bjones@aludra.usc.edu (Brian Jones) (04/13/91)
I would just like to state that I am unimpressed with Lotus 123R3.1... It is supposed to run under windows, but it doesn't really. I find the Bitstream WYSIWYG slow and at times annoying to use. I was hoping for something really great when I bought it, but I was sure let down. It advertised that it *works* with Windows 3.0, and indeed it does... but not really, It runs only as a dos application. I feel I wasted the $400... I think I will go get Excel tomorrow. Engineers cannot do without their *Fast* spreadsheets, and Lotus just doesn't cut it... I had to get that out of my system... Have a nice day. Brian Jones
) (04/16/91)
In article <16563@chaph.usc.edu>, bjones@aludra.usc.edu (Brian Jones) writes: > I would just like to state that I am unimpressed with Lotus 123R3.1... It is > supposed to run under windows, but it doesn't really. I find the Bitstream > WYSIWYG slow and at times annoying to use. I was hoping for something really > great when I bought it, but I was sure let down. It advertised that it *works* > with Windows 3.0, and indeed it does... but not really, It runs only as a dos > application. I feel I wasted the $400... I think I will go get Excel tomorrow. > Engineers cannot do without their *Fast* spreadsheets, and Lotus just doesn't > cut it... > > I had to get that out of my system... > > Have a nice day. > > Brian Jones I use Lotus 2.01 and am thinking to buy v3.1/G. My friend has the latest version of Excel. I've used both and prefer Lotus. Even though I can't run it under Windows, I consider it to be more powerful. My friend is also planning to buy the new version of Lotus because of the same opinion. Do you need to run applications under Windows? Won't it run faster under DOS? -- +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Santanu Sircar BITNET: ssircar@umaecs.bitnet | | University of Massachusetts/Amherst INTERNET: ssircar@ecs.umass.edu | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
calloway@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Frank Calloway) (04/17/91)
Hi, Brian - I have 1-2-3 Version 3.1 and I agree that it's somewhat disappointing. But there was never any doubt that it was an interim product to give Lotus time to develop "1-2-3 for Windows." The Windows version of 1-2-3 is due out in the next month or so and you may want to take a look at it (or at least review its features) before buying Excel. I also have Excel 3.0 and, in general, it's a very nice product. Microsoft has done many good things to improve Excel's ease of use. But there are still a few rough edges that are a pain, and I find Excel's worksheet consolidation features to be *much* clumsier than 1-2-3's 3D spreadsheets. Frank Calloway