#Favorite Mac CD titles
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Amanda, I am a Mac user who is contemplating purchasing a Centris with a CD Rom
built-in. I have no idea what purpose I will find in the CD Rom world, any more
than I had an idea what a wonderful world awaited me through my modem and
Compuserve.
Are CD's primarily for games and the encyclopedia? What other uses could a
writer, and publisher enjoy?
Thanks, in advance, for answering. I'm just not sure whether it's worth the
added expense to add on the CD component. I'm sure there are plenty of good
reasons, however.
I would recommend going for the CD ROM player because it is a rapidly growing
technology. Right now the primary uses are edutainment, reference, games and
clip art/photo banks. The Oxford English Dictionary will be released on CD
soon. Shakespeare's works are on CD now. (Both the above titles I think would
be great for a writer.) Photo CD is another good reason to consider the
built-in CD player.
If you can afford it, I would say do it because even though you might not use
it all the time now, the applications and uses for CD ROMs is only going to
grow.
Any other opinions out there?
The Future Is Now is a $5 demo disc that has some interesting demos for the Mac
on it. Another one of those discs that needs system 7 or 7.1. The MPC stuff
was worth the cost, The Mac demos are better. Big video pictures on the
Sherlock demo.
Julie,
I recently bought both the complete Shakespeare and complete Sherlock H. for a
total of $24! The searching is great. There are a number of other cds
available with lots of great lit. and search. As a writer myself, I often
think, "now, didn't I read something like that in.. . "
All the other stuff is neat, but not tools.
RTM
Julie,
If you will be purchasing fonts, Type CD's are a great way to do it. I have the
Adobe Type on Call CD. It's safer media than floppies and Adobe offers monthly
font specials. You call up to get a code to unlock the font you want. It's
instant gratification –which of course can be dangerous to your credit card
financial health <g>.
Also, you can use headphones to listen to audio CD's. I love being able to do
this because I often work late at night, but don't want to disturb my
neighbors.
Robin
I'd get it if for no other reason than the fact that the CD versions of
software usually contain some really nice tips and techniques that don't come
on the diskette based versions. Not to mention the advantages for references
and photo-CD's
Oogie
Thanks, all — I'm getting the Centris 610 with a built in CD ROM. I'm sure
I"ll be back with questions, since I have no idea how to use it.