Comments on: Review: XMind 2008 offers an awesome, no-cost alternative to FreeMind

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:20:52 +0000

How do you think that they justify the subscription price? What exactly do I get for the nearly $50 a year, when other programs just charge a 1-time fee? I recognize that the base version is free, but I hesitate to even download it because I am not willing to sign up for a subscription where (apparently) the only value is in getting something that should really be built-in if you pay for it.

By: Luke

Luke — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:45:32 +0000

Chuck, thank you for this. Excellent product review, very helpful to me as I’ve been using freemind but haven’t been aware of several great functions. Thanks again.

By: stanley

stanley — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:57:28 +0000

thpope, it’s always difficult when you get used to a certain package. Have you taken XMind for a test drive?

By: GLove

GLove — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:20:21 +0000

Ehm, you have to pay monthly/yearly for Pro version to be able to export PDF or Freemind format … http://www.xmind.net/pro/features/

By: Marcus

Marcus — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:22:57 +0000

Thanks – good review. I’m going to try it out as my first mind mapping software.

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By: Tony Stevenson

Tony Stevenson — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:41:31 +0000

Hi Chuck – Thanks for the product review. While not ‘news’, you’ve done us all a great service by highlighting the merits of XMind. From memory it’s one of the few mindmapping tools which runs identically on Windows, Mac and Linux. The price is not the only attraction – it’s flexibility in licensing. While I am very happy with MindJet’s products I can’t justify buying a license for each of the several computers I work across. Novamind at least recognises that with a license which offers “2 seats: 1 for work and 1 for home”

By: Chuck Frey

Chuck Frey — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:00:31 +0000

It’s a product review, not a news item.

By: Duan

Duan — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:56:33 +0000

This is old news….

There are few things which are more annoying to me than old news being served up as new.
Please don’t include old news in your email updates. It wastes my time.

Thanks

By: Chuck Frey

Chuck Frey — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:27:46 +0000

FreeMind isn’t bad, just a little quirky. I think XMind is more polished and intuitive in many ways.