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| GENERAL | |||||||||
| Licence arrangements | CHEST site licence | Select deal | Select deal | Select deal | Master Volume deal | ||||
| Educational price - single /5-user/site-licence | 59.80/199.04/? | 59.80/199.04/? | 29.13/116.17/? | 64.50/193.00/? | 199.00/850/1250 | $124.50/$550/1250 | 79.0/?/? | 279.84/?/? | |
| Package Description | Scientific | Spreadsheet with good charting facilites | Presentation, with simple data handling and chart facilites via Chart 5.0 | Spreadsheet with simple database and charting facilities | Spreadsheet with simple database and charting facilities | Scientific | Scientific | Business/Scientific | Scientific |
| Support | None | Microsoft Select Scheme (update to Office 4.2.1 arrived 17 October.). | Microsoft Select Scheme (update to Office 4.2.1 arrived 17 October.). | Microsoft Select Scheme (update to 4.0b arrived 10 October). | Update to 4.0 arrived 30 Sept. | Evaluation copy supplied by return on 9 September. Queries answered within 1 day. E-mail discussion group. | Evaluation copy finally arrived on 19 November. Contact sounds helpful. | Evaluation copy finally arrived on 20 November. Contact sounds very helpful. E-mail response within 24 hours. | Evaluation copy finally arrived on 14 November. No help offered. |
| Web Site of interest | www.microsoft.com/ MSOffice/MSOfc/ ProductInfo/Brochure/ default.htm |
www.microsoft.com/ MSOffice/MSOfc/ ProductInfo/Brochure/ default.htm |
www.microsoft.com/ MSOffice/MSOfc/ ProductInfo/Brochure/ default.htm |
www.claris.com/ products/claris/ clarisworks/ clarisworks.htm |
www.cherwell.com/ ProdHome/proFit.html |
www.synergy.com/ kg.htm |
www.deltapoint.com/ dgpro/dg03002.htm |
www.jandel.com | |
| SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT | |||||||||
| Platform required | MAC | MAC 68020+ System 7.0+ | MAC 68020+ System 7.0+ | MAC 68020+ System 7.0+ | Macintosh 68020+ System 7.0+ | Any Macintosh System 7.0+ | Macintosh Plus etc System 6.0.5+ | Macintosh 68030+ System 7.0+ | Macintosh 68030+ System 7.0+ |
| Memory requirements | 1.2Mb | 4Mb + | 5Mb + | 5Mb | 4Mb + | 2.5Mb - 3Mb | 2.5Mb + | 3Mb | 8Mb |
| Disk requirements | 4Mb | 24Mb | 28Mb | 16Mb | 9.5Mb | 8.5Mb | 3Mb + | 14Mb + | 10.5Mb |
| Special Requirements | None | None | None | None | None | Power Mac for 3D | None | None | None |
| Network Version Available | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Scripting Language Available | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| USER ENVIRONMENT | |||||||||
| User interface | WIMP | WIMP | WIMP | WIMP | WIMP | WIMP | WIMP | WIMP | WIMP |
| Ease of use | Very intuitive | Good, but graphing facilities quite basic. | Good, but graphing facilities quite basic. | Good, but graphing facilities quite basic. | Good, but graphing facilities quite basic. | Quite good, but too many windows clutter the screen. Cumbersome use of external modules for some simple functions & graphs. | Quite good. Limited no. of graph types. Quick to re-draw. | Very good presentation and quick to re-draw after modifications. Rich variety of graph types. | Quite good, and excellent all-in-one window for altering graph object characteristics. Very slow to redraw after modifications. |
| Documentation | Good | Comprehensive - Mac & Windows | Comprehensive - Mac & Windows | Comprehensive | Good. | Technical | Comprehensive - Mac & Windows | Comprehensive - Mac & Windows | Comprehensive |
| On-line help | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| IMAGE FORMATS | |||||||||
| Import | PICT,EPS MacPaint |
BMP |
BMP CDR, CGM DRW DXF, EPS GIF, HPGL JPEG, PCD PICT, PCX TIFF, TGA WMF, WPG |
PICT,EPS,TIFF | PICT,RTF,TIFF | PICT | EPS,PICT | PICT,.EPS,JPEG, TIFF | PICT |
| Export | PICT | PICT | n/a | n/a | PICT | PICT, EPS | EPS,PICT | EPS,PICT Adobe Illustrator 3.2 | EPS,PICT |
| OTHER FEATURES | |||||||||
| Preview Print Facility | Yes | Yes | n/a | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Templates/Style-Sheets | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Clip Art Supplied | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| Automatic backup facilities | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| DATE Package entry last altered | October-94 | December-96 | December-96 | December-96 | December-96 | December-96 | December-96 | December-96 | December-96 |