Who bought Disco today?

[trisho.]

http://www.discoapp.com/

With all the hubbub swirling around it, I was wondering who took the plunge? It's only $14.95. I think I'll buy it for my home computer to test it before I drop it on the new work computer. I requested Toast for the work computer because that's tried and true with most of the bugs worked out. Does anyone know how long that price will last?

EDIT: Over at MacZot!, they have the $14.95 price going for the next 15.5 hours. I know the Disco & MacZot! people are connected, so maybe it's the same time allotment buying directly through Disco's site as well. Not sure though. I would like to have more time to try it out.

[Kramerica]

I found Toast earlier this year for $20 (Sam Goody going-out-of-business sale) and then got a $20 rebate on it! So I doubt I'll be buying. I don't see how it will be "eating Toast for breakfast" but I do want to try out the smoke/eye candy!

[mattkime]

What is the hype?

Is it going to burn a CD and then clean my apartment??

[Monster]

how many burning utilities do we really need?

[Seacrest]

I don't get it either, frankly.
I also don't burn many discs these days, so the Finder usually works for me.

[incognegro]

The Who wrote

As I walked out that hospital door
I was sewn up like a coat
I got a smile from the bite of the wind
I watched the fresh fall of snow

I knew by then that my life took a turn
I felt strong and secure
With adhesive tape over my nose
I felt almost demure

Goodbye sister disco
With your flashing trash lamps
Goodbye sister disco
To your thugs and your tramps

Goodbye sister disco
Now I go where the music fits my soul
Where the music fits my soul
And I will never let go
Till the echo of the street fight has dissolved

I will chase nightmares and cold stormy seas
I will take over your grief and disease
I'll stay beside you and comfort your soul
When you are lonely and broken and old

Now I walk with a man in my face
A woman in my hair
I've got you all looking out though my eyes
My dancing feet are a prayer

Goodbye sister disco
With your flashing trash lamps
Goodbye sister disco
To your thugs and your tramps
Goodbye sister disco
My dancing's left you behind
Goodbye, now you're solo
Black plastic deaf dumb and blind

Goodbye
Goodbye sister disco

Ha ha ha

Goodbye sister disco
Goodbye sister disco I got to go
Goodbye sister disco
Goodbye sister disco with your flashing ,your flashing
Trash lamps
Get out of here

[RAMd®d]

I bought it for $5, out of curiosity. Having Toast 5, 6, and 7, I would not have bought it for over $7, and don't see why this was such a big deal, and

But it does have a few nice features. One is Discography, and the other is multi-session burn for DVDs.

It claims to be far more intuitive than toast, and more informative (such as the six items that make up the progress bar). I don't do enough burning to know if that's the case, and haven't done anything with the download yet.

Probably the retail price of $25 will be the "eat toast for breakfast" hook. If one is patient, Toast can be had for almost as little, (even free?).

I probably wouldn't have it now, but I bought it as a Mystery Zot.

Most people, particularly here and at dealmac, are quick to abuse the word "hype", however, I think the buzz was almost all hype. If this shareware app just showed up on versiontracker, it probably would have never got a mention here and anywhere else.

[rz]

I have Toast 7, and it does all I need it to do, so it's unlikely I'll buy disco. Not sure how much more "intuitive" it is than Toast... I've been using Toast since version 3 and haven't found it difficult to use at all. Maybe it's geared towards newbies who don't really understand the concept of burning.

Toast is pretty powerful, and I usually prefer power over ease of use. Kinda like why I prefer MT-Newswatcher for Usenet over Panic's Unison. Sure, Unison is "easier" to use, but it lacks features that I find necessary.

[karsen]

I bought it. The Discography feature and Multi-Disc Spanning features are worth it to me. A nice interface doesn't hurt either.

[Harbourmaster]

Same as Rammie I bought it as the Mystery Zot.

The discography feature is nice, if your an organized sort of person.
I am hoping that future upgrades will follow the same low price mantra that they seem to be using now, one of my biggest complaints about Toast is the high price for updates.