Reality is many of our clients are computer novices and want a product that is feature rich, but more importantly easy to use. Point and click is the standard here. It makes no sense to invest in any software today that won t operate on a 32-bit platform, and we say that rule certainly applies to browsers. Never buy something that is out of date. Always look to the future when you re buying new software, or hardware for that matter.
Price is always an issue.
If you re a large firm, it may make sense to purchase a large quantity and resell copies to your clients. If you re an individual or a small group, you may want to refer your client directly to the software vendor and let them make their own deal. One word of caution here. All software programs we reviewed were covered by a licensing agreement, and all copies we looked at were single-user versions. Just like it s not nice for the lawyers to go out and copy our transcripts for distribution to other parties, it s not nice, not to mention legal, to copy software for distribution.