johannhowitzer

I've had 2006 crash once or twice, but I don't have the playback problems you seem to have. There have been a few isolated incidents of tracks coming in at the wrong time, but restarting the playback has always fixed it. I have a gig and a half of RAM.

I know playback is nice, but Finale's main purpose is to produce sheet music, is it not? As far as that goes, Finale is easily on par with Sibelius or any other engraving program, in my opinion. I've looked at engravings made by all sorts of programs, and all I see is slight differences in style, not differences in cleanliness or elegance. Finale makes some pretty awesome-looking scores.