Re: Differences between AppleWorks 3.x, 4.x, and 5.x

[Slick <PAYSlick_RCBD@hotmail.com>]

Bill Robbins wrote:
> 
> In article <35484C4C.6C12@hotmail.com>, paySlick_RCBD@hotmail.com wrote:
> 
> > I've been using AppleWorks 3.0 for several years now. I had upgraded
> > from version 2.1, and liked the improvements. Is it worth it to upgrade
> > to 5.0?
> 
> In the first place, don't even think about AW5.0.  5.1 is a significant
> bug fix and it's a FREE upgrade from 5.0.  I believe most definitely that
> the jump from 3.0 is worthwhile.  You will loose a few of the TimeOut
> applications which were never updated (or actually incorporated into
> AW5.0), but you gain a much more stable, bug free platform with far better
> integration of not only its traditional modules but with many of those
> extras we knew as TimeOuts and add ons in AW3 and are now actually a part
> of the program, UltraMacros, Outliner and Total Control being just three
> of the major ones.  There are also many improvements and added features.
> I'll take a risk and say that most people would agree that the jump
> between 3.0 and 5.1 is a significantly greater improvement gain than the
> jump from 2.1 to 3.0.  I have heard no one say that they wish they hadn't
> bothered making the upgrade.  Oh, yes, the beauty of the way the
> improvements were made is that you can still use 5.0 the same way you used
> 1.0, ignoring all the improvements.  There are only a few situations in
> which the changes are intrusive.  What this means is that you can take
> them at your own speed in your own time while remaining productive with AW
> from the moment you install the new version.
> 
> There are some minimum hardware requirements, however, and it's been so
> long since I installed 5.1 I'm not entirely confident in my memory.  I
> believe you will need a 512 K minimum of memory to run the program (or is
> it 256K), and you will need a drive larger than 800K (hard drive or
> SuperDrive) to run a full installation of the program.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Bill Robbins
> mfumu@alphalink.com.au
I don't have any TimeOut add-ons, only the AW3 expander (which I don't
use many of the patches for) that came with my PC Transporter. My IIGS
far surpasses the minimum requirements you laid out for the system. I
thnk 4.25MB of RAM, 327MB hard drive, and 1 SuperDrive should do nicely.
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