Van

Well, it would have been. There was a 2005 copy of A:M up for auction on eBay; I was planning to get it relatively cheap to try it out, then if it works out and we decide to continue, get the 2007 upgrade. Unfortunately, I was outbid and the final price wasn't cost-effective anymore, making it more sense to buy a fresh copy of the new version outright at the trade show price. If there hadn't been a special show price, I would have placed a higher maximum bid.

(I originally posed this question yesterday in this post.) What year / version number of Animation:Master will still work on a G3 iBook running "Panther" Mac OS X 10.3? I hear the latest version is Tiger only, and I might have to look for an older version or factor other upgrades into the purchase decision. (edited to tighten wording)

I've seen Animation:Master at the last three MacWorld Expos, and have been just dying for an excuse to buy it. My son has taken an interest in stop-motion animation, but the expense of a $300 software package for an 8th grade school project has still been pretty steep, considering what else we also need to upgrade/purchase (camcorder, more disk storage, RAM, etc.). Basically I've waited for show special pricing, my kid's committment, and my meager post-Christmas budget to come to an agreement. Right now A:M's competing with Final Cut Express as the major family software purchase. If there were student pricing along the magnitude of MS Office Student/Teacher edition, I'd be there already. But I'm close. Very, very close. I just hope we aren't surprised by any sudden water heater or car repairs!