Minutus

Ditto. I had the same experience, Sheri.
Peace,
Dale

The only positive I found in Radar and in its newest RadarOpus is the library (formerly EH) with many books in different languages that are not available otherwise, reproduced as they were written.

I use MacRepertory and Reference Works....not cheap though.....

Dr. J. Rozencwajg, NMD.

"The greatest enemy of any science is a closed mind"

www.naturamedica.co.nz
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Had similar experiences in the past when they told me they no longer offered support to my version and I needed to update.
I understand their business model which follows other computer programs such a microsoft no longer supporting windows XP.
However, Radar is a very expensive program and the investment made should last more than 2-3 yrs.

What is the practice of the other homeopathic programs?

t

I have been with MacRep since around 1998, I think, upgraded and updated since then, changed the dongles, got a second one, all at a cost, of course, but not that extreme....sometimes I had to yell for support in a very angry manner but eventually got it.

Dr. J. Rozencwajg, NMD.

"The greatest enemy of any science is a closed mind"

www.naturamedica.co.nz

I wonder if something as simple as increasing the size of the RAM disc (am I remembering the right term?), or changing amount of it allocated to the program… hm, where is this memory from, and is it outdated… Anyway, whether something like that could have re-speeded your computer? Anyone know?

Shannon

Gisela,
I'm only on "Digest" mode, so have only now seen your request.
I, too, will highly recommend Complete Dynamics. It was recommended to me by a homeopath colleague in Germany. You can try it for free for a month. Upgrades are free. There are different editions you can get ( "browser", practitioner, master), different payment options (monthly, bi-annually, and more), and more. It's available in several different languages as well. From what I've seen, it is very competitively priced and is a great deal for what you pay for.
Here's their website so you can look into it further, if you'd like:
Complete Dynamics - Professional Homeopathy
In health!
Cathy Lemmon, C.HP.
List Owner, Homeopathy-and-SN
(http://groups.yahoo.com)
Complete Dynamics - Professional Homeopathy
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Me too though after a lot of negotiaton I got a special deal on the upgrade with a new dongle.

As to Radar usefulness, I use it almost daily and greatly rely on it.
I bought the education package but never found time to do the course.
So I use what I could figure out to use. I never open most of the system, just the repertory.
It IS a really good repertory, no question about that.

I live in fear that the current dongle will die of course.
I have not updated Radar for a long time because of the dongle support issues, it is too much tro invest and be beholden to a dongle staying alive... and becasue of the fact that they even have a dongle in the first place.

That kind of paranoia went out in the 1980s in any other industry.
They shoot themselves in the foot with dongles. If they lost the dongle and made the software self-evident the way apple designs theirs, they could drop the price and sell far more.
I see it as a "lack of business acuity" issue, as the repertory itself is great.
It is always better to sell ten times as many copies at a tenth the price minus dongle - than to lose sales to the bad taste of a dongle dingbat - with the very real threat of a huge lost investment just by haviing the dog chew the dongle or spilling coffe or the dongle wiring quit, etc. There is no backup for the dongle, and that principle is foul.

Namaste,
Irene
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Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."

With Isis that I use most of the updates are free. You can go and check on Miccant.com update page. There is still a dongle but hopefully it will be in the cloud soon!!
Rochelle

From: minutus@yahoogroups.com [mailto:minutus@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: 17 August 2014 00:55
To: minutus@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Minutus] Hom Software
Had similar experiences in the past when they told me they no longer offered support to my version and I needed to update.

I understand their business model which follows other computer programs such a microsoft no longer supporting windows XP.

However, Radar is a very expensive program and the investment made should last more than 2-3 yrs.
What is the practice of the other homeopathic programs?
t
Ditto. I had the same experience, Sheri.
Peace,

Dale

One of the advantages of MacRep is that you can opt out of using the dongle.
Having used both Radar and MacRep, I'd say Radar's search function is easier to use, thus superior. But it's easier to tweak repertorization results with MacRep, which is particularly handy when you're looking for a small remedy.
Peace,
Dale

I'm also interested in comparison of the materia medica files of the different programs. I know that MacRep, with its complement ReferenceWorks, is immense, and also devilishly pricey. Soooo, I am still using my 2008 version, on my long-defunct old computer, which thankfully still has enough life left to keep handling that -- for the moment.

Shannon