Act 6.0

Customer Reviews:

Disappointing [Posted on 2003-05-21]
I switched from a Mac as my main platform a couple of years ago, and had to abandon InTouch and NowContact. For a while I used an Excel spreadsheet and AOL's address book, but decided to buy ACT as it seemed to be the Windows leader. I use a laptop and desktop, and have been disappointed by the cumbersome interface, data synchronization, need for two copies of Act for two computers (when I obviously never use both at the same time - note Intuit's response to this issue), and lack of integration with AOl mail. My guess is that I will never fully implement ACT.

Regret Ever Upgrading to ACT! 6.0 [Posted on 2003-07-16]
As a long time user of ACT!, we were enticed to do the 6.0 upgrade to finally get a useable integrated e-mail capability. Interestingly enough, the e-mail piece is the only real upgrade worth noting in 6.0... what a shame that it stinks! At least the old 5.0 e-mail module worked, although primative. 6.0 e-mail is buggy, crashes the computers, is a resource hog, slow, in fact, there is nothing good to say about it, even the html capability doesn't work. In my view I'd go back to 5.0 in a heartbeat. Don't waste your time or money.

Regret Ever Upgrading to ACT! 6.0 [Posted on 2003-07-16]
As a long time user of ACT!, we were enticed to do the 6.0 upgrade to finally get a useable integrated e-mail capability. Interestingly enough, the e-mail piece is the only real upgrade worth noting in 6.0... what a shame that it stinks! At least the old 5.0 e-mail module worked, although primative. 6.0 e-mail is buggy, crashes the computers, is a resource hog, slow, in fact, there is nothing good to say about it, even the html capability doesn't work. In my view I'd go back to 5.0 in a heartbeat. Don't waste your time or money.

buggy resource hog [Posted on 2004-02-26]
A longtime ACT fan, I upgraded to 6.0 for the email integration and library tab. They don't work unless I turn off scripting protection in Norton AntiVirus - tedious at best and I'm unwilling to leave it turned off. The ACT for Palm feature, the other item that sold me, is very limited - for example shows me only the primary contact for a given company.

The real problem is the bugs. It causes unrelenting problems on my XP system. I have 1 GB of RAM and a 2.8 processor! Yet somehow it manages to cause memory shortages and locks up regularly. I've almost stopped using it because it's as much an annoyance as help. I've never had a software program that I evaluate before launching: do I have time for a lock up? NONE of my other software programs cause these kinds of problems, and I run some heavy-duty graphics programs.

I'm at the point of looking for another contact manager, which is too bad because I was a solid ACT user for so many years.

Great! BUT BE FORWARNED [Posted on 2007-04-05]
I am a big ACT user and advocate. I have been using Act for over ten years and I have not found any other software that will automatically (sometimes) file my emails and letters with a history file for every contact. However, beware: Act 6.0 seems to be the last version of this software that seems to actually work. Newer versions all are very clunky and slow down everything on your computer. (Go linline and look at other user comments, never a good review!) 6.0 depsite working for me, is still very clunky in it's interface with Outlook. I have 6.0 installed on several computers in my home and office. On some, I can email from inside Act though Outlook, therefore automatically setting a history. While on other computers, I cannot. Forget about getting help from Sage. All they are geared up to do is sell you a support srvc. and then they can't even support this product. So, as a contact managment software, I recomend using Act 6.0 but know some of the probelsm and limitations it presents. Despite them all I continue to use it but I am always on the lookout for a replacement software that works the same. As far as any of the newer versions, stay as far away from them and Sage as possible.

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