The Complete National Geographic 110 Years
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Software Reviews of The Complete National Geographic 110 Years
Customer Review: Poor Quality
Summary: 2 Stars
We purchased this product to do some research for a trip which we are planning. While we found the search facility to be acceptable, the technology used to display the articles is generally deplorable.Our plan was to look at the information using a laptop which has a screen resolution of 800x600. At this resolution, articles from the present back until 1970, can be read, but with some eye strain. From 1969 back until 1940, it is almost impossible to read the articles and from 1939 back until 1888, forget it.
We did find that on a desktop machine with a better resolution, readibility did improve somewhat, but the pre-1970 articles are still tough and the pre-1940 are still really bad.
The manufacturer of this product should be ashamed by the lack of quality. They apparently simply scanned in every page of every article without ever looking at the result. The company must have no quality control. I cannot understand how a reputable organization like the National Geographic Society could allow their name to be associated with this amateurish product.
Customer Review: Yes, irritating, but still an amazing bargain
Summary: 3 Stars
I'll be the first to admit I find the CD's and the software difficult to work with, and I know it could have been a much better product. Still, the amazing bargain of having every National Geographic magazine ever published in one compact set is not to be underestimated. I gave a friend the 1960's CD for a birthday gift. (At one point you could buy decades individually). He absolutely adored being able to read the articles from the decade he was born in, and experience some of the issues and discoveries he was too young to appreciate at the time. The user interface is awkward, and the print function is hideous, but don't let that stop you from experiencing the full history of National Geographic on your computer. You'd deprive yourself of an archive of some of the most beautiful photography and writing ever produced.Customer Review: Great concept.......
Summary: 1 Stars
I would love to meet the person who designed this awful piece of software. As mentioned before the text prints out so badly you cannot even read it, there is no central database for all data, each new cd has to be registered and every time you seem to do something it asks you to enter a cd you just put back in the awkward packaging. Why National Geographic didn't use something like Adobe Acrobat to put this package together I will probably never know. Bad show Mindscape for rendering a potentially fantastic product practically unusable.Customer Review: Commercials! Low Res Rip-off!
Summary: 1 Stars
I have to watch a damn Kodak commercial? Nat. Geo. shows NO CLASS with this piece of garbage. Horrible, low res scanned pages - even the text prints out poorly. This was designed for cheap computers of 5 years ago.Shockingly bad.
Customer Review: I've had it for two years and it always irritates me!
Summary: 2 Stars
The big problem with this software is this:You CANNOT copy and paste from the articles--they are stored at image files, NOT as text files.
Worse, if you try to print out the pages, the text is illegible. NG released a patch that would darken the text, but it didn't work--it darkens everything, so you just end up with a darker page.
I am a teacher and I was hoping to be able to use the articles in class, but I have not been able to.
I have had these CDs for more than two years and I have NEVER been able to use it in the way that I had hoped.
In short, this product has been nothing but a waste of money for me.