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Encarta Reference Suite 98 CD
by: Microsoft
Published: Windows Magazine, L.A. Times
Reviewed by: Valerie L. Rojas
Category: Software-Windows 95/Windows NT 4.0


Are you thirsty for knowledge? Well thirst no more! Introducing the newest version of Encarta, the Encarta 98 Encyclopedia and Reference Suite. Encarta has become the worlds best selling encyclopedia in any medium, CD, online or print. Encarta will take you to a place of pure excitement and fun. Knowledge at your fingertips.

With the Encarta 98 you can take a virtual tour, A interactive 360 degree view of some of the most interesting places around. Travel to the Mayas, or Alcatraz prison. Or even the space shuttle to name a few. With descriptions , and extensive text to enhance the tour. Sidebars are a new feature to Encarta. With nearly 1,000 of these sidebars, text components that enhance and deepen the reference content.

Encarta offers a new enhanced reference. Want to find out who painted the Mona Lisa ? Just ask Who painted the Mona Lisa and the encyclopedia does the rest . Do your kids ever ask , why is the sky blue? Well now they can ask Encarta in simple question form and get their answers quick and easy.


Also included is the Mind Maze game, explore a castle maze while testing your knowledge. Learn while you play and improve any students grades! Time Lines will give you the a chronology of world history. Easily compare Arts, Music, Agriculture, Architecture, and more.


With the Web link update your Encarta each month for the latest news and information on current events.


Also included in the Encarta 98 Reference Suite is the Virtual Globe, Bookshelf 98 and the Quick Reference CD. With this complete reference suite, any information you need will be here right at your fingertips!

Encarta 98 is the best encyclopedia on the market today!

System requirements:
you must have:
Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0
486dx 50 MHz or higher
16MB Ram for Windows NT
8MB of Ram for Windows 95
60MB of free hard disk space
Local Bus video with at least 1 MB of video memory
2X (or faster) CD-ROM
SVGA monitor/ display 640x480
256 color minimum (16 bit high color recommended


RATINGS

Encarta Reference Suite 98
Company: Microsoft
Reviewer: Valerie L. Rojas
Ease of Installation: A+
Documentation: A+
Graphical user interface A+
Help Screens A
Ease of learning to use A+
Overall rating A+


Would you recommend this to a close friend for purchase? YES


PACKAGE CONTENTS:
1 jeweled case with 2 CDs .Encarta Encyclopedia 98
1 jeweled case with 1 CD Encarta's Virtual Globe
1 jeweled case with 1 CD Microsoft Bookshelf
1 Cd in slip cover Reference Organizer


Tech Support: 1-800-432-1076
On the Web: www.eb.com/bcd
E-Mail Support@eb.com
Information and support included in Reference Guide


THE REVIEWER


Valerie L. Rojas has lived in Las Vegas Nv, for the past 36 years. At present she is a disabled mother of two. She has worked in various public relation areas, including Sears and The Review Journal Newspaper, in Las Vegas. Her hobbies include : reading Stephan King novels, collecting Star Trek memorabilia, cooking, and computers.

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