Others say...

"A Futile Attempt to Upgrade to the Latest Version"
This one had to be bad for me to take the time to write about it. I have been using ACT for years and wanted to upgrade to the latest version so I could synch with my PALM. Bad idea! Here's a few things I take exception to:
1. The program takes forever to load.
2. It is a CPU hog and slows down the entire computer CONSIDERABLY.
3. When I converted my old database a few minor pieces of information like contact names and activity history were missing.
4. It constantly goes out to the internet. I fail to see why a stand alone product should need to communicate with other systems in a continuous basis. As far as I am concerned that is a gross trust violation.
5. The online knowledge base is useless. I did a lookup to see why my information was missing when I converted the old database and, although this was listed as a known problem, when I clicked on the link for the solution all it did was display the instructions for converting the database.
6. When I tried to unistall the PALM links they would not go away. Now I have to hack the registry.

Conpanies like Sage really deserve to go out of business for selling such poor quality products with false and fraudulent claims of quality and features. Symantec did a great disservice to their customers by selling the product to such a poorly managed company. If I could give this product a free-form rating it would be -10. Zero would be too high a mark.

"Do not buy this product"
ACT! Version 6 is an absolutely terrible product. I've had to call tech support numerous times. Sometimes the program won't even open or can't find the appropriate database. I had to remove fonts because I had too many installed they weren't "allowing" it to open. I sincerely wonder if this program underwent any testing. I do not recommend it.

"For a contact manager that works, try Maximizer."
I have Act and two versions before. Slow, slower, slowest. Hard to use, fussy and, at the moment, I can't get some of my data bases to open.

So I tried Maximizer on the 30 day free trial. Yum! Not that it couldn't stand a few improvements, but... It is quick, it gives a leeetle bit more search flexibility and it comes with some data fields that are optional, but, for me, useful. With a 30 day free trial, your downside is pretty limited, and it beats the heck out of ACT! !!!

Incidentally, if fewer than 1 star were a choice...

"ACT! 6.0 a real failure..."
I've been using ACT! since it was 1stACT! for DOS. I guess you could say I'm addicted. ACT! 6.0 started going bad when I tried to use my DYMO Labelmaker with it. The two companies gave me some patches that were a total waste of time. Then, I returned ACT!6.0 for it's "Full Money Back Guarantee" and the company had the audacity to charge me for shipping and not refund the tax I paid. After some arguing they sent a check for the "full" amount. Really I had great hopes for the new, old company yet they were just horrible to deal with and ACT! 6.0 is a dog.

What I did was find an old versiong of ACT! 2.8 for MacMini (one of its best versions) and am now trying to transfer files from ACT! 5.0 into it. If anybody has suggestions [...]

Good luck yet I'd stick to ACT! 5.0 or prior if I were you.

"Awful, looking for a new contact manager"
I had been an ACT user and fan for many years. That ended when I upgraded to ACT 6. I have a 2.8GHz computer with 1GB RAM, and still, ACT can only run if I shut down nearly all the other software. What a joke. I can't look up a customer phone number without shutting down everything else I'm working on. Endless lockups, bugs and problems. Useless waste of money! Shopping for a contact manager that actually runs.