Allegro vs. Print Music?

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Okay, so this is most likely a really stupid question, but I asked for Finale Allegro from my grandfather for Christmas and he said he has Print Music and doesn't like it and wants to see a comparison before he buys Allegro.

I told him I would consult my sources, so here I am. Can anyone help me?

[Euphoniums PWN]

From what I gather, Allegro is basically Finale without the advanced features. It's better than PrintMusic, but I've never used either. Try showing him the website www.finalemusic.com

[trumellotonium]

If Allegro is finale without advanced features, what does it have over Finale Notepad 2008, which is free?

[bandman001]

It has the ability to use a midi keyboard, use more staves, and is al around more user friendly than the finale notepad.

Also it depends on what u want to do. Print music lets you use 24 staves and a midi keyboard, it also is about $50 cheaper and works well for almost anything (short of composing a symphony with a mahler brass section)

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They agreed to buy me Finale Allegro when I pointed my grandfather towards Notepad 08. I gather he was using an outdated Print Music, which Notepad is better than. He does, however, want me to explain Notepad to him when he comes out here for my birthday; depending, I may install Allegro for him, although I think he's mostly using it for playback rather than composition.

For the record, my observations of the difference between Allegro and Notepad;

• More instruments, obviously, but this is a bigger deal than you think, especially with percussion.
  
• Much more user-friendly. I find it much easier to input notes and things, but where it really shines is playback.