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After using the Kid Pix programs for years at school, my 7 year old son asked for it for Christmas. So far this one has held up to his expectations. He loves not only creating detailed pictures, but then blowing them up, as well. His 10 year old brother enjoys it just as much.
I bought this for less than $5 and it has been more fun than the expensive gifts we bought at other times. It is a fantastic program that has provided hours of fun. The install was easy & straightforward - no issues at all on either of the computers I put it on.
However, still on the macs to this day-- they still freeze. 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. I have called tech support, they just keep referring me to their support site, which I had already read through with no improvement. It has constantly frozen or buttons have not worked on both operating systems from day one. There was a patch that fixed the missing button functionality for both sides. 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.
I purchased this product without reading these reviews. I would never buy a product from Encore Software again.I have since bought the MacKiev version. 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. Their website is horrible as is their phone support. I highly recommend it to anyone with a Mac. It is even Snow Leopard compatible.
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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