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Summary: A software dud
Review: Britannica is the best encyclopedia in print. Why, oh why, can't they get the software right? Examples: The video clips are stock footage of no instructional purpose, some are simply of animals grazing (dumb!), the audio clips are few and far between, as are the video clips. This is multimedia circa 1985! Not 2002! The clipboard function explanation was confusing. The navigator was slow and only touched upon articles directly related to the topic. What happened to a macropedia?
I was disappointed by this. Maybe they will get it right in a few years. As it is, it is a very unimpressive cd-rom and will put you to sleep.
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Summary: Best Keeps Getting Better
Review: Clearly the top encyclopedia on the market. Unmatched content, nice media. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Great content. Bad installation. Rebate never comes
Review: Content is great. "Convenient" installation is not convenient. In fact, it doesn't work at all. 3 and a half months after I sent out the rebate form strictly according to their requirements, the check still has not come. Perhaps it will never.
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Summary: Great content. Bad installation. Rebate never comes
Review: Content is great. "Convenient" installation is not convenient. In fact, it doesn't work at all. 3 and a half months after I sent out the rebate form strictly according to their requirements, the check still has not come. Perhaps it will never.
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Summary: Convenient installation works for my Mac
Review: Convenient installation (which should allow user to install most of the contents [except multimedia] of DVD on his hard disk) properly works for my Mac. My Mac is iMac G4 (flat panel one), OSX (10.1.3).
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Summary: The BEST Encyclopedia on the Market Today
Review: I bought my first Encyclopdia Britannica CD 2.0 on September 13, 1995. Looking at the invoice in front of me now, it cost me exactly $522.59 (including tax, shipping and handling). I upgraded to the Britannica CD 98 Standard Edition couple years later. Subsequently, EB had been releasing a more powerful DVD version just for the Windows platform and the same thing for the Mac is nowhere to be found. I don't know how many times I had been calling EB to release a DVD for the Mac with no avil. Being a diehard Mac user, I refused to buy into the Windows version. As you may imagine, I am extremely delighted that EB is finally going to release a DVD for the Mac after all these years...It is much more convenient to use just one DVD instead of swapping back and forth with two CD-ROMs. More audio and video on one DVD is another advantage of going DVD. Technology is GOOD!
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Summary: Where?!?!
Review: I've been anxiously awaiting this product for over two months now, and each time the release date hits, we're then told to wait longer. I'm sure it's because Macmillan is either updating its information, still working out bugs (the PC version was apparently pretty buggy) or Carbonizing for use with OSX. Whatever the case, the company's Web site is hush-hush, and those of us still waiting are starting to get a bit too restless. Let's see how long that sales rank in the upper 500s lasts before we all get fed up.
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Summary: Note: This is IMAC-incompatible!
Review: If you want this product for your IMAC, be careful. There are appparently no longer DVD-ROM drives available for IMACs that don't already have them.
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Summary: Excellent content. Bug in the installation process
Review: Just as some of the buyers have complained here in Amazon.com, the "convenient" installation in this Britannica DVD doesn't work. Obviously, this is due to a bug in the program. So I have to keep the DVD always in the computer, an inconvenient option. The multimedia is not as bad as some Encarta enthusiasts claimed. This DVD has great content and is good for adults and researchers. When I click "Islam," I get pages after pages of articles. You don't get that much from Encarta. Verdict: Good for people 18 and above. Kids may not find it interesting.
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Summary: Note: This is IMAC-incompatible!
Review: Just as some of the buyers have complained here in Amazon.com, the "convenient" installation in this Britannica DVD doesn't work. Obviously, this is due to a bug in the program. So I have to keep the DVD always in the computer, an inconvenient option. The multimedia is not as bad as some Encarta enthusiasts claimed. This DVD has great content and is good for adults and researchers. When I click "Islam," I get pages after pages of articles. You don't get that much from Encarta. Verdict: Good for people 18 and above. Kids may not find it interesting.
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