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From: rogerson@PEDEV.Columbia.NCR.COM (rogerson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Wordperfect / far from 10 worst list
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Date: 11 Jan 89 16:40:38 GMT
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	I have not tried Word on the same hardware, but I have tried it
	on a Tandy 1000A running at 4Mhz.  It runs just fine.  You of
	course need a harddisk, but you also need one of those for Word
	Perfect.  The best way to use Word is of course in the character
	mode, and then switch to graphics when you care finished.  
	
	My biggest complain to Word is that the interface is really non-standard	and that if it was more normal then the average user could get more
	out of the program.  At $99.00 educational discount I still think it
	is better than anything Word Perfect has to offer.

	Word Processors are basically a matter of opinion.  The best one is
	the one you are used to.  No one uses or even needs all of the features
	found in either Word Perfect or Microsoft Word.  This means that for
	some uses one of them is better than the other.  The fact that both
	of these products are consistantly the "Best" in magazine reviews
	shows that neither are the worst of 88.  The competition between
	the companies results in the user being the winner.*

	-----Dale
		Rogerson-----

	*Unless you take into account the amount of money you must spend on
	upgrading either product plus the time involved.  There are alot of
	people who are NOT upgrading to Word Perfect 5 because they do not
	need some of the new features.  I think Word Perfect is going to 
	continue supporting both versions.