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Customer Reviews of ACT! 6.0 for 2004 [Old Version]

A Futile Attempt to Upgrade to the Latest Version
This one had to be bad for me to take the time to write about it. I have been using ACT for years and wanted to upgrade to the latest version so I could synch with my PALM. Bad idea! Here's a few things I take exception to: <
>1. The program takes forever to load. <
>2. It is a CPU hog and slows down the entire computer CONSIDERABLY. <
>3. When I converted my old database a few minor pieces of information like contact names and activity history were missing. <
>4. It constantly goes out to the internet. I fail to see why a stand alone product should need to communicate with other systems in a continuous basis. As far as I am concerned that is a gross trust violation. <
>5. The online knowledge base is useless. I did a lookup to see why my information was missing when I converted the old database and, although this was listed as a known problem, when I clicked on the link for the solution all it did was display the instructions for converting the database. <
>6. When I tried to unistall the PALM links they would not go away. Now I have to hack the registry. <
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>Conpanies like Sage really deserve to go out of business for selling such poor quality products with false and fraudulent claims of quality and features. Symantec did a great disservice to their customers by selling the product to such a poorly managed company. If I could give this product a free-form rating it would be -10. Zero would be too high a mark.

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Do not buy this product
ACT! Version 6 is an absolutely terrible product. I've had to call tech support numerous times. Sometimes the program won't even open or can't find the appropriate database. I had to remove fonts because I had too many installed they weren't "allowing" it to open. I sincerely wonder if this program underwent any testing. I do not recommend it.

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For a contact manager that works, try Maximizer.
I have Act and two versions before. Slow, slower, slowest. Hard to use, fussy and, at the moment, I can't get some of my data bases to open. <
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>So I tried Maximizer on the 30 day free trial. Yum! Not that it couldn't stand a few improvements, but... It is quick, it gives a leeetle bit more search flexibility and it comes with some data fields that are optional, but, for me, useful. With a 30 day free trial, your downside is pretty limited, and it beats the heck out of ACT! !!! <
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>Incidentally, if fewer than 1 star were a choice...