Is Mac still "too small a market" for PCSB?

[Shubert]

From another discussion:

Hi David -

Thanks for the suggestion.  Unfortunately, the Mac is too small a market for us.  It just isn't commercially viable yet, but we'll keep a close eye on it.

Per our policy of no advertising on the forums, I dropped two sentences from your post.

Ted

Wow...that's kind of a narrow-minded view of looking at the market. I realize this topic hasn't been touched since November of '08, but still... Interestingly, the iMac outsold the PC in the last quarter of 2009, so I wonder if anyone at Biblesoft has re-thought their opinion about the Mac market being "too small".

This might get deleted, since it involves a competitive product, but I noticed in reading a special notice for Mac users on another bible software developer's site:

Windows users are still the majority of our customers, but we're seeing an incredible move to the Mac. That's why we've developed a common code base and a unified product. And our powerful synchronization system accommodates those poor souls forced to use Windows at work when they have a Mac at home as well as making it easy for switchers to jump. You'll be able to make Bible study, not your platform, a priority, and switch easily from Windows to Mac to iPhone (to web!) without losing a thing.

Hey, Biblesoft...are you paying attention? I really don't want to give up my PC Study Bible, especially since I'm not tired of it; I am tired, however, of Windows crashes, bog-downs, performance issues, and perpetual promises that "This version of Windows will be the best one yet!" So I'm jumping ship, after being a PC user for 17+ years. I will have to learn Mac OS (a minor learning curve that actually excites me, rather than scaring me away), and learn the software that runs on a Mac, but I'm convinced it will be worth the switch.

Sorry I have to say goodbye to PC Study Bible, since I've been using it since version 2, but if Biblesoft really is that narrow-minded—that Mac is "too small a market"—then maybe they have more in common with Microsoft besides just having "soft" at the tail end of their product name.

If you guys ever decide to take off the blinders and see how fast the Mac market is growing, maybe you'll develop a product for us to use. Until then, I guess I'll find something else.

[TerryF]

Hi Shulbert,

Sorry for the delayed response. Let me assure you, and all who may read this post, that we understand fully the need for a Mac product. Our current focus is the release of version 6 because we did not want to release a Mac product and then immediately release an upgrade for it (that would not be fair to customers). So, following the release of version 6, on all of our minds is the production of a Mac product. I will not put a time frame on it right now, because that too would be unfair to customers.

And yes, we too are seeing an incredible move to Mac and will respond to the market but without leaving our faithful customers behind.

I have not deleted your post in order to be respectful to you. I would hope that all would return the favor by not including competitors marketing lab creations for the "poor souls" of the world on our forum.

[Shubert]

Terry,

Thanks for taking time to respond, and thank you also for the way in which you replied. I certainly didn't mean to demean Biblesoft or any of its products with my previous comments, and I apologize if I came across that way.

I am excited that Biblesoft is at least looking at a Mac product for the future. I've had my iMac (my first Mac ever) for almost two months (still a rookie) and I can tell you that I have quickly learned why so many people are making the switch. With that said, however, I've kept my "ancient" (almost three years old) Windows laptop because it still runs PCSB 5 and all of the additional modules that I've purchased. I've tried and tried to find something comparable for the Mac, and there's just nothing out there.

Kudos to Biblesoft for making THE best Bible Study software on the market, and here's hoping things go smoothly for the release of PCSB 6 and the (hopefully) ensuing Mac version of PCSB. Until then, rest assured I have not trashed my version PCSB, and will continue using it on my aged old PC until I can get the Mac version of PC Study Bible.

Blessings,

SHS

[TerryF]

As a temporary solution you may be interested in some Virtual Windows software for your Mac in order to run PC Study Bible. A lot of users have claimed to have success with that. For some suggestions we've seen come in, see the following article in our Knowledge Base:
http://biblesoft.com/new/support/activekb/questions.php?questionid=156