There’s a lot of Mac bundled out there, and they usually all offer pretty incredible deals on Mac software, but let’s face facts: usually, there’s only one or two applications you really want. If those two apps cost less than the asking price of the bundle, and if you were going to buy them anyway, then getting an additional eight apps for free is an obvious win… but what if you’re more ambivalent, or just plain cheap?
Enter MacBundles, which has an interesting new twist on the bundle software concept: the BYOB store. Essentially, this lets you look at their $50 bundle and either buy it all in a go or pick-and-choose the apps you want for $5.95 each… as long as you order a minimum of five.
I really like this solution, even if the software lineup MacBundles is currently offering is, in my eyes, a little uninteresting. At $5.95 an app, you’re paying a premium over the per-app price of the entire bundle, but at least you still get a substantial savings while being able to pick-and-choose what you want.
Of course, if you’re ambivalent about picking up more than five of their software choices, MacBundles’ BYOB Store isn’t going to make the decision to drop some money any easier for you….but this is still the best approach we’ve seen in the Mac software bundle scene yet.
