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So far this one has held up to his expectations. His 10 year old brother enjoys it just as much. After using the Kid Pix programs for years at school, my 7 year old son asked for it for Christmas. He loves not only creating detailed pictures, but then blowing them up, as well.
It is a fantastic program that has provided hours of fun. I bought this for less than $5 and it has been more fun than the expensive gifts we bought at other times. The install was easy & straightforward - no issues at all on either of the computers I put it on.
There will be up to 35 kids at a time, from kindergarten-3rd using this so you can imagine how frustrating it is to have the kids work creating something- only to have it freeze on the eraser causing me to force quit the application and lose their work. I definitely would not recommend this edition. However, still on the macs to this day-- they still freeze. There was a patch that fixed the missing button functionality for both sides. Since we have gotten KPD4, we have had nothing but problems. I work as a tech in a school district with a Windows/Mac environment. It has constantly frozen or buttons have not worked on both operating systems from day one. I have called tech support, they just keep referring me to their support site, which I had already read through with no improvement.
I would never buy a product from Encore Software again.I have since bought the MacKiev version. Their website is horrible as is their phone support. It is even Snow Leopard compatible. I purchased this product without reading these reviews. I called the manufacturer and they insist that is doesn't work properly on an Intel Mac or any version of Mac OS above 10.5.5. I highly recommend it to anyone with a Mac.
I have an Intel Mac running 10.5, and this software works fine. I think the reviews stating it doesn't work on a Mac were referringto the version 4, not this one, Version 4.1.
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