>Folks, > >I'm looking for a basic office suite to install on my LC 475 (full 68040 >processor, 36M memory, 1M VRAM, 88MB available HD space, AppleCD 600e, >MacOS 8.1). I decided to check out eBay for (potential) bargains. >ClarisWorks 4.0 and AppleWorks 5.0 seem to be generally available for >between $12 and $25 and both would appear to be able to function on my >machine. Price and platform are obviously not going to be major >discriminators, so, two questions: > >1) Given the target platform and a target usage in a home office, which, >if either, is preferable and why? (I don't want to start a flame war, I >just want to get some subjective & objective pros & cons). > >2) My "bogus alert" sensor is just about pegging the needle (an analog >expression in this digital world - what would be a contemporary, >comparable expression?) on most of the ClarisWorks 4.0 Internet Edition >auctions. Am I being too paranoid (see sig block) or is this something >similar to the "Apple Technician CD" and "Mac OS 7.5.5" grey market >material? > >TIA for your comments. > > Sp00ky
Whenever large numbers of an identical product start showing up on eBay, my male-cow-waste-product meter jumps too. Although I never used it, ClarisWorks 4 Internet Edition didn't sell very well or last very long, and I would suspect that there was a reason. That said, Appleworks 5 is, IMO, the way to go. I like the interface better, and it seems to handle graphic files with more aplomb - admittedly only my subjective impression. The button ars are just innocuousenough to be useful, and the word processor seems to do a few things that 4.0 did oddly or clunkily. I used to run 5.0 on my little brother's LC 475 and it worked just dandy, although it used a tad more RAM than I was omfortable with - he only had 20. That aside, I did most of my paper-writing last year using 4.0 on a Quadra 650, mainly because I was too lazy to install 5. 4.0 is an excellent program for anything I've thrown at it. In short, whatever. BTW - I usually say "Off The Scale" or my alarm is "Going Off." I've never thought of a digital one, but doing so might be fun. "Thrashing the Hard Drive" comes to mind. -DV -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
