agv@j.cc.purdue.edu (Dave Murrell) (12/16/87)
I'm considering the purchase of Borland's new Quattro -- a Lotus 1-2-3 clone/enhancement. I'd enjoy hearing from anyone with experience using Quattro (if indeed it has become available -- the flyer I received may have been announcing ether-ware, I don't know). Responses (both positive and negative in nature) are welcome, but *please* no rumors or unfounded opinions (eg. flaming the people at Borland, or Lotus in general). In other words, just the facts, ma'am. In order not to clutter the net, send responses via e-mail to one of the addresses below. If there are sufficient responses to warrant a summary posting, then I'll make one available to this newsgroup. Many thanks in advance, Dave ========== ARPA: agv@cc.purdue.edu UUCP: cc.purdue.edu!agv BITNET: murrell@purccvm
jph@cbdkc1.UUCP (12/16/87)
In article <5989@j.cc.purdue.edu> agv@j.cc.purdue.edu (Dave Murrell) writes: >I'm considering the purchase of Borland's new Quattro -- >a Lotus 1-2-3 clone/enhancement. I'd enjoy hearing from >..................... I just received a copy of Quattro and installed it. My initial impression is that I will stick to LOTUS. There are nice features such as the customization of the menus, the improved graphs, and some additional "@" functions. It did read in my current LOTUS files, but I found at least a couple of cases where I had to change some macros to make it work. Also it had the same (or slower) speed in doing the recalculations of the worksheet. (Now I know all the arguments about which 'benchmark' is used). The LOTUS compatible mode is slower in responding to command than 1-2-3 and the macros executed slower. Overall, if you don't already use 1-2-3, then Quattro is a good investment. If you already have a large investment in exising worksheets, you might want to stick with 1-2-3.
hardin@hpindda.HP.COM (John Hardin) (12/18/87)
>Someone was asking when it would be out. >I saw it today at Fry's Electronics in Sunnyvale for $129. >They had a big pile. > I ordered mine directly from Borland when I got the the offer in the mail ($75 for registered users of other Borland products). Has anyone who ordered it like I did gotten theirs yet? John Hardin
rms@gubba.SPDCC.COM (Rich Sands) (12/21/87)
In article <4330016@hpindda.HP.COM> hardin@hpindda.HP.COM (John Hardin) writes: >>Someone was asking when it would be out. >>I saw it today at Fry's Electronics in Sunnyvale for $129. >>They had a big pile. >> >I ordered mine directly from Borland when I got the the offer >in the mail ($75 for registered users of other Borland products). >Has anyone who ordered it like I did gotten theirs yet? > > John Hardin I ordered Quattro the same way for $75, and got it about a week and a half later. I'm an MBA student, and had been using 1-2-3/Hal for case analysis - everything from financial analysis to market research, econometrics, even statistical process control charts. Quattro has been completely compatible with all my 1-2-3 worksheets, has a much better user interface (pop-up menus), draws better graphs, recalcs much faster, and in general is a very servicable replacement/enhancement for 1-2-3 at a much better price. I recommend it. I use it on my AT&T 6300+ under Simultask, and have had no problems whatsoever. I've been using it for about a month, and it got me through the end of the semester cases with flying colors (literally - the thing really lights up a color display). -- rms Internet: rms@gubba.spdcc.com UUCP: ...!harvard!spdcc!gubba!rms