Customer Reviews

World Book Encyclopedia 2003 Ultra-Deluxe Edition

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When I first got this program, I noticed that the interface was very easy to use. Many of the articles were too brief, or you had to look harder for certain details than you would in other programs such as Encarta or Britannica. I noticed that the multimedia on World Book is not as abundant as the other programs, but it certainly was good. The pictures, sound, and video were clear and relevant to the articles. I would recommend this program for anybody under 15 or anybody looking for a broad number of topics, but if you need more specific information, I suggest you find another program.

I would give this software no stars if I could!

This program came on my iMac in 2003 and was an awesome product. However after paying for the 2004 edition I found that updates are no longer available. That means that no articles from 2004 are available to me. I used the given e-mail address to inquire about this problem, only to be told that this was only a temporary situation. Today I clicked on the link to contact World Book, and it no longer works. I would ask for my money back, but there doesn't seem to be any way to get in touch with the company. The part of this that I find hard to believe is that this product is still for sale.

CUSTOMER BEWARE is all that I can say at this point.

I got this as part of my kids' curriculum for this year. Whilst the articles about the different countries are good and informative, the link to update the information is obselete. The maps are quite good, but I cannot get a close-up version of any map, so when the kids are to find a particular island that is smaller than say, 200 miles wide, it will be invisible. Like I said in the title, it's a little better than OK.

First off, I can't even register it because the domain doesn't exist in the first place! second, i can't run the atlas because it says the sound devices were installed incorrectly, now who's fault is that? I didn't install it, it installed automatically! The articles are a little too brief too, and the encyclopedia has a hard time connecting to my cable modem to get on the internet. These are not things i would expect from a professional encyclopedia. If i could do it again i would pay the extra 10$ and get the encarta.

This is an astounding electronic encyclopedia that is worth every penny. It beats Britannica hand's down in feature parity, movies, images, and content, and since it's not made by that conficted monopoly Microsoft, you're spared a lot of redirection to MS's websites when clicking on links to the Internet. If you're looking for the Macintosh edition, ...it's called the Jaguar edition.... That platform's version is utterly stunning and I'm afraid is even better than the Windows version. Either way, you won't be disappointed with this fast, informative, nicely organized application that the application's code warriors cared enough to make a quality product. Apple the company apparently likes it as well because it's pre-installed on many new computers they sell. Since I have two computers (one Windows and another Mac), I was able to compare the two in feature parity. I guess it is true what they say: Some things just look better on a Mac.

With that said, I have yet to encounter a single bug, program crash, or "missing" DLL, and the company's attention to detail should be rewarded, if not praised. So if you're thinking of ordering something for your kids, a college student, or even yourself, put this software at the top of your list. You won't regret it!

I tried installing this software. It installed. But when I tried to run the application, it gave an error message about sound installation and quit running. What an useless software.

This is not so good. only if someone offers it for free, get it... else not worth the money its asking for.