Cosmopolitan Virtual Makeover 2003 Deluxe Suite

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Summary: Watch out!
Review: I bought 5 copies to use in my high school Family and Consumer Sciences course dealing with personal style. (The school district purchased around 50) The students were able to apply measuring skills as well as design principles due to its feature of preparing a virtual model. This was very helpful until the virtual model (based on the student's measurements) shed all of her clothes. She was anatomically correct with all of the features of a nude adult female . The males in the class suddenly became very motivated to assist their female classmates while the females turned their screens to the wall, thinking this was a standard part of the software. Many had put their pictures on the model to further personalize the model. I was especially shocked when the manufacturer was clueless regarding this surprise feature. Watch out!

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Summary: Worthless
Review: I bought this for my wife. She wanted to see herself with
different(shorter)hairstyles. She said she would have been better off with a photograph and a crayon. Parts of the program didn't work at all. Some of the features didn't work at all.
The web site doesn't work.

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Summary: Not as bad as people make it out to be
Review: I bought this program for my girlfriend who loves to do makeovers. Functionally, it is great. She loves it, except for the fact that the "downloads" portion of the software does not work due to discontinuation. It looks like it never worked. I think that is very misleading and the programmers should follow through with their promise. But, all of the complaints about - this didnt work or that didnt work or I got this error - a majority of the problems are probably with their pc's and something they have loaded conflicting. It happens, I am a computer tech, so I see it all the time. This was installed on my laptop for her and her desktop with not 1 problem at all. I highly recommend.

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Summary: It works great for me!
Review: I didn't have any problem installing the software and using it. I must say I am thrilled with all the features it has, especially for haircuts. And also - the fashion makeover is a remarkable plus as compared with other versions.
I don't know why for other people it didn't work, it may have been an incompatibility with their platform.

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Summary: Total Waste of Money
Review: I purchased the first version of Cosmo's Virtual Makeover and thought it was good. I figured that 2003, the third version, would be great. I was VERY disappointed. The user interface is .... Nothing works as you would expect. The Help files are in the wrong place. There are very few hairstyles and they never put in the download area they promised. Cosmo says they discontinued that portion of the program, however they NEVER REALLY STARTED! The program designers should be ashamed of themselves.

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Summary: Worst software of all time
Review: My experience is very similar to the person from NM: I had the first version a long time ago, wasn't happy with its sluggish performance and silly interface. But the 2003 version was on sale -- "free" after rebate -- so I said what the heck. I was still appalled by its poor design and implementation. Installation actually gave an error and crashed the first time! I restarted my PC and the second time it installed. But the program is just as slow as the first version. Things just aren't responsive. Help is no help. Really bad program.

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Summary: Worst software of all time
Review: My experience is very similar to the person from NM: I had the first version a long time ago, wasn't happy with its sluggish performance and silly interface. But the 2003 version was on sale -- "free" after rebate -- so I said what the heck. I was still appalled by its poor design and implementation. Installation actually gave an error and crashed the first time! I restarted my PC and the second time it installed. But the program is just as slow as the first version. Things just aren't responsive. Help is no help. Really bad program.

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Summary: A $... + Mistake
Review: Nothing but problems. Multiple errors trying to run software. Looks in wrong drive's for CD amoungst other issues (errors which are recognized on their website...but not easily resolved without changes at the PC end). Cannot download "updated" fashions (site coming soon....yeah right?). Could not Register...would never even connect to given site? Nothing but problems. Would not recommend. Store won't take back or refund (open software policy). Your risk.

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Summary: Disgusted
Review: program came with no instructions; constantly getting error messages; there is nothing simple about using it, since I haven't been able to get it to do anything at all.

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Summary: What a disappointment!!
Review: This is outdated software sold under a 'Deluxe 2003' title. The Fashion Makeover website to download updated fashions was discontinued in Sept 2000. So when it pops up on your screen your wardrobe is outdated--their isn't anything you can do to update it--(After much frustration I found the distributor advises you of this on their website but not in the packaging.) Leaving limited fashions. I found the makeup application to resemble a coloring book and crayon style. I returned all 4 I purchased as gifts. What a shame it has not been updated.