6 of 16 customers found the following review helpful:
 Doesn't work with Hyper Threading Dell, 2004-08-18
this dictionary and thesaurus are very important for a pro writer and I just can not get it to load on my new Dell XPS with Hyper Threading Pentium 4. Called Dell. No help... they don't know how to fix as HT tech is so new. Any clues? Right now I have my old system networked to run just Webster's, but still have to cross the room to look at it and can't cut and paste since the big Dell doesn't recognize WNW. Yiiikes. I know this isn't a newslist, but if anyone has a HT Pentium 4 and got it working on yours, please contact me at saynitso@lunchezine.com. Thanks in advance for suggestions. It is the best dictionary and thesaurus on the market as far as I can tell... if you can get it to work.
26 of 27 customers found the following review helpful:
 A very nice product; but doesn't integrate with browsers., 2004-07-16
This is undoubtedly the best dictionary & thesaurus available today. The features that impressed me the most are:1: You don't have to leave the CD in the drive to use the 'pronounciation' feature. You can optionally install the sound files on your hard disk. (Approx. 532 MB) 2: Multiple pronounciations invoked where appropriate. 3: Installs without a glitch and integrates with MS Word. 4: Has a lot of nice features like 'Spelling Help'. I hope the 12th Edition will integrate with email browsers, not just with MS Word. Also, I would have preferred the thesaurus invoked automatically in an additional pane instead of switching between dictionary and thesaurus.
59 of 64 customers found the following review helpful:
good word pronounciation, 2004-07-07
I already owned the Microsoft Encarta World English Dictionary when I bought Merriam-Webster because I wanted the software to pronounce every word, and Encarta doesn't.Merriam-Webster's main good point:
pronouces every single entry, including various forms of each word, such as "beauty", "beautiful" plus you can copy the whole disc into your computer, so you don't have to put in the CD every time you look stuff up. Can't do with Microsoft. Other than that, it isn't a very good computer dictionary. It looks like somebody just scanned the information into the computer. The dictionary has limited space, that's why stuff is crammed in the there, but the computer should read with more paragraph separations which costs no more memory. There are few examples. I also don't like the fact that you have to clear each entry before you can look up the next word, which I don't have to do with Microsoft's. It is a usable dictionary and thesarus, and has plenty of entries. I think it is particular worth it for someone learning English as a foreign language.
7 of 9 customers found the following review helpful:
 Voice helps me a lot!, 2004-04-03
Three is no other dictionary that I can rely on more than Merriam Webster dictionary. This new edition, 11th, got all updated words used for internet and new high tech terms with accurate vocal sound. I saw some other dictionary with sound, but this dictionary got most accurate sound that I can trust. For some words that have two sounds, it pronounces both of them.
I can not work without this dictionary.
10 of 18 customers found the following review helpful:
 great for kids, 2004-01-02
The Amazon Features: recommended this dictionary for age 9 to adult and this should have been a big clue. Generally 9 year olds and adults aren't looking for the same things in a product of this type. This is a cute program but all of it is freely available on the Web.My two biggest disappointments were the brief simplistic definitions and that it lacks cross-referencing or hyper-linking within a definition, -- yes, you can easily jump to new definitions from words within a given definition, but, for me, this lacks the learning that comes with hyper-linking. My last comment is that as of January 04, the reviews listed under this Medical Dictionary are reviews for other Merriam-Webster products, but not for the Medical Dictionary. Read closely and notice the reference to a thesaurus that the Medical Dictionary does not have.
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