Learning Company Kid Pix Deluxe 4 (Version 2)
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Software Reviews of Learning Company Kid Pix Deluxe 4 (Version 2)
Customer Review: Quick to arrive but doesn't work
Summary: 1 Stars
The Kid Pix CD arrived very quickly (without the case) but it will not load on Windows XP or Vista. I contacted the seller who quickly emailed me back with some things I could try to get it to get it to load but it still won't on any of our various computers / laptops. Left kids unhappy.Customer Review: Fantastic Program
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a fabulous program. Lots of fun for kids. My daughter is 5 years old and she navigates her way around the program like a pro. Very fun.Customer Review: kid pix
Summary: 4 Stars
This was a gift for our grandson. He requested and he said he loves it.Customer Review: Perfect First Program for Child
Summary: 5 Stars
I loaded this software on an older pc and it runs perfectly. My 7 yr old grandson required a little help to learn how to explore it and then was off on his own. I even found myself playing with it (for too long) and I am adept with high end graphic software.Customer Review: latest version runs ok on Mac OS10.5
Summary: 4 Stars
I was concerned about it running properly after reading a lot of the reviews. But I went ahead and purchased it and deluxe 4 version 2 runs fine (though it seems to be version 4.1 so I'm not sure where the "2" comes from). On the package, it says OS10.2-10.5.5 and copyright 2008 so I think a lot of the reviews were an older version. I'm running 10.5.6 on a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo iMac; it doesn't mention Intel hardware on the box so I guess it is running under Rosetta.
I did run into a problem getting it to run with my daughter's account, as someone had mentioned in a review. I first installed it under my admin account and then gave her access in parental controls but it would not launch when she was logged in to her account. I then deleted it and tried to install it while within her account. It kept coming up that the install failed. I then check the permissions on the "applications" folder (do a "get info" on the folder). It showed that the permissions were set to read only. I clicked on the lock, typed in admin name and password, and changed to permissions for everyone to read and write. I could then install the software while still in my daughter's account and she can now run the software, though I did have to allow another app that was apparently not allowed under parental controls.
My daughter loves the software (she had been using it at school). I'm dropping a star due to the permissions issue and two other things. First, when I first installed it it wanted to take me on-line to registration. Fine, except the webpage came up as no longer existing. Nice going, webmaster. Secondly, the program is set to run at 800 x 600. Pretty small considering we are running it on a 24" iMac. I turned the menu bar displays on and showed her how to change it to 1280 x 800; still leaves a lot of blank real estate and just makes everything bigger but not the actual working space. I think the MacKiev - Kid Pix Deluxe 3X version doesn't have this problem (or probably any of the other ones) but Amazon was out of it and it cost twice as much. If you don't know what this is, there is actually another company that makes Kid Pix as well, it is a Mac only version that integrates with many of the Mac apps such as iPhoto and has gotten a lot of great reviews. Between the bad reviews for 4/2 and the fact that there are two companies making software under the Kid Pix name, it was a complicated buying decision!