Encyclopedia Britannica 2008 Ultimate for Windows Full Version for PC, Mac (8025) Reviews

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In many ways this is a useful and complete encyclopedia, particularly for geographical, political and historical topics. However not enough effort is put into updating technical articles. from Amazon.com My only reasoning for acquiring Britannica was I thought that spending some money could land me a more comprehensive resource for quick research other than the free Wikipedia. As soon as I installed it, I did some quick article comparisons between the $35 "2008 Ulimate Britanica" and the free Wikipedia and found that pretty much on every article I was looking at, Britannica fell way short in the depth of content. from Amazon.com GREAT IDEA!!! A must GET for any college student who must do research papers. The DVD gives two types of citations: MLA AND APA. from Amazon.com The Encyclop dia Britannica was first published in 1768 and still remains the best scholarly volume of knowledge available, and now at a breathtakingly cheap price. Subsequent editions of the Encyclop dia Britannica took decades to update but the tome would double and triple in size each time. from Amazon.com This is an amazing electronic reference in many ways. It has three levels of difficulty depending on the school level, from elementary to intermediate to adult, includes the Merriam Webster dictionary, and thesaurus. It has some new features that are quite useful, such as the Britannica brainstorm, a way of organizing your research, and a new interface from the one I had with the older 2003 version. It's a great encyclopedia and it's strengths are in science, technology, geography, and various specialized topics, and to a lesser degree biography and history. from Amazon.com I have purchased a number of Britannica products in the past and have been getting the latest "ultimate" type DVD regularly for a number of years now. While the underlying application and information remains excellent, the 2008 edition suffers from a very surprising attack of shareware-itis. from Amazon.com I've always loved EB - as a kid I used to read it like a novel... HOWEVER... from Amazon.com I've had it with that pesthole of crackpots, nitwits, fans and school papers called Wikipedia. I copied Britannica to my hard drive and am now a happy camper. Two problems have cropped up. from Amazon.com The one-year updates cost $49.95! whats up with that? Encarta 2008 immediately updates upon installation. Free. from Amazon.com I had this software for a few days and i'm impressed on how much information it carries. At times it glitches, I believe it does this because i installed the full version on my hard drive, takes up about 3 gigs. from Amazon.com

Released	over 2 years ago
Platform	PC, Mac
Required CPU Class (Mac)	PowerPC G5
Required CPU Class (PC)	Intel Pentium III
Distribution Media	CD-ROM
License Category	Standard
MPN	8025
Operating System	Apple MacOS X 10, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista
Package Qty.	1
Package Type	Retail
Required Disk Space (Mac)	2 GB
Required Disk Space (PC)	1.6 GB
Required Memory (Mac)	512 MB
Required Memory (PC)	512 MB
Software Category	Education and Reference
UPC	018059080256
Version	Full Version

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