Piano Business Software

[Marvin McDonald]

Larry,
Marvin McDonald from Tacoma, WA.  I have MS Access which I purchased seperately
when I purchased my laptop.  I got so frustrated and aggrivated that I finally
broke down and purshased Filemake PRO 4.0.  I must admit that I am a MAC man and
have been since it was first introduced in 1983.  In essence I've been playing
with windows before Microsoft even knew what they were.  If you decided to go
with Access I have the program with all of its books and you can register it in
your name.  You can have it for $50.00.  Let me know if your interested.  I just
don't have the time to sit down and learn something like Access I needed
something that would allow me to produce my database in the way I work.
FileMaker PRO 4.0 does just that and its much easier to use.

---Marvin McDonald

LTpianoman@AOL.COM wrote:

> List,
> I was thinking about purchasing microsoft Access '97 with the new PC I may be
> purchasing. The PC comes with Office '97 Small Business Edition and the
> company I am considering (Dell) is offering Access for $99 extra.  I don't
> know if that's a good price or not, but I was told that this is a very
> powerful and felxible data base. However, i just found a 60 day trial of PTBiz
> piano business software that I downloaded and studied for a while tonight and
> it looks like an excellent program. Can Access do the same? (probably a dumb
> question).  I know nothing about Access '97 or how it compares to PTBiz except
> that PTBiz is $300 which is pretty much out of my range at this early stage in
> my business. I feel that the more organized I am even with less than 40
> customers the faster I can build my business. I am pretty near RPT level and
> at 46 I don't have too much time to build a business!!!!  Does anybody have
> any expierence with Access'97 or PTBiz that can shed some light on this
> subject for me? Any info would be much apreciated. Thanks.
> Larry Trischetta, Pocono NE Chapter
> Scranton, PA.