Comments on: Snow Leopard’s QuickTime may pack Pro features at no cost http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/02/10/snow-leopards-quicktime-may-pack-pro-features-at-no-cost/ Daniel Eran Dilger in San Francisco Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:15:36 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Quicktime Pro free in Snow Leopard? Not likely! | Corpmac.co.uk http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/02/10/snow-leopards-quicktime-may-pack-pro-features-at-no-cost/comment-page-1/#comment-17277 Quicktime Pro free in Snow Leopard? Not likely! | Corpmac.co.uk Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:41:39 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=3136#comment-17277 [...] sites are talking about Quicktime Pro being available in the current betas of Snow Leopard. They’re all speculating that this will make it through to the release of the [...] [...] sites are talking about Quicktime Pro being available in the current betas of Snow Leopard. They’re all speculating that this will make it through to the release of the [...]

]]> By: WebManWalking http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/02/10/snow-leopards-quicktime-may-pack-pro-features-at-no-cost/comment-page-1/#comment-17276 WebManWalking Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:14:14 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=3136#comment-17276 I paid for QuickTime Pro, ... once. With the very next upgrade of QuickTime, my Pro license stopped working. There was no warning that installing the free product would invalidate my purchased product. I felt so screwed, I never purchased QuickTime Pro again, no matter how many times they reminded me at boot time to upgrade it. Do you think that maybe THAT business practice might have something to do with why Apple failed to make significant sales of QuickTime Pro? I paid for QuickTime Pro, … once.

With the very next upgrade of QuickTime, my Pro license stopped working. There was no warning that installing the free product would invalidate my purchased product. I felt so screwed, I never purchased QuickTime Pro again, no matter how many times they reminded me at boot time to upgrade it.

Do you think that maybe THAT business practice might have something to do with why Apple failed to make significant sales of QuickTime Pro?

]]> By: John E http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/02/10/snow-leopards-quicktime-may-pack-pro-features-at-no-cost/comment-page-1/#comment-17275 John E Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:11:01 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=3136#comment-17275 This is way, way, way overdue. 5+ years ago Quicktime Pro was state of the art for working with video files, but that is long past, with many other good full featured mainstream (Roxio) and shareware programs available now (especially for use with ripping DVD's grabbing streaming web video content, and DVR'ing/copying TV, none of which Apple can touch). while they are at it, they should drop the stupid extra charge for the MPEG2 plugin too. the extra price for such a bypassed program is insulting, really. Bad Apple. This is way, way, way overdue. 5+ years ago Quicktime Pro was state of the art for working with video files, but that is long past, with many other good full featured mainstream (Roxio) and shareware programs available now (especially for use with ripping DVD’s grabbing streaming web video content, and DVR’ing/copying TV, none of which Apple can touch). while they are at it, they should drop the stupid extra charge for the MPEG2 plugin too. the extra price for such a bypassed program is insulting, really. Bad Apple.

]]> By: Ephilei http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/02/10/snow-leopards-quicktime-may-pack-pro-features-at-no-cost/comment-page-1/#comment-17267 Ephilei Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:55:56 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=3136#comment-17267 Makes sense. And Apple will make back the losses as h.264 video becomes more prevalent encouraging users to come closer into Apple's ecosystem which often ends in buying high margins hardware. Makes sense. And Apple will make back the losses as h.264 video becomes more prevalent encouraging users to come closer into Apple’s ecosystem which often ends in buying high margins hardware.

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