they could form their own union and make much fairer profit margins ?
the "added-value" of MacHeist is, in fact, a "minus-value" : futile senseless games that serve a global marketing scheme that lacks even more in logic in that it takes the consumer for an idiot.
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mentalsticks said 3:03PM on 4-13-2008
And they did away with the 25 percent for charity! I guess they realised they could also keep that for themselves and increase their profit.
Ian Littman said 3:10AM on 4-13-2008
Along with everyone else here, I respond in disgust to the Macheist promo this time around. I participated in the winter Heist, s I have all the good apps anyway. The ones I use (Snapz, Spped Download, Pixelmator, Awaken) make the bundle worth the money I paid for it. Okay, this may make a fine retail product but it's not gonna go gangbusters like the other heists, and having this as a real retail deal seems like it'd actually cheapen the software as standalone.
I'll probably be in for the MUPromo deal though. Just need to redo my Boot Camp on my Macbook Air or something, since Parallels didn't want to work the last time I tried it on there. If there's a double-whammy discount, I might even be in for two...a double deal would probably make the licenses cheaper than buying VMWare Fusion alone heh.
When bundles get you high-quality software, and the selection changed between bundles, I'm all for it. As it stands, there are only five apps in the MacHeist promo that I both might have a use for (not games) and that I don't already have because of their MacUpdate or the last MacHeist bundle. Namely
iClip (mildly useful)
Overflow (I have QuickSilver)
Devonthink (I have MemoryMiner?)
WriteRoom (I have TextEdit, though it's not quite the same...I like TaskPaper)
Wallet (mildly useful)
If Macheist offered a pick-and-chose deal for all of its previous bundles, including this one as well, and charged, say, $49 for just 7 or 8 apps, I'd probably go for it. This? Nah.
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JohnPQ said 7:27AM on 4-13-2008
What a joke! I think Macupdate has a better one coming.
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Blaktornado said 8:29AM on 4-13-2008
Awaken - Got with Winter Bundle, and don't use it.
Cha-Ching - Same as above.
CoverSutra - Same as above two but I do use it :D
DEVONthink Personal - Looks good but not worth buying the bundle for.
iClip - Same as above
Overflow - Got Quicksilver, even though this is nice.
Wallet - Got it for free with the Winter Heist
WriteRoom - Looks alright but I wouldn't use it.
XSlimmer - Don't desperately need this.
Enigmo - Got this already.
Bugdom 2 - Not worth buying the bundle for.
Nanosaur 2 - Same as above.
Nice Bundle but not one that appeals to myself, and a lot of other people.
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Blaktornado said 8:32AM on 4-13-2008
Duuuuuuude. Piracy should never be the answer. Especially not with applications from indie developers. These guys don't get paid if people don't buy their apps, rather than developers for Adobe, or whichever company, who get paid anyway.
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