Comments on: Disco Review

By: London Calling

London Calling — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:34:18 +0000

Crap app, crap support. I bought it specifically to create an ISO from an audio CD I needed to send for mastering, and it didn't work as advertised. The ISO files were empty...

I queried support on it and they still haven't replied a week later. Fully expecting a refund from these f**kers.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:15:32 +0000

I tried to buy the Disco product in January 2010 having run the trial version. Although the website accepted my order, no product codes were sent, no replies to my emails and Paypal duly refunded my money. I assume the company behind Disco are no more, although the website is still live.

By: 01

01 — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:05:27 +0000

Julian, the button in discography that you weren’t sure about indexs the current disc. Just thought you might want to know :-)

By: Andrew Garrett’s Scroll of Emptiness » links for 2007-02-22

Andrew Garrett’s Scroll of Emptiness » links for 2007-02-22 — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:24:00 +0000

[...] Disco Review at The Apple Blog (tags: @action OSX software) [...]

By: Julian Bennett Holmes

Julian Bennett Holmes — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:40:32 +0000

Ah, that’s OK. Anyways, you’d think if we were getting a kickback I’d give it a bit better of a review, eh? :)

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:06:29 +0000

It’s not like we’re getting a kickback or anything.

Ah, fair enough – apologies for assuming the worst and thinking you’d be getting a cut from purchases made with the coupon code.

By: anon

anon — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 14:02:15 +0000

In addition to all of the comments above, it also should be noted that Disco does not support Disc at once (DAO), which tape traders rely upon.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:07:00 +0000

I have to say that this is the best app for people who just want to quickly burn things– and it’s a great no brainer interface for parents or those who are less technically savvy. Toast is indeed wonderful, but there are tons of features most people will never use. Disco is for the 90% who just want to burn DVDs and CDs.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:05:05 +0000

Hi,

I liked your post and just wanted to let you know I linked to it from my site. I look forwarding to checking out Disco for myself and seeing it in action. I have a feeling I will stick with Toast, but that smoke effect is pretty sweet.

By: Lonnie

Lonnie — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:41:33 +0000

Well we’re comparing Toast to Disco because, Disco lied to us . . . they said “Disco . . . we’re having Toast for breakfast.” If you didn’t notice they no longer use that tagline nor are they claiming to be a Toast killer. It was the Disco guys that said we weren’t going to need Toast anymore, we all bought . . . then we all were disapointed/sad/mad and complained about it. Now instead of addressing the lack of features, they just change the tag line.

By: Jim Dempsey

Jim Dempsey — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:41:05 +0000

Comparing Disco to Toast is like comparing iPhoto to Photoshop for image editing. They are two entirely different beasts. Toast has all the features of Disco (including Discography and Spanning) and MUCH more. It’s far and away the very best burning app available.

That being said, Disco offers little in the way of features that can’t be found in several disc burning shareware apps and even a few of the free ones.

It’s always nice to have options, and Disco certainly isn’t the worst disc burning app available… but it’s far from the best or even the one that offers the most value.

By: Julian Bennett Holmes

Julian Bennett Holmes — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:14:45 +0000

Jack: I understand what you mean about the coupon code at the end, but I though people who wanted to buy Disco would appreciate this. It’s not like we’re getting a kickback or anything.

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:07:48 +0000

Oops, that’s > not >, obviously (looked fine in the live preview).

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:06:02 +0000

I’m in the less impressed camp – Disco just doesn’t have any features beyond those built in to OS X, or free apps like Burn, excepting ‘discography’, which you can improve on by doing ls -al > my_burned_files.txt in the directory you just burned from.

(And, you know, it’s kind of hard to take a review seriously, even one as well put together and balanced as this one is, when it ends with “Use coupon code APPLEBLOG to get 25% off when you buy Disco.”!)

By: cheap junk

cheap junk — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:05:30 +0000

…with a marketing twist to it — not enough to add up. ’nuff said.

By: Julian Bennett Holmes

Julian Bennett Holmes — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:29:46 +0000

Phlipp: Thanks, that makes sense. But I’m still wondering why there’s any unused space on the first of two spanned discs…