Software Review: MacDrive 6, Pg. 2

Performance
MacDrive 6 simply works like a dream. Extremely smooth and simple, I had the ability to go from one machine to the other seamlessly. Having hot-swappable hard-drives that could be easily be toted from one location to the other without having to worry about compatibility issues was simply awesome. Even more awesome is the fact that the software allows those Mac formatted .AVI's that are larger than 2 Gigs to be read, rather than having Windows try to tell you that they're corrupt!

Value
MacDrive 6 is a very reasonable value at $49.99, as it offers a unique service that is very needed by most anybody in media. I would like to see a little lower pricing on it, as $49.99 will seem a little steep for something that many would interpret as basically a platform interpretation software. Obviously, a lot of time has been put in to make the program seem so simple and behave so painlessly.  Still, I think a $29.99 to $39.99 price tag would make buying this software a little more of a no-brainer for many folks who hadn't even considered moving large-capacity hard drives between Mac and PC.

Final Comments
A simple-to understand program, MacDrive 6 works like the best programs do: by doing its job so efficiently that you completely forget it's there. If you have any need to go between Mac and Windows, either for your own workstations or for media you receive from your clients, you quite simply need MacDrive 6.

	Ease of Use             10.0          Depth of Options             10.0          Performance             10.0                                  Value                        8.0          Overall Score              9.5

The director of two feature length films and half a dozen short films, Jeremy Hanke founded Microfilmmaker Magazine to help all no-budget filmmakers make better films. His first book on low-budget special effects techniques, GreenScreen Made Easy, (which he co-wrote with Michele Yamazaki) was released by MWP to very favorable reviews. He's curently working on the sci-fi film franchise, World of Depleted through Depleted: Day 419 and the feature film, Depleted.

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