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| PLATFORM: | Mac OS X, Windows XP |
| CATEGORY: | Software |
| MANUFACTURER: | Avanquest |
| FEATURES: | 3 Encyclopedias in One: Elementary, Student, and Adult, 100,000+ Articles, New! Virtual Notecards allow you to make notes around what you've read and keep track of where you have been, New! Explore Interactive Articles and Media Tours, Multimedia content, Atlas, Timelines, Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus |
| MEDIA: | DVD-ROM |
| MPN: | 8012 |
| UPC: | 018059080126 |
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Customer Reviews of Encyclopedia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite 2007 DVD-Rom (Win/Mac)
OK, but Encarta is better Having previously used the computer version of Encarta, I thought I'd try out the computer version of my classic Britannica. Yes, you can type in keywords and pull up resaonably well-written articles. The fun stops there. The articles contain few images: for example, I was looking up various famous people, minerals, and world landmarks, yet was disappointed to find no pictures at all in any of the articles I found. Most disappointingly, Britannica lacks the super-cool 3-D tours of famous world sites and 3-D zoomable and rotatable world atlas that Encarta does so well.
Quite good
I haven't used it extensively, but seems good for topics I searched. But nothing beats Wikipedia - and ease of use it has - just for sake of authentic material - I bought this product. Thats why only 3 Stars.
too brief to be useful
I purchased Britannica because my children needed a vetted source for their high school assignments and their teachers would not accept Wikipedia. Unfortunately, Britannica's coverage is too superficial to be of used. The entire product is contained on a single CD. The first topic I looked up was the New Deal; Britannica gave it 674 words; Wikipedia 11,871. I looked up several others; all with similar results. To me, Britannica is no more than a glorified dictionary. At that, Encarta is better.
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>The product installed and functions without problem on Windows XP SP2.