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Summary: PRODUCT NO GOOD
Review: BOUGHT THIS FOR MY DAUGTHER FOR CHRISTMAS HAVE TRIED 4 TIMES TO INSTALL AND AFTER INSTALLATION CANNOT START, GET AN ERROR MESSSAGE AND PROGRAM CLOSES. CANNOT FIND ANY HELP AT THE MICROSOFT SITE TO HELP ME.
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Summary: It looks nice, theres a lot to it, but...
Review: Every encyclopedia gets better...But this...this is wonderful! Contains Star Trek, movies, books, anything. Even if they come out with a better one, I'll still never forget this one. Although, it dosen't seem it's possible to come out with a new one. But, they will, and you'll like every one, starting at this CD.
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Summary: Best Ever!
Review: Every encyclopedia gets better...But this...this is wonderful! Contains Star Trek, movies, books, anything. Even if they come out with a better one, I'll still never forget this one. Although, it dosen't seem it's possible to come out with a new one. But, they will, and you'll like every one, starting at this CD.
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Summary: Encarta Excellance
Review: I am a volunteer educator for the Toledo Zoo and was gifted with a copy of Encarta 2002. It not only is the most complete reference I currently have but it also allows me to tell it what age group I'm working with so it can lead me to age appropriate information. I couldn't be more delighted.
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Summary: Encarta, brand-new every year.
Review: I buy ENCARTA every year, and BRITANNICA from time to time. This is my opinion:
TEXT: Britannica's writing style is more sophisticated, and its authors are very well known. However, Encarta is not bad written at all, its authors are good and the contents are more or less the same, or better in the last versions.
You can update Britannica over the Internet free for a year, but only quarterly (4 times). Encarta is updated EVERY WEEK with new articles and additions to the old ones.
MULTIMEDIA and FEATURES: Encarta devastates Britannica with a lot of animations, interactivities, videos, music and sounds, pictures, literature sidebars, new translation dictionaries, Atlas, 2 D and 3 D virtual tours, timeline, games ... It's not only the quantity and quality. It is the easy access you have to all the multimedia, and that text, multimedia and features are completely integrated.
NAVIGATING: Encarta wins again. You only have to type a phrase, a word or de beginning of a word to see all the articles and multimedia that contains it. If you have typed the name of a small village lost in Senegal (e.g.), you see it in the Atlas without clicking again. If Encarta does not find anything, it gives you alternative spellings and you meet with what was looking for. To go "jumping" from article to article is very easy and quick, because you have a lot of links and the "Related Articles" section. If you need to copy text or pictures, the integration with Microsoft's WORD is perfect.
Navigating with Britannica is different. You do not get crazy, but ... I only say that, if you do not know the exact and correct spelling of a name or word, it does not help you with alternative or similar spellings.
My computer is Pentium III 1000 Mhz 256 RAM, and I have copied Britannica into the hard drive (the same with Encarta). The fact is that it is very slow, and that takes a lot of RAM (50 % more or less). If you have other programs open, perhaps Britannica does not work. With Encarta, you do not have any problem.
I hope my opinion is helpful for you.
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Summary: Encarta, brand-new every year.
Review: I buy ENCARTA every year, and BRITANNICA from time to time. This is my opinion:
TEXT: Britannica's writing style is more sophisticated, and its authors are very well known. However, Encarta is not bad written at all, its authors are good and the contents are more or less the same, or better in the last versions.
You can update Britannica over the Internet free for a year, but only quarterly (4 times). Encarta is updated EVERY WEEK with new articles and additions to the old ones.
MULTIMEDIA and FEATURES: Encarta devastates Britannica with a lot of animations, interactivities, videos, music and sounds, pictures, literature sidebars, new translation dictionaries, Atlas, 2 D and 3 D virtual tours, timeline, games ... It's not only the quantity and quality. It is the easy access you have to all the multimedia, and that text, multimedia and features are completely integrated.
NAVIGATING: Encarta wins again. You only have to type a phrase, a word or de beginning of a word to see all the articles and multimedia that contains it. If you have typed the name of a small village lost in Senegal (e.g.), you see it in the Atlas without clicking again. If Encarta does not find anything, it gives you alternative spellings and you meet with what was looking for. To go "jumping" from article to article is very easy and quick, because you have a lot of links and the "Related Articles" section. If you need to copy text or pictures, the integration with Microsoft's WORD is perfect.
Navigating with Britannica is different. You do not get crazy, but ... I only say that, if you do not know the exact and correct spelling of a name or word, it does not help you with alternative or similar spellings.
My computer is Pentium III 1000 Mhz 256 RAM, and I have copied Britannica into the hard drive (the same with Encarta). The fact is that it is very slow, and that takes a lot of RAM (50 % more or less). If you have other programs open, perhaps Britannica does not work. With Encarta, you do not have any problem.
I hope my opinion is helpful for you.
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Summary: Great Encyclopedia by Microsoft
Review: I think the encyclopedia is great! It has lots of information, is very reliable on its sources, and has a great map! A great improvement from the Encarta 99 version!Encarta also had lots of pictures, graphs, and charts. It is easy-to-use and makes searching through information enjoyable! I therefore recommend this product to anyone!
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Summary: It's not worth it ?
Review: If you intend to buy this because you like the online version then you will be highly disappointed. The product lacks a proper dictionary (it's no where close to the online one). There is no audio support in the dictionary, no help with the pronounciation etc. I bought the product hoping that it will be similar to the online encarta but I am totally dissapointed. It also gave me lot of trouble in installation. I had to call Microsoft's customer support thrice but that didn't help. It only worked when I upgraded my IE to 6.0.
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Summary: It looks nice, theres a lot to it, but...
Review: The articles are pretty weak & superficial.
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