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Aperture 30 day test drive

by Scott McNulty (RSS feed) on Nov 2nd, 2006

I'm not a very good photographer, but I take lots of digital pictures which is why I was interested in checking out Aperture, but I didn't want to plunk down $299. Apple has heard my silent pleas and made a 30 day 'test drive' available for all to download.

It is available in English, French, German, or Japanese. All features are enabled for 30 days, but the trial does not include the sample images that are available retail version.

At the moment the trial page isn't working for me, but I am sure Apple's trained web professionals will get that all sorted out.

Thanks, Rob.

Update: I was right, they fixed the page quickly. Download away.

Tags: aperture, apple, digital photography, DigitalPhotography, good apple, GoodApple, test drive, TestDrive

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Hardware

It Wasn't a Test Drive Anyway

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Aug 31st, 2005

tongue outI'd just like to chime in on this Mac Mini Test Drive thing and say good riddance to bad rubbish. I'd also like to know who's bright idea this was in the first place, and how on earth they sold it as a "test drive."

First off, a "test drive" means that you aren't paying money up front to test a product - typically, with a car for example, you don't have to leave much more than a license to take it for a spin. Second, this was nothing more than a glorified return policy - and a shady one at that: the "test drive" would have begun the moment you placed the order online, and not when you received it. Three cheers for "30 days!"

Nice try, Apple Marketing. Any more bright ideas lying around?

[Thanks lackman15, via Laurie, for the pic. Bonus points to the first reader who can name where this pic's from!]

Tags: mac+mini, MacMini, test+drive, TestDrive

Filed under: Desktops, Hardware, Retail, Bugs/Recalls

Brakes slammed on Mac mini Test Drive program

by Laurie A. Duncan (RSS feed) on Aug 31st, 2005

Remember that Test Drive a Mac mini promotion we told you about yesterday? Well forget we mentioned it. It's no longer happening.  We don't know why, and we don't much care. We tend to buy our computers from retail and internet stores that have pretty good return policies anyway, so Apple wasn't really doing us any favors.

mac mini test drive cancelled

Andy from iPodNirvana wrote with the news:

"I just received an email from LinkShare, the people who handle Apple's affiliate program. Apple has apparently decided (in less that 24 hours) to stop the Test Drive promotion. They have given no explanation, and I have not seen any other details, but all references to the Test Drive have been removed from Apple's site, and all of the banners have suddenly become regular Mac Mini banners."

Here's the email from LinkShare:

As a follow-up to an email we sent you this morning, please note that the Mac mini Test Drive promotion is no longer offered at the Apple Store. We have dynamically updated the banners and landing pages for this promotion, so if you are featuring this promotion on your site, they will automatically update to another promotion. Please be sure to update your Mac mini Test Drive text links. The rest of the promotions featured in today's email are still live.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Thank you,
Apple Store Affiliate Program

Coincidentally, I just now received the same email, as I participate in the Apple affiliate program on several sites that I run. Ok, so maybe I'm a little bit curious about what caused this rather abrupt turn of events. But just a little...

Tags: mac+mini, MacMini, test+drive, TestDrive

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