Comments on: Review: Disco http://macapper.com/2007/04/01/disco-review/ Mac Apps, Reviews, Previews, Interviews, and Giveaways. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:57:29 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: The Murph http://macapper.com/2007/04/01/disco-review/comment-page-1/#comment-2292 The Murph Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:51:17 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/04/01/disco-review/#comment-2292 This is hyper-radical! This is hyper-radical!

]]> By: Yohannes Wijaya http://macapper.com/2007/04/01/disco-review/comment-page-1/#comment-2274 Yohannes Wijaya Tue, 03 Apr 2007 02:38:41 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/04/01/disco-review/#comment-2274 after i got it from a macheist bundle, i rarely use it not because it's hard to use, it's the opposite. you end up guessing what disco will do if i drop that or this. the ui is too simple for my taste. i need an app that gives me more options to decide. i stick to my built-in disc utility after i got it from a macheist bundle, i rarely use it not because it’s hard to use, it’s the opposite. you end up guessing what disco will do if i drop that or this. the ui is too simple for my taste. i need an app that gives me more options to decide. i stick to my built-in disc utility

]]> By: Jerry http://macapper.com/2007/04/01/disco-review/comment-page-1/#comment-2261 Jerry Mon, 02 Apr 2007 20:52:30 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/04/01/disco-review/#comment-2261 "You may never want to go back to conventional disk burning again!" As far as I can tell, you open Disco, drop some files in, and click burn. That's exactly what all the other burning apps do. This app is far from the revolution you make it out to be. In the web, content is king. In desktop applications, features are king. This app does more or less one thing, and while it does it well, there are many alternatives that do it just as good for less money. The authors of this site need to stop buying into the hype of these little independent apps, and start doing thorough reviews before posting them online. “You may never want to go back to conventional disk burning again!”

As far as I can tell, you open Disco, drop some files in, and click burn. That’s exactly what all the other burning apps do. This app is far from the revolution you make it out to be. In the web, content is king. In desktop applications, features are king. This app does more or less one thing, and while it does it well, there are many alternatives that do it just as good for less money. The authors of this site need to stop buying into the hype of these little independent apps, and start doing thorough reviews before posting them online.

]]> By: Michael http://macapper.com/2007/04/01/disco-review/comment-page-1/#comment-2212 Michael Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:44:38 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/04/01/disco-review/#comment-2212 I use the free Burn app. Does everything I want it to do and completely free. May not look as nice as disco, but in this case, I take usability and price over a slick UI and smoke. I use the free Burn app. Does everything I want it to do and completely free. May not look as nice as disco, but in this case, I take usability and price over a slick UI and smoke.

]]> By: Sherb http://macapper.com/2007/04/01/disco-review/comment-page-1/#comment-2202 Sherb Sun, 01 Apr 2007 20:40:07 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/04/01/disco-review/#comment-2202 I would have to agree with the people saying $30 is too much, because it is. $14 was fine for this app, but $30 seems like a rip-off. I would have to agree with the people saying $30 is too much, because it is. $14 was fine for this app, but $30 seems like a rip-off.

]]> By: Bruce Anderson http://macapper.com/2007/04/01/disco-review/comment-page-1/#comment-2190 Bruce Anderson Sun, 01 Apr 2007 16:35:57 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/04/01/disco-review/#comment-2190 As I noted in an earlier comment (in the article about creating disc images) Disco uses MacOS X's built-in burning system and is therefore limited in what it can really do. Toast is the acme of disc burning tools for MacOS X. It can create Redbook-compliant audio CDs. It can create disc images which it can then mount in such a way as to make the system think physical media is mounted. Disco is PRETTY, and that smoke is cool (assuming you've got a compatible graphics card) and if that's all that matters to you, Disco is your app. I'll stick with Toast. You get what you pay for. As I noted in an earlier comment (in the article about creating disc images) Disco uses MacOS X’s built-in burning system and is therefore limited in what it can really do.

Toast is the acme of disc burning tools for MacOS X. It can create Redbook-compliant audio CDs. It can create disc images which it can then mount in such a way as to make the system think physical media is mounted.

Disco is PRETTY, and that smoke is cool (assuming you’ve got a compatible graphics card) and if that’s all that matters to you, Disco is your app. I’ll stick with Toast. You get what you pay for.

]]> By: Jim http://macapper.com/2007/04/01/disco-review/comment-page-1/#comment-2188 Jim Sun, 01 Apr 2007 15:35:49 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/04/01/disco-review/#comment-2188 Yeah, I have to question the motives and even whether or not the reviewer actually opened that app at all. Disco is an absolutely horrible little application with about the worst interface I can imagine for what it does. Lots of hidden garbage in a non-standard GUI. Sure it's pretty, but after the first two times of using the app, do you really care? The app costs a quarter of the amount of Toast, yet doesn't have near that ratio of features. I like to have options with apps, but there are a half-dozen free apps that do what Disco does, and as many shareware apps that do more but cost the same. Disco was/is the ultimate hype machine. My only hope is that the developers DO make money off it and spend it improving the app and adding more features. Lord knows I wouldn't mind NOT giving my money to Roxio (or whoever will own Toast by the time I'm finished typing this comment). Yeah, I have to question the motives and even whether or not the reviewer actually opened that app at all. Disco is an absolutely horrible little application with about the worst interface I can imagine for what it does. Lots of hidden garbage in a non-standard GUI. Sure it’s pretty, but after the first two times of using the app, do you really care?

The app costs a quarter of the amount of Toast, yet doesn’t have near that ratio of features. I like to have options with apps, but there are a half-dozen free apps that do what Disco does, and as many shareware apps that do more but cost the same.

Disco was/is the ultimate hype machine. My only hope is that the developers DO make money off it and spend it improving the app and adding more features. Lord knows I wouldn’t mind NOT giving my money to Roxio (or whoever will own Toast by the time I’m finished typing this comment).

]]> By: Justin Laramee http://macapper.com/2007/04/01/disco-review/comment-page-1/#comment-2185 Justin Laramee Sun, 01 Apr 2007 15:01:30 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/04/01/disco-review/#comment-2185 Seriously, I have a license and I almost never use it. It lacks many features of a good burning app. 30 bucks is WAY too much, considering that <a href="http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19994/liquidcd" rel="nofollow">free</a> <a href="http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/21992/burn" rel="nofollow">alternatives</a> exist and do the job better. Anyway, I stick with Toast. Seriously, I have a license and I almost never use it. It lacks many features of a good burning app.

30 bucks is WAY too much, considering that free alternatives exist and do the job better.

Anyway, I stick with Toast.

]]> By: William http://macapper.com/2007/04/01/disco-review/comment-page-1/#comment-2183 William Sun, 01 Apr 2007 14:24:31 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/04/01/disco-review/#comment-2183 Kiel, Disco's user interface is pretty much perfect for the simple task it does: Burning a disk. The smoke is a gimmick, yes, but it's also something fun to do while you wait for your disk to burn. Kiel, Disco’s user interface is pretty much perfect for the simple task it does: Burning a disk. The smoke is a gimmick, yes, but it’s also something fun to do while you wait for your disk to burn.

]]> By: Kiel http://macapper.com/2007/04/01/disco-review/comment-page-1/#comment-2182 Kiel Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:56:43 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/04/01/disco-review/#comment-2182 I find this review hard to swallow. I feel i would be paying 30 for a smoke effect and a good, but not perfect, user interface. I certainly cant imagine it being 'highly recommended' This review has changed my opinion of this blog. I find this review hard to swallow. I feel i would be paying 30 for a smoke effect and a good, but not perfect, user interface.

I certainly cant imagine it being ‘highly recommended’

This review has changed my opinion of this blog.

]]> By: Trevor http://macapper.com/2007/04/01/disco-review/comment-page-1/#comment-2174 Trevor Sun, 01 Apr 2007 12:14:47 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/04/01/disco-review/#comment-2174 Disco's interface is a problem. It's pretty and all but it tries to be a Unified app and a HUD Palette at the same time. Either be one or the other. The smoke effect is a nice touch. Very fun to play with. Thing was I tried 2 discs and it turned both of them into coasters =/! Disco’s interface is a problem. It’s pretty and all but it tries to be a Unified app and a HUD Palette at the same time. Either be one or the other. The smoke effect is a nice touch. Very fun to play with. Thing was I tried 2 discs and it turned both of them into coasters =/!

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