Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!apple!claris!jazzman
From: jazzman@claris.com (Sydney R. Polk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Appleworks GS advice sought
Message-ID: <11243@claris.com>
Date: 14 Sep 90 08:13:18 GMT
References: <10411@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Organization: Claris Corporation, Santa Clara CA
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From article <10411@hubcap.clemson.edu>, by dpj@hubcap.clemson.edu (D. Pokrass Jacobs):
> I am seeking advice on Appleworks.
> I have a IIGS with only one 3.5 inch drive and 1.25 meg.
> I purchased Appleworks GS Ver. 1.0 about a year ago.  
> It seems to do flakey things like get hung up, 
> and is very slow to bring up.
> Claris is willing to either upgrade it to
> Appleworks GS Version 1.1 or Appleworks 3.0.
> Can anyone tell me what advantages 
> either one of these products would have
> over the software I currently have?
> -- 
> David P. Jacobs
> Department of CS, Clemson University, Clemson SC  29634-1906 
> (803) 656-5872
> e-mail:	dpj@hubcap.clemson.edu

I would recommend either one.  AWGS 1.1 loads about six times faster
(with the system updgrade.  seriously), it has MANY fewer bugs, (I
haven't crashed it in months), and is much better about using memory.
AppleWorks 3.0 is text-based and runs on 1 3.5 disk, basically.
You might still need a data disk.  I prefer AWGS because it is WYSYWIG,
and with the upgrade, it is a really solid package.

Boy, I wish I could of said that about version 1.0, but I didn't control
when we shipped it.  Sigh.



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