SOFTWARE
Name Price Rating Comment Win 95 Win 3.1 From Tel no Issue Page Additional comments, notes
PIMs
Commence 3 £199 llllmm Powerful and versatile, but poor documentation. Y Y NOW Distribution 0181 288 3512 17 133
Ecco Pro 3 £129 llllmm Fully featured. Overhyped internet facilities. Y Y Roderick Manhattan 0181 875 4400 13 152
Expresso £25 lllllm Good looking, and powerful. Y Softline 0181 401 1234 7 139 excellence
Goldmine for Windows £395 llllmm Very useable, a lot easier to get to grips with than much of the competition. Y AVG 0171 454 1790 1 124
Janna Contact 95 £99 llmmmm Feature packed but plagued by bugs and slow code. Avoid. Y N ESP 01628 23453 16 132
Now Up To Date £99 lllmmm Looks good, excellent data organisation, but some irritating omissions. Y Y Now Software 01525 237100 18 132
OfficeTalk £50 per user lllmmm Let down by clumsy interface and minor glitches. Y Sareen Software 0181 423 9434 7 126
Organiser 2 £84 lllmmm Shame about the bugs. Y Lotus 01784 455445 5 160
Polaris Advantage £99 lllllm Powerful cut down version of PackRat. Y Windowline 0181 401 1177 1 139
Quickaddress Pro £3,000 llllmm Useful address management system for mailshotters. Y QAS 0171 498 7777 1 127
Sidekick 2 £39 lllllm Lacks group scheduling features. Y Y Starfish Software 0181 875 4455 12 148
Sidekick £70 lllllm Excellent. Y Starfish Software 0181 875 4455 1 131 recommended
Super Office 3 £249 llmmmm Unwieldy and expensive contact manager. Y Y SuperOffice 01442 871119 15 132
TaskTimer 3 £169 llllmm Powerful fast and logical, though interface and price could be better. Y Y Time/system 01908 263333 20 150

Last Update: 15/10/96

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