Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Reference Set

Rating:
Summary: Books are nice, but having them on my laptop is perfect!
Review: I'm an editorial freelancer, so I haul my laptop around a lot between multiple clients' offices. Inspired by a review here at Amazon, I ordered the book/CD combo, and it's been great! I keep the books on my desk in the "home office," and I installed the software on my PowerBook.

The Mac interface is not very well designed--it takes a lot of mouse clicks to get from word to word, and there don't seem to be any keyboard shortcuts--but it gets the job done soooo much faster than thumbing through the book when I'm on a deadline. I use it constantly.

Rating:
Summary: A Great Set
Review: This dictionary and thesaurus set with the CD Rom make a great combination. The books provide excellent word definitions and synonyms for thousands of different words. The CD Rom is handy too in those times that you don't have the books around and just want to look something up quick and easy on your computer. This was definitely a great buy at a great price!