UN027265@WVNVAXA.WVNET.EDU (Eric Krichbaum) (03/09/90)
Here it is...
First impressions:
1.) It comes packaged with 4.0 and 5.0.2, so depending on your memory you can
use the fastest opsystem available to you.
2.) Comes with 134 fonts.
3.) Includes 2 disks full of clip art
4.) Manual comes in a binder. (impressively packaged and well written)
5.) One of my favorites, *NOT COPY PROTECTED*! Someone is listening to us.
Ok, this is going to be short, as I have a program due very soon.
The program comes up quickly and seems to run as quickly. Equipment
used: IIgs w/1.75 meg, Epson FX-85 w/Grappler C/Mac/GS, 2 3.5" drives, no
hard drive. I booted 5.0.2 with a 512K RAM disk enabled. Copied the GWIII
program to the RAM drive and loaded it from there.
A few of the features I like.
1.) It uses drivers to import and export documents from other popular sources.
(Appleworks Classic, Mousewrite, a few others) This makes for easy expansion
as the entire program does not need to be rewritten to add new import/export
features. (Expandability)
2.) When you start it has no fonts loaded. This allows you to load only fonts
which you want to use, thus saving memory.
A feature I did not like.
1.) Because of the graphic tools the entire width of the text field does not
fit on the screen at any one time. (GWIII does have a feature to scale, but
this decreases readability.) So, you must scroll horizontally through the
document as well as vertically.
I haven't been able to give the program a thorough shakedown, but I
am impressed so far. Whether or not it will be worth the wait remains to be
seen.
Eric
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*******************************************************************************ggray@wpi.wpi.edu (Gary P Gray) (03/10/90)
In article <9003090227.AA11706@apple.com> UN027265@WVNVAXA.WVNET.EDU (Eric Krichbaum) writes: >Here it is... > >First impressions: >1.) It comes packaged with 4.0 and 5.0.2, so depending on your memory you can >use the fastest opsystem available to you. etc. Um, maybe I'm stupid but I don't think you made it all clear *what* you were reviewing. GWIII? I assume that is what you are talking about, but what is it? -- -- WARNING!!! The above opinions may be HAZARDOUS or FATAL if swallowed!!! -- "It's big | Gary Gray -- ggray@wpi.wpi.edu "It's scary | GEnie: GGRAY6 "It's been done before" -- tribe |
nagendra@bucsf.bu.edu (nagendra mishr) (03/13/90)
exactly what product is this review for? nagendra@bucsf.bu.edu