After receiving this product I ripped open the packaging and stuck the install CD in my Mac Mini. Clicked the install icon and was greeted with a dialog box I had no hope of understanding. I gathered that it was probably asking where I would like to install the software but the language was in Korean, Japanese, or Chinese. I had no way of knowing. My default language is set to English on the machine and I don't have the extra languages installed. I thought it might have been a fluke but the same dialog box appeared when I installed it on my Macbook Pro.
I managed to make it past the unknown dialog box by clicking random buttons until it when away. The next screen was a dialog box asking what language I wanted. WTF!. I could have used that from the get go! I chose English and proceeded with the install.
After the install it was time to fire up the application and actually use the product to calibrate my display. The calibration software is basically a wizard asking you questions about your hardware and expecting you to click next. There is a back button in case you need to go back unfortunately when I needed to use it to tell the software that I actually wanted to the suction cup on the calibrator it would not let me. The back button appeared to be active but would alarm every-time I hit it. I checked and unchecked everything in the window to no avail. It was simply impossible to change that option after I hit next. I even went so far as to close the application -- which required force quitting it, no quit option is available in any menu! -- but was brought back to exactly where I started in exactly the same situation.
I did finally manage to get through all the question windows and run the calibration. The results where accurate and better than what I had done manually, but you would be able to tell that through the comparison that the software gives you. Their comparison is not between the last calibration and the calibrators calibration it's between a completely uncalibrated display and their display. If you want to compare it to your calibration job you need to open up your color profiles and switch between the two.
Overall I think the product does get the job done. It's definitely better than what I can get by eye and it's much faster. The Mac version of the software is a complete joke and will likely frustrate you. I'm going to keep it and deal with the software every two weeks hoping that an opensource version is made or they come out with slightly more usable software.
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