Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!qucdn!laih Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: WordPerfect 5.0 & 5.1 VS Microsoft Word Organization: Queen's University at Kingston Date: Thursday, 3 May 1990 17:34:17 EDT From: Hubert Lai Message-ID: <90123.173417LAIH@QUCDN.BITNET> References: <2591@ariel.unm.edu> You ask about how Microsoft Word for Windows and WordPerfect 5.x compare, and whether Word for Windows has all of the features and capabilities of WordPerfect. In short, the answer is yes. Word and WordPerfect are each approximately equal in terms of their feature sets. However, as you are obviously aware, Word for Windows is a graphically oriented application, whereas WordPerfect is not. If you are interested in that graphical orienta- tion, then Word for Windows is for you. I think the computing world is unquestionably shifting towards a richer graphical environment. I am using it on a 16 MHz 386 with an ATI VGA Wonder running at 1024x768x16. However, I have colleagues who are using it on a 12 MHz 286 and an 8 MHz 286, respectively, both with Hercules. All of us find the performance of Word for Windows quite acceptable. I don't think you'll have any problems with your 12 MHz 286. In short, it sounds like you would really be pleased by Word for Windows. If you still aren't sure, why not call Microsoft and ask them to send you the demonstration version of Word for Windows? Then you can play with it yourself and see what it's really like. It only costs $4.95, I think. Unfortunately, WordPerfect does not offer a demo, so you won't be able to do a head-to-head comparison unless you know someone who will let you play with WordPerfect on their machine.