ACT! By Sage 2008 10.0

List Price: $229.95 Discount Price: $84.65

Features:

• Improves productivity by helping you and your team organize contact information, manage daily responsibilities, and communicate more effectively
• New interactive Dashboard with comprehensive, graphical representations of key information
• Usability enhancements to common features for improved efficiency
• Improvements to sales opportunity tracking for greater visibility
• Improvements to Group and Company management for easier tracking

Customer Reviews:

PLEASE recommend an alternative to ACT! [Posted on 2008-05-28]
If anyone has a suggestion for an alternative to ACT!, PLEASE tell me. I just upgraded to Version 10 and I am so sorry I did. Rescheduling activities dropped from 35 seconds/activity to 7-10 seconds after working with Tech Support. This is unacceptable. The first person got the time down to the 7-10 seconds, but subsequent support staff could do no better. And not being able to drag & drop multiple activities only adds to my frustration. ACT! had bugs in the past, but I was able to deal with them and they were eventually worked out. From the reaction of each Tech Support person, it seems as if these problems are here to stay ~ at least for awhile. Unfortunately, I can't afford to wait.

If you haven't upgraded, DON'T. If you are looking to buy ACT!, DON'T.

Jeff

ACTRE 10. Prem [Posted on 2008-05-31]
I upgraded from ACT 6. Yes there were problems to overcome and some are ongoing. But not all can be blamed on Sage or ACT. Don't forget MS does not like to play well with others, not to mention my Sony Viao is not recommended by me either as it is the worse computer in our office and I think the worst one I have ever used. I do recommend purchasing the 1 yr warranty highly. The upgrades from ACT 6 are worth it all, and I liked 6 a lot.

Not as bad as I feared - in fact, pretty good [Posted on 2008-06-26]
I have been a long time act user, going from dos 2.0 to act 6.0 (and now to act 10). I got a new computer, and needed to upgrade as it came with office 2007. I had read the terrible reviews and was terrified of upgrading. I did the upgrade by following all instructions and knowledge base articles to the letter. I was waiting for the computer to explode or the devil to show up in my office, but everythign went exactly as it should.

The program has worked exactly as it should. There are a few things I dont like, but that is probably more due to me being used to doing things one way for the last 5 years.

For the record, this is a one person install of a private database with no network requirements (ie pulling a shared database off of a server.) In addition, the new computer is very high end (4 gigs ram, 2.5 dual core, etc.)

Hope this helps.

Yes, I agree...Act is back! [Posted on 2008-06-27]
I owned the older 6.0 version and loved it. I purchased the 8.0 version and HATED it because of the many flaws. I purchased the 10.0 act a month ago and I really am impressed. I was so worried about the transition but it really wasn't a problem at all. It runs smoothly and does a lot more than my old 6.0 version. I am really happy with the product. Make sure your PC has at least 2Gs of RAM and at least 3Gs of processing speed. It'll run great. Hopefully you won't have to talk to Tech support in India. It was a real waste of my time. I found the answer to my problem on my own.

To Upgrade, or Not To Upgrade (NOT!) [Posted on 2008-07-08]
I am currently using ACT 2005, V7. Using is a generous word given all the diffculties documented in this space, which I have experienced. Main source of problems were database migration years ago (finally fixed it) but it is a HUGE memory hog that freezes my computer which has plenty of RAM. Wonder of wonders, I was informed I could participate in a class action suit against Sage becasue of this bootleg software they were selling. I just got my check, $45. Not a lot, but I thought surely Sage has fixed these problems 3 years and 3 versions later, I should spend the $45 to upgrade. Read on, and obviously they have not. If Sage wants to send me a free copy I'll invest the time to try it and report back fairly. I'll even pay for the upgrade if it works as they advertise. But as of right now I am going to buy a case of beer with my $45 and call it a day.

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