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Don't think much of NTI - Version: 4.5.0.7, 2/15/2009 12:50AM PST
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AJJX
All the PCs that we lease come with a license for NTI burning software, and we provide it because it's essentially "free" (incorporated into the cost of the machine), and it does things that the rather poor Windows XP burning software doesn't do.
However, it's complicated, difficult to understand, comes with multiple programs that all seem to be burning tools and yet are all different, and regularly doesn't do what you'd expect (eg: try and handle an ISO file).
And yet, this apparently is not unusual for PC burning software. But it should not be allowed to pollute a company's Mac solution. Toast regularly gets criticized, not without valid reason, but it still remains the yardstick for Mac burning apps. It bothers me when an app requires a "launcher" app - this app does, just as NTI's PC software does. And yet, from the screenshots on their site, the actual burning UI(s) is no more advanced or developed than Hernansoft's BurnX Free, which tells me that instead of adding depth to the program, they're adding layers; again, following the PC way of things.
It apparently does support some decent features, such as Blu-Ray writing, and Blu-Ray reading on Tiger, and yet I have to say that the feature list is not all that impressive, as there are other products that do the same thing.
I would have to say, by all means give it a go. But:
a) look out for the "creative" licensing scheme that they use and
b) don't expect too much - this is after all first and foremost a PC software company
However, it's complicated, difficult to understand, comes with multiple programs that all seem to be burning tools and yet are all different, and regularly doesn't do what you'd expect (eg: try and handle an ISO file).
And yet, this apparently is not unusual for PC burning software. But it should not be allowed to pollute a company's Mac solution. Toast regularly gets criticized, not without valid reason, but it still remains the yardstick for Mac burning apps. It bothers me when an app requires a "launcher" app - this app does, just as NTI's PC software does. And yet, from the screenshots on their site, the actual burning UI(s) is no more advanced or developed than Hernansoft's BurnX Free, which tells me that instead of adding depth to the program, they're adding layers; again, following the PC way of things.
It apparently does support some decent features, such as Blu-Ray writing, and Blu-Ray reading on Tiger, and yet I have to say that the feature list is not all that impressive, as there are other products that do the same thing.
I would have to say, by all means give it a go. But:
a) look out for the "creative" licensing scheme that they use and
b) don't expect too much - this is after all first and foremost a PC software company
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- Don't think much of NTI
Not ready for prime time. 
- Version: 4.5.0.5, 12/28/2008 04:55AM PST
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JDBishop5
Trying to use this on an Intel, dual processor, OS 10.5. Rapid growth of coasters follow. Damned thing will run up to 99% and stall on three burners. Next time it will work great. Sometimes it will work flawlessly for several times in succession, and then fall over dead.
FIX IT and you will make a fortune!
FIX IT and you will make a fortune!
I don't recall ever having to pay for a newer version. NTI are a bit infrequent with new versions but that has not been a problem. The Universal version was very late, but the PowerPC version worked astonishingly well on an Intel Mac (I'm impressed by Rosetta too :-) I'm surprised to see ratings below 4 for this program. I've been using computers on a daily basis since 1965.