BCHS1B@jane.uh.edu (10/13/89)
In article <1380@cbnewsj.ATT.COM>, drv@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (dennis.r.vogel) writes: > Now that Ka Chin Wong has found his word processor and I have learned > a lot about the differences between Word and WP, I have a followup > question. Without rehashing the Word/WP comparison, which of the > two would be better on a Toshiba T1000 laptop without a mouse and > without a hard disk or the RAM card? > > Dennis R. Vogel > AT&T Bell Laboratories > Lincroft, NJ Both require a lot of disk space. I would certainly prefer to use WP without a mouse than I would Word. One thing you might not know, is that WP corp sells a program called Wordperfect Executive which contains a toned down version of Wordperfect, some fancy stuff was left out, which is designed to fit on a single 3.5 floppy and use in a portable computer. In addition it has a mini database and spreadsheet included. I would suggest you check this out for use on your Toshiba. Mike Benedik University of Houston
pault@hp-ptp.HP.COM (Paul_Taira) (10/21/89)
/ hp-ptp:comp.sys.ibm.pc / ajk@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Jeff Boerio) / 2:03 am Oct 6, 1989 / kwong@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Ka Chin Wong) writes: > I am considering MS Word 5.0 and WordPerfect 5.0. I can get Word >for $89 and WordPerfect for $135. I know WordPerfect is well known, but >Word is more affordable. I have been using MS Word for ~4 years and it is great. I have done several long (50+ page) documents and it is great. The formatting is quite simple especially with the style sheets. But I would recommend that you try both before buying. They are both excellent products. PS. IMO, the interface to laser printers :) is better with MS Word.