[comp.sys.atari.st] LDW vs ANALYZE

ramsiri@blake.acs.washington.edu (Enartloc Nhoj) (12/27/89)

Can anyone provide pros and cons of LDW and ANALYZE?
I bought ANALYZE three years ago when it was $134.00...
I started using it this week... saw it in the stores for
$34.00.  The program can save files in 123 format..
and seems to have a fairly good predefined set of 
built-in formulas.  For my home business puproses,
the program is plenty powerful.. my only complaint is
the SLOW scroll rate ..   OUCH! ...  Is this typical
of spreadsheets?... is LDW POWER acceptable?  
I use RANGE NAMEs in ANALYZE to get me to cells 
rather immediately.. however, it would be nice to be able
to scroll 15 cells away and not have enough time to grind
coffee or drink another bottle of wine.

Dave_Ninjajr_Flory@cup.portal.com (12/28/89)

I had Analyze for a while and liked some of it but dropped it for the very
same reason I dropped VIP, to slow. LDW is by far the fastest commercial
spreadsheed I have seen for the ST. It loads 123 files and has a program on
disk to convert its saved files to 123 format. I wouldn't call myself a
power user, I don't use Macros at all, but I have used LDW on an almost daily
basis for over a year, with never a problem. The only spreadsheet I like
better is Excell, which I run as a Mac.