alphamachina
Member
I understand the need to garner a return on your investment with HWiNFO. It's a really well put together app. But as others have said, the cost does not align with my use case, despite the artificial limitation of literally the only reason I use the application. I use HWiNFO for shared memory with Rainmeter. That's it. Some pretty gauges on a secondary monitor in the PSU shroud of my case so I can see vitals at a glance. And it works just fine the way it is in v6.42. I don't need the updates or the pro version for that. Seems a conflict of interest to limit the program for those specifically using it for shared memory with Rainmeter, knowing full well none of those people would need the pro version for that simple workload. Then again, I suppose most companies do charge for convenience, so I can't expect you to work any differently.
So, there are some considerations and questions:
You're targeting Rainmeter/shared memory users with an artificial limitation on a use case that does not require "pro" level functionality to maintain. People can simply use an older version of the application and call it a day. Works just fine.
So, the question remains, what can you do, feature wise, with future iterations of this pro version of HWiNFO to entice Rainmeter/shared memory users to pay something like $40 every year just to be able to see some system information look pretty on their desktop? You used the stick by way of the artificial limitation, and it's likely going to cause people like me to turtle with version 6.42 for some time, or at least until a version of Windows releases that 6.42 no longer functions with, but by then, as others have said, someone else will likely fill the niche you've left open. So what's the carrot?
Just some feedback, but if I did need pro functionality along with updates, and I knew spending $40~ got me more than a year of that kind of support, I'd probably buy it. But as it is, I'd probably spend $20 on HWiNFO Pro if it only lasted a year. Get into the $40 range and you're hitting severe diminishing returns. For $40, I'd ask for 3 years of updates. $50, 5 years. $60, 8 years. Etc.
Just my two cents.
So, there are some considerations and questions:
You're targeting Rainmeter/shared memory users with an artificial limitation on a use case that does not require "pro" level functionality to maintain. People can simply use an older version of the application and call it a day. Works just fine.
So, the question remains, what can you do, feature wise, with future iterations of this pro version of HWiNFO to entice Rainmeter/shared memory users to pay something like $40 every year just to be able to see some system information look pretty on their desktop? You used the stick by way of the artificial limitation, and it's likely going to cause people like me to turtle with version 6.42 for some time, or at least until a version of Windows releases that 6.42 no longer functions with, but by then, as others have said, someone else will likely fill the niche you've left open. So what's the carrot?
Just some feedback, but if I did need pro functionality along with updates, and I knew spending $40~ got me more than a year of that kind of support, I'd probably buy it. But as it is, I'd probably spend $20 on HWiNFO Pro if it only lasted a year. Get into the $40 range and you're hitting severe diminishing returns. For $40, I'd ask for 3 years of updates. $50, 5 years. $60, 8 years. Etc.
Just my two cents.
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