Slightly Intrigued by the MacPack

1739 days ago in Articles, Pointless Posts by Brent | 1 Comment

The MacPack touts $288.86 worth of Mac software for $30 (starting today, after today, it goes up $5 every app they add). I am familiar with the MacHeist idea and quite frankly, I think it’s brilliant! My applause to the inventors of the idea (whoever thought of it first). However, I’m not sure though about The Mac Pack, I’ll give it a try and see what happens. My hesitancy could just be because I’m not much of a gambler and I didn’t get on the MacHeist train when it departed so this is my first Mac bundle attempt. I’ll give it a try and let you know how it goes. Nevertheless, here’s the quick and dirty (taken from MacPack.com):

TheMacPak contains 10 award winning games and applications. But we’re not showing you what they are just yet. The total value of the bundle is $288.86, and all the apps are full versions. No stupid loopholes here.

We’ve revealed 1 of the 10 apps and games so far to the left. We’ll reveal a new one every few days, but be warned, every time we reveal a new app, the price of the bundle goes up by $5.00. The price will go as high as $75. Buy soon, and save.

This sparks a few uneducated thoughts in my mind:

• Is it a gamble? Yes, actually, but 10 apps for $30 isn’t a bad deal in any language.
• My only hope is the software is at least somewhat useful.
• Am I signing up for a spam list? I have no idea!
• Why does the website look so ugly? No clue!

This just goes to show how much I don’t know about this stuff. Maybe a MackPack-ite will stop by here @ iBAM and shed some light on the subject. We’ll see… For now, votes and comments are all I ask.