I just checked the pricing for CL's new product- Pro-V. And, yes, it is outrageous! Some comparisons:

• Microsoft FrontPage 2002: (okay, not the greatest web-authoring tool) $169.00 (by itself; usually comes bundled with Office)
• Macromedia Dreamweaver MX: (from the people who invented Flash) $399.00
• Adobe GoLive! 6.0: (from the leader in computer-graphic desktop applications) $399.00
• Lightwave 7.5 (full): (used in Star Trek: Voyager, Babylon 5, pre-viz for Star Wars: Episode II, etc., etc., etc.) $1,595.00 (note: not a web-authoring tool, but a product in the price range as Pro-V)
• Pro-V 1.0: (from the same people who made Avatar Labs and Poser 5) $1,699.00 *Note: all pricing information found on each company's website ("order now" page). And it probably goes without saying that Dreamweaver, GoLive, and Lightwave have had Mac versions available for some time (and for the same price). Pro-V does not even mention a Mac version. So, just how "ultimate" is Pro-V, version 1.0? Is it $1,300 more "ultimate" than GoLive (which is on version 6.0) or Dreamweaver (which has native support for Flash and ColdFusion)?