Dreamweaver - As Good As They Say It Is? (Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 & CS3 Core Video Training)

Member Name: eddy_cj_benn

Product:	Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 & CS3 Core Video Training
Date:	16/06/09 (18 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy to use, intuitive, compatible.

Disadvantages: Varies across the different OS. Struggles unless your computer is top-notch

A brilliant piece of kit. I found it intuitive and helpful. It all made sense when I used it and unlike with certain software, I didn't have to think where everything was. Everything was in the right location. it has the significant might of Adobe to back it up so its compatibility is excellent. Its not all perfect though. My computer struggled with the load time and I found myself druming my thumbs on various occasions. Also, I found it cause my computer to crash 1 in 10 times I used it however I run 32 bit Vista, an unreliable Operating System. On my MacBook laptop, 3 years old now, I had none of these issues but found it slightly less intuitive. It seemed to me that they spent less time making the mac version make sense and more time making it professional. However, this portrays the current market trend towards Windows computers. I can't comment on Mac Leopard as I run Tiger. I would recommend XP as it is widespread enough to have enough development to be intuitive but none of the issues of Vista (apart from load time). A final footnote would be that many of the issues are because I have a relatively low power computer on all the OS tests I ran and the majority of the issues could have been solved by more processing power and RAM. Overall, well worth the £54.80. Although I spent much of this review moaning, I found it makes web design that little bit easier.

Summary: I would buy this if I wanted to use it.

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