RE: JEWISH-MUSIC digest 2491

[Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky <yiddish...>]

If you can't order the academic version of Finale, which is the same as the 
regular full-version, order Finale for your student kid/wife/husband. 
 Much, much cheaper than the regular price.  You just have to provide them 
with the kid's/wife's/husband's student ID.  This applies to most if not 
all academic versions of software.  Encourage your kid to write music to 
relieve your guilty conscience.  (Our kids used to compose music, but we 
could never get them to put it into the computer themselves.)

If you can't get an academic version of Finale, then THE very best shopping 
comparison search engine for any and all computer products is 
www.pricwatch.com .  DealTime (http://www.dealtime.com/) is an Israeli free 
online comparison-shopping service, please make sure to support them when 
you have to search for good prices on products.  (That means check there 
first.)  Bizrate.com is terrific for searching the best price on anything 
and everything.  Google's new shopping engine www.froogle.com might be 
helpful too.


Reyzl


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From:  Fred Blumenthal [SMTP:xd2fabl (at) us(dot)ibm(dot)com]
Sent:  Thursday, January 16, 2003 10:44 AM
To:  World music from a Jewish slant
Subject:  Re: JEWISH-MUSIC digest 2491


Eliezer Kaplan asked about the ad for Finale at a lesser price - was it
full-feature, and wasn't there something for less money.  The source is:
AABACA (www.aabaca.com) (952) 933-7307.  I believe it's full-feature, but
"bli nader" - don't make me swear to it.  I notice they advertise Finale
for $199 and Sibelius for $229, but there's probably "shipping &
handling."  You could contact them regarding why you should buy from them,
or the manufacturers regarding why not.  And visit codamusic.com to see if
they still offer a "student" version of Finale, called Finale Notepad, for
free.  It does lack some of the bells & whistles, and might not be
compatible with other versions of Finale, but should play back a .mid
file.

Fred Blumenthal
xd2fabl (at) us(dot)ibm(dot)com

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