NOT so perfect. It downloads easily and looks relatively easy to figure out and use, and there is an instruction manual. However, in order to use Print Preview for pre-press or PDF export features you MUST download Ghostscript. These features are kind of critical for the intended purpose of a DTP. OK, no problem there, Ghostscript is easy to find following the links in Scribus or externally and it has its own Mac OS loader. But once it's loaded, Scribus can't find it on its own and wants YOU to give it a path. How to do that? NOT in the manual though there is a convenient placeholder for it and I couldn't find it in the user forums. Bottom line: too much Linux in this for use by most Mac users, including this relatively experienced one who's used X11 for years (but never needed Ghostscript). So for me, it's unusable as is.

This is a decent product that I've used for ten years now, donating to occasionally. When they went to a subscription basis, that was OK by me to keep the product coming and updating. However, I have now donated $10 twice this year alone...and when I get notification that a new version's available, I find that I "haven't donated enough money in the last year" and can't download it, which really frosts me because it is a violation of their own terms of $10/year--NOT $10 every single upgrade! There is no way to readily resolve this with them, either. I have been using Libre Office more and more lately, and will now switch to that entirely, though there are some things in Neo Office that I do like better at the moment, some less (like the inability in Neo Office to sort multiple columns in a spreadsheet on the one selected like you can in Libre--or Excel). Too bad, but it is beginning to look like the extremely hostile, nasty postings about the change in terms earlier when they went to a subscription model were closer to the mark than what Neo has posted.

I bought this app today and spent several hours learning it well enough to put a couple of task sets into it. It does have a learning curve as it is not what it looks like (a Gantt chart with tasks). It is instead a task list with Gantt-like display option. Once you wrap your mind around that and don't try to list every item in sequence but by priority or date (using it like a task list, in other words, not a Gantt chart) then it gets a lot easier. It appealed to me because of that timeline display feature and the ability to track multiple lists at once (each with its own timeline display if desired), which make it easier to track deadlines coming as well as shifting priorities. I have sometimes previously used a Gantt chart for tracking to do and other items, so recognize the shortcomings of a Gantt for that as well. Use the right tool for the task (this for lists of prioritized to do items, a Gantt chart tool for project requirements and status in a sequential display), and both will work well for you. I like the added clarity that this approach gives to task lists, and it does do what it says it will in a way I haven't seen any other do. It's a fine product at a reasonable price for what it does and no I have no connection with the developer except as customer. Understand what you're getting into and you won't be disappointed.

Ordinarily I'd pass on comments like many of these, but this is a product I've used successfully for years now from OSX 10.4 through 10.6.7, and no I have no affiliation with Codeweavers except as a customer. It's never failed or screwed up on me, though it has lacked a few features in various flavors of Visio and a couple of other apps. I've had no operational issues at all with any 16 or 32 bit Windows software I've thrown at it, and I've tried a couple of dozen business type apps on it. It has a couple of sterling features that caused me to prefer it to Boot Camp, Parallels, or VMWare--because apps THINK they're running in Windows, they do...but malware looks for devious places to hide that simply aren't there, to say nothing of not having to buy a Microsoft OS for a ridiculous amount of money and then try to keep it patched and secured--the reason I left Windows in the first place. You WILL have these issues with the other alternatives I named. It is also easier to configure than WINE, though WINE does work well on most apps if you've the time and inclination to not spend any money at all. Crossover is fast, effective, and easy as far as I've experienced. I would recommend using a different bottle for EACH Windows app in case one does crash it won't take down other apps in the same bottle. I rate it 4 stars or better on all counts (you can't change star ratings in a Macupdate review once you mouse over them, so mine are actually a little lower than I'd have given this product).

This is interesting: since when does ANY software require payment--and use the GPL LICENSE for it??? I think they might be running afoul of the FSF shortly. That said, I've used Neo Office for years and have contributed far more than the $10 fee over the years myself. My concern is that if those of us who have paid already are being required to pay again to upgrade, then they may have real problems with funding from anyone, as angry users depart and turn off new ones. Sad, it's been a terrific app that I've depended on.