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- From: mfprf@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Paul R. Falzer)
- Subject: Seeking Opinions on Mathcad
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- Organization: Educational Computing Network
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 20:12:56 GMT
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- I just received an offer from the company to purchase the Mathcad
- program for about $80 and would appreciate your assistance in
- deciding whether I should buy it at that price.
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- My needs are for an equation editor that is more powerful and
- flexible than AmiPro's and for a statistical analysis tool that
- would give me the flexibility to write linear models and analyze
- data accordingly. My first question is, how well would Mathcad
- meet my needs relative to other programs on themarket--especially
- in comparison with other stat packages such as SPSS?
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- Second, Mathcad seems to resemble an electronic chalkboard.
- Besides its working with mathematical equations and models, what
- (if any) are its other capabilities? For instance, does it have
- an drawing, charting, or graphing capabilities? How effectively
- does it perform word processing and layout functions?
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- Third, what else should I know about the program's overall and
- specific strengths and weaknesses? I am wondering about the
- following items, among others: how fast is the program compared
- with other significant applications? How well does it work with
- other programs? How effectively does it function as an OLE
- server? What's its memory and system resource demands?
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- Thanks in advance for your comments and opinions.
-
- Paul R. Falzer
- Internet: mfprf@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu
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