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| ACT! 2006 | 
 enlarge | From: Sage Software
Category: Software
List Price: $229.99
Buy New: $179.95
You Save: $50.04 (22%)
New (1) Used (1) from $149.98
Avg. Customer Rating:  75 reviews
Sales Rank: 1509
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 2003 Server, Windows Xp, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 7.8 x 2.8
MPN: acts2006rt
Model: ACTS2006RT
UPC: 040689004708
EAN: 0040689004708
ASIN: B000AP0H6C
Release Date: September 12, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New in retail box! Manufractured Sealed! Priority Mail Shipping!
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| Customer Reviews:
 DON'T DO IT!! October 27, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I've got experience with every version of ACT! since 2. All were good except 4, which had problems, but nowhere near as many problems as 2006 and 2007. Just read the user's reviews on Amazon if you want verification. This product's a complete FAILURE. I run a Windows network using a different CRM tool and would NEVER consider using ACT! under any circumstance. The problems I had during its installation and use are myriad, and there's no excuse for BOZOWARE like this. BUY A DIFFERENT CONTACT MANAGER, because this publisher is absolutely dishonest!
The 2006 and 2007 versions should be SCRAPPED, the publisher should give all it's customers refunds AND start over. Sell the name to a company that'll do right by ACT!'s formerly good reputation, because they've released TWO POOR VERSIONS IN A ROW!!
Slow and buggy October 11, 2006
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
On the recommendation of a friend who uses an earlier version, I bought ACT! 2006. The product is very slow. Not only is ACT! itself slow, it appears to run a SQL runtime at system start, which on my system (a reasonably fast midrange system with a lot of memory) slowed down system startup, even when I wasn't using ACT!. ACT! was too unreliable to actually use for anything that mattered.
Even running the ACT! uninstaller failed. On my system, the SQL runtime now reports an error every time my system starts, because part of ACT! is gone, but the SQL runtime still starts. This means that trying ACT!, planning to uninstall the product if it does not work well, may not be a good idea. You may spend more time uninstalling the software than you did using it.
In general, the software looks like a good idea, executed very poorly. If your life revolves around tracking contacts, the product might be worth considering, if you can deal with the unreliable behavior. My friend who uses an earlier version reports a completely different experience, so this might be another example of a software product that used to be good, but is now useless.
ACT! 6 Saps your Memory, Clogs your CPU and Crashes your Palm Tungsten W ! September 17, 2006
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
The first thing I noticed after upgrading to ACT! 2006 was that my whole system runs slower now, sometimes painfully slow.
I checked my Task Manager (on Windows XP Home Edition) and found that it now automatically preloads and runs both ACT! 6 and SQL Server in the background at boot up, even if you don't intend to use ACT! this session at all.
SQL Server can suck up from 7 MB to 40 MB of RAM, even when you haven't opened the ACT! application, while ACT! 6 can suck up a similar amount even if you haven't opened it.
Because of this, I'd suggest you not purchase ACT! 6.0 unless you have 1024 MB of system RAM, not 512 MB as they suggest.
The other thing that upgrading to ACT! 6.0 did was to update the corresponding version of ACT! on my Palm Tungsten W. Opening the ACT! application on my Palm Tungsten W now crashes this unit, destroying the only purpose I had for buying a Palm Tungsten W in the first place, which was to carry my entire ACT! 6.0 address book around with me when I'm out of the office.
If you also run ACT! on your handheld Palm unit, you definitely don't want this upgrade!
 Still a powerful and fantastic program! September 16, 2006
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
Don't be discouraged by all the nay-sayers -- Act! 2006 works well if you have the system resources to handle it. I run Windows XP Home version with 1.0 GB of RAM and have very little issue with the speed. 2,400 contacts in my database and 5 years of data in my calendars. Great features and incredible customization options. It has never crashed on me. I also synch to my Palm Treo 700p with the new Act! for Palm OS -- works just fine. Looking forward to Act! 2007.
ZERO - speed/stability September 8, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I've used Act! for 8 years and have faithfully upgraded with every release that shipped. When they switched to the bloated MS SQL Server installation, I had to abandon the product upgrades. I was hopeful with each subsequent version that they'd cleaned up their Act! Not the case. I still use my old, unsupported version and will apparently have to switch to another vendor. :-(
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