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From: chuq%plaid@Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: New Macintosh
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Date: Tue, 18-Aug-87 14:30:34 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 18 14:30:34 1987
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In article <66@cunixc.columbia.edu> carlos@cunixc.columbia.edu (Carlos Albuerne) writes:
>In article <409@aucs.UUCP> paul@aucs.UUCP (Paul Steele) writes:
>>MicroSoft Word 3.01 is good (some bugs ?) and has a spelling checker.

Word 3.01 is pretty stable. My cockatoo caused it to crash once (don't even
ask...) but otherwise all of the bugs I ran into with 3.0 are gone.  The
major problems I've seen people have are design and human interface
disagreements, not bugs (although I've also noticed that most folks don't
make the differentiation).

Word 3.01 is a good product. It seems solid, and I've been beating the hell
out of it for a few weeks. It is significantly improved from Word 3 in
stability, with no functionality changes (except Mac II and Appleshare
support, which are internal). And, yes, I recommend it to people who need a
word processor with some oomph.

>>FullWrite is supposed to be good if it is ever released, and is cheaper
>>than Word.

According to the Boston Expo, shipping in ~25 days. This time, for sure!
Presto! 

Um, got carried away there. If/when it ships, it looks like it is going to
be an interesting product.  I'll (1) believe it when I see it, and (2) see
people reviewing shrink wrap copies against Word 3.0.

>WordPerfect also looks good.  Any of these are better than
>>MacWrite.

wordperfect is even later than fullwrite, and Ghod only knows when we'll
REALLY see it. Probably about the time dBase Mac shows up, fully debugged
and working properly. hee-hee.

>Recommending two products yet to be released?  They may be near completion,
>but as far as the user knows they don't exist because they cannot be
>bought at his or her favorite store.  

hear, hear. C'mon, folks, lets not plug things that don't exist, and don't
plug things you haven't used unless you quote your references.  If you're
pulling your information from a magazine, say so. If you're quoting the
store saleman, warn us about that, too.  Most people asking for info are
looking for hands on experience -- don't give them fourth hand rumors
without letting them know about it.

chuq (down with vaporware! down with vaporware!)
Chuq Von Rospach	chuq@sun.COM		Delphi: CHUQ

We live and learn, but not the wiser grow -- John Pomfret (1667-1703)