XPLATFORMUSER  I've used many different pm tools (including fastrack) on both win and mac machines. But, I must say, that fastrack 9 is the BEST pm application on the either the mac or win enviornment. it's simple to use, less expensive than most pm tools and has the features that i and my peers use. the collaboration feature has converted windows users in my office, from ms project to fastrack! not to mention, that we're able to open our current ms project files in fastrack 9 without any problems (and send it back to project users).

the only downside, is that they haven't added effort driven scheduling to their capabilities...which ms project does have.

regardless, if you need a pm tool, go with fastrack!   
(Version 9.0.1)

ROY  It has some useful features such as auto-distribution of allocated work hours, but overall it has a steep learning curve. It is designed with the Microsoft-like approach to the matter of software: The more features, the better. It is a fine program if you like such software package.

That being said, I seriously question whether the trade-off of steep learning curve and crowded user interface is worth putting up with while the real objective of project management is to REDUCE the amount of work an user has to do. I've purchased the version 7 in the past, and I ended up not using it because I preferred a more simplistic approach to the matter of project management. At least in my case, it required just too much time and effort maintaining schedules in FastTrack when all I wanted was to simplify my projects and get things done with lesser amount of work. Simply put, it was double-work. After evaluating the version 8.0.7, I am not sure if I am convinced otherwise.  
(Version 8.0.7)

RUDE.BOY  i've never used microsoft project, but this is a good product. it has all the features i need for product management, and i've had no trouble exchanging my files with project users.  
(Version 8.0.6)