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| From: Apple
Category: Software
List Price: $99.00
Buy New: $59.95
You Save: $39.05 (39%)
New (6) from $59.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  137 reviews
Sales Rank: 16
Format: Dvd-rom
Platform: Mac Os X
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: MB611Z/A
Model: MB824Z/A
UPC: 885909242122
EAN: 0885909242122
Release Date: July 12, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Wow! What a staggering waste of money! September 11, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The short:
Poorly developed, and overpriced. Use google's free utilities (email, docs storage, etc)....for free.
The long:
I'm really bothered that I paid for this. The interface is designed like a late 90's java GUI. It is slow. It frequently has to be reloaded. It does sync with your mac/iPhone....occasionally. It took 1 min and 35 sec to upload a 2 meg file just now. The mail does not allow you to track threads. This software is so bad that Apple has given us 3 free months as an apology. At least that is some consolation. However, its no balm when I consider that google's Gmail works very well, and is free.
I like my iPhone. I like my Mac. I will probably get an iPod nano as well. But, I absolutely despise Mobile Me. Its a piece of garbage, and the developers should be fired.
****UPDATE**** MOBILE ME STILL A PIECE OF JUNK
Like many others, I hoped that the bugs might be worked out, and many have. The result? An embarrassingly poor version of gmail, and one of the online Photo uploading sites. Its amazing. If this were free, I'd still use gmail. Mobile Me is still slow, the interface still lacking in every feature that makes gmail a great product. From a web browser, you can only manipulate files to the extent of adding and removing. No moving them around within directories, etc. And now Amazon has it at half price? Its still not worth it.
 Great Idea....doesn't work...and tech support extremely poor... September 9, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
DON'T BUY this until they figure it out. This is not like any other Apple product. All the rest work beautifully. But this one does not, and the company that they subcontracted out to for tech support, is inept. For Mobile Me, you cannot even chat with a real person...you have to use email.....days and days between responses. SAVE YOUR MONEY....WAIT UNTIL THEY FIX IT. I will take this review down when they get it working for me.
Steve
San Diego
Work with Mac and Apple products since 1986.....very experienced with Mac
 .mac to mobileMe account September 9, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
this was a renewal of my .mac account-saved me $20 -includes free shipping from Amazon
 Another year with iTools/.mac/MobileMe September 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this service when it was introduced by Steve Jobs some eight years ago as a free service. Dropped it like a dead frog when they started charging $99/year. Apple recently gave me a free year of .mac for mishandling my notebook repair. Since then I've been using the service mostly for the included backup utility. Now, the Mac OS (Leopard) has a built in backup routine, so that's not important.
I'm still trying to find a way to justify the cost. If you need online storage, it's okay. If you like the .mac or .me email address, it's your only choice. But there are lots of free online storage and email solutions these days.
One service I did use and appreciate was the iCard feature, which has now been removed. Adding to my disinterest in future renewals.
At least it's not as expensive through Amazon. For $74 USD shipped, it's less of a pill to swallow. But unless they add some value between now and next year, I'll pass on future renewals.
it's the perfomance that's nebulous September 7, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Well, I wish I had a chance to read these reviews on Amazon before I bought it. I have had a macbook pro since 2006. It worked so well, i decided to go for a iMac and mobile me. The downdraft of Vista and the problems with that system motivated me to try something different from the Microsoft monopoly.
Let me preface this by saying the staff were patient and courteous. Truly, their patience and courtesy set a bar. The same way one can be against a war and support the troops, one can be less than thrilled with a product and still support and appreciate the staff. Availability of staff with whom one can actually communicate also functions as a significant advantage to Windows. Try to find someone from Microsoft who will even talk to you and you know what I mean. Monopoly power gives them a lot of leverage. Buy their products and you become a "Microserf." You spend so much time into its maintenance they draft you into the company. That way you support their profits.
I cannot sync mobile me. I don't know why. I am a meat and potatoes user. I do little extravagant or experimental on this computer. Syncing is the heart of mobile me. If you can't sync files and settings, it falls far short of it's promise. After six hours of very patiently working with customer support, they tell me the only chance of getting the product to work is to totally reboot the iMac system. That means archiving all the data, reinstalling all the software, then hoping it actually works because you don't repeat a mistake already made. They did find out I am missing a file on my hard drive. Somehow mobile me keeps erasing it. To keep life interesting, the application iSync won't work either. The missing com.apple.iSync file does count.
Bear in mind that in my personal experience, I have already had to do two reboots which save the applications and data that require an hour each. This is just since I purchased the computer in July, 2008. Today was the third.
It's like having a high maintenance significant other.
If you want a unified platform that's easy to use and links your PDA, your desktop, and your laptop, if you want something that works well, and if you are crunched for time and don't have the energy for all this, I suggest you wait a few years until they get this past the testing stage and have an easier to use product. Once you commit, they will not refund your money. You are trapped. They did give 60 days "free" to all Mobile Me users because of all the bugs in August 2008, but at that price, you're underpaid. How much is your time worth? Do you want to change from a microserf to a bit(e) out of the apple?
By the way, the iMac, except for Mobile Me, can be a honey. And it does boot up quicker than Windows computing, but Apple's success at cloud computing is nebulous at best.
I have not tried it personally, but I have heard about SugarSync across Windows and Mac platforms. That may be the product to try, particulary if it's month by month and does not lock you into a two year contract.
I am not sure Amazon will allow this to post, but goodness only knows, there are a lot of negative reviews here. Take heed.
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