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How about it? We were told it would be ready Q1, now it is Q2.

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We're working hard on BB Mac 09, and expect to ship in Q2.


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Thank you. I will be patient until June.

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That sounds promising!

Will the same amount of real tracks be present for the Mac version as the Windows version Peter?


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Will there be any kind of special pricing? It has been a long time since BIAB 12

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I think it shoud sell for double the PC price. After all you paid way more for your computer right? And they promised it came with all the easy to use software you'd ever need.

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>>>> Will the same amount of real tracks be present for the Mac version as the Windows version Peter?

Yes, the same amount of RealTracks and RealDrums will be available for Mac and Windows.

BTW, erstoke, I edited the subject title of your thread, from "BB 2009 for Macintosh shipping" to "BB 2009 Macintosh - when will it be shipping" - to avoid confusion, as it isn't shipping now.


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Great news and thank you for your hard work.

Please include crossgrade pricing for those with the current PC version - thanks.

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Time for me to shop for a Mac. Any suggestions as to what model to get? I'll be using the Mac primarily to run Biab and Sibelius.

Thanks ahead of time for any suggestions

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I had given up checking each week for news like this.

Thanks for not giving up on the Mac version.

I'm a bit ashamed at how eager I am to spend money on this.

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I forgot to ask if there will be special pricing for owners of the current PC version?


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Great news PG Team !!

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Looking forward to it!

Any chance of an estimate of release date Peter?
Thanks for answering my earlier post btw.




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Greetings,

This is the first confirmation that the new Mac version is upon us. Im thrilled, and cant wait to get my hands on it!!! Im just hoping I can be a beta tester for this!!!

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Ed, you raise an interesting question. For the PC version, every year they can pretty much roll over the beta testers. We know each other rather well.

For the Mac, however, it's been awhile since the last version, and there are a whole lot of new as well as experienced users to consider serving as beta testers. Perhaps PG Music will put out a call for a new group of testers.


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Second quarter already passed you by there, Mate. Third quarter started on April 1st. Still no Mac version. I'm not holding my breath.

With all due respect, it's not nice to hold people hostage while you 'waffle and twaddle' your way through software development and customer service. Some of us don't buy BIAB because we like you, Peter. We buy it because we have no other choice for this type of software. Please don't continue to abuse that position lest you be knocked off your pedestal by people who despise you. Someone might get tired of PG Music's attitude and make a competing product with better service, support, and feature set, then what will you do?

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Second quarter already passed you by there, Mate. Third quarter started on April 1st. Still no Mac version. I'm not holding my breath.

With all due respect, it's not nice to hold people hostage while you 'waffle and twaddle' your way through software development and customer service. Some of us don't buy BIAB because we like you, Peter. We buy it because we have no other choice for this type of software. Please don't continue to abuse that position lest you be knocked off your pedestal by people who despise you. Someone might get tired of PG Music's attitude and make a competing product with better service, support, and feature set, then what will you do?




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