SOFTWARE
Name Price Rating Comment Win 95 Win 3.1 From Tel no Issue Page Additional comments, notes
Travel/Journey Planning
Autoroute Express £51 lllllm Excellent mapping and fast route calculation. Y Y Microsoft 0345 002000 13 154 recommended
Info Travel £49 lllmmm Clean and simple, basic information for international travellers. ? Y InfoSoft 01753 539393 3 182
Rail Journey Planner £30 lllmmm A useful product that's improving slowly. Y Y RailDirect 0191 269 0232 23 167
Miscellaneous
Avery Label Pro £50 lllllm Beautifully simple if a little limited in scope. Y Y Avery 0800 805020 16 145 recommended
Logical Decisions £400 llllmm Can solve problems that involve lots of data. Expensive. Y Y POW Distribution 01202 716726 16 130
Win95 Advisor £30 lllmmm Gives an idea of how your system will cope with Windows 95. Poor value when compared to the actual cost of upgrading. ? Y
desktop utility Officeblox £100 lllllm Easy to use set of small applications. Y N? AlphaBlox UK 01628 777475 12 142
meetings organisation Meetings Manager £195 lmmmmm Failed attempt to make time spent in meetings more productive. ? Y PC Control 0171 454 1235 9 130
ideas organiser Inspiration 4 £149 llllmm Useful for ideas processing and drawing diagrams. Y Y Roderick Manhattan 0181 875 4444 8 134
photo library Corel Stock Photo Library £795 lllllm 20,000 royalty free images. Largely good quality images. ? Y Corel 0800 581028 6 133
statistics SPSS 6.1 £3,560 lllllm The most complete package available. Base version also available. ? Y SPSS UK 01483 719201 5 149
statistics SPSS 7 £695 llllmm Improved with new modules and features that add to its power. Y N SPSS UK 01483 719201 24 188
cd authoring Corel CD Creator £169 llllll Fully featured, and excellent value. ? Y Corel 0800 581028 4 148
cd authoring Corel CD Creator 2 £169 lllllm Well designed, fast and easy to use for no-frills CD burning. Y N Channel Market Makers 01703 814142 21 154 recommended
screen saver The Far Side £29 llllmm Highly colourful, well executed. ? Y Delrina 0181 207 3163 3 178
doc management AskSam 2 £295 llllmm Excellent free-form text database. ? Y Guildsoft 01752 895100 3 180
doc management AskSam 3 £100 lllllm Versatile and easy to use. Y Y Guildsoft 01752 895100 20 148 recommended
share analysis Updata Teleshares £295 llllmm Useful for any business involved in the stock market. ? Y Updata 0181 874 4747 2 147
market research Pinpoint 3 £499 llllmm Expensive but well designed tool. ? Y Longman Logotron 01223 425558 2 164
midi sequencer Cakewalk Professional 3 £299 llllll Brilliantly designed, effortless to use. A star performer. ? Y Et Cetera Distribution 01706 228039 1 133 excellence
multitrack editing SAW Plus £680 lllllm More suitable for recording studios than one person multimedia production. Y Y Et Cetera Distribution 01706 228039 18 134 recommended
business planning Business Plan 2 £149 llllmm Useful, but somewhat expensive. Y Y Roderick Manhattan 0181 875 4444 18 118
share dealing Infotrade £60 lllllm Impressive security aspects and plenty of help with broking jargon. Y Y BT 0800 226600 18 126 recommended
employee appraisal tool Emlpoyee Appraiser 2 £77 lllmmm Not a one-stop appraisal solution, but a handy management tool. Y Y Softline 0181 401 1234 19 134
data mapping Mapinfo Pro 4 £1,095 lllmmm A useful tool for data mapping, but too expensive. Y Y MapInfo 01344 482888 20 155
writing aid Creative Writing 2 £43 lllmmm Plenty of helpful advice, but it's all been seen before in paper form. Y Y Way Ahead 01952 243153 21 152
music creation Koan Pro £140 llllmm One of the most original pieces of music software to hit the market. Y Y Sseyo 01344 712017 21 153
contact management Goldmine 3 £395 lllllm Feature-rich, fast, efficient, intuitive and flexible. Y N AVG 0171 454 1790 22 160 recommended
business templates Planit Letters £26 llllmm A good starting point for people who have difficulty composing letters. Y Y Roderick Manhattan 0181 875 4444 23 166
multimedia presentations Picture Album £20 lllllm Affordable and innovative approach to organising multimedia material. Y Y TGL Multimedia 0171 474 1765 23 166
to do lists Action Pro 3 £34 lllmmm Well executed but very basic. Y Y Wessex Systems 01202 896986 23 173
management Manage Pro £249 llllmm Could save time and money if used in the right situation. Y Y POW Distribution 01202 716726 24 184
genealogy Family Origins 4 £26 lllllm A superb application, very easy to use. Y Y Guildsoft 01752 895100 24 193 recommended
speech recognition Kurzweil Voice 2 £595 lllmmm Voice dictation that works, although accuracy could be better. Y Y Responsive Systems 0171 602 4107 24 201
colour matching Pantone ColorDrive 1.5 £149 llllmm Comprehensive palette based colour matching. Y N Computers Unlimited 0181 200 8282 24 202
postcode retrieval Probe 1.6.1 £1,650 lllmmm First class tool, but prohibitively expensive. Y Y Hopewiser 0161 980 6001 25 202

Last Update: 15/10/96

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