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Grex Micros Item 89: New Cheap word processors for the Mac.
Entered by omni on Fri May 20 05:23:26 UTC 1994:

  I hope that this is the right place for this.

  I am looking for a new (better?) word processor than MacWrite 5.0.1
I am between WriteNow and Thunder 7, both which are priced about the
same, but money being as tight as it is, I need more advice than what
I found in the MacWarehouse catalog. Word is not an option, because I
morally object to Microshaft.

 Also, if anyone has the dictionary for MW 5, I would appreciate a
copy. My disk suffered a calamity that rendered it useless, and 
unable to read. Thanks for the advice in advance.

12 responses total.

#1 of 12 by n8nxf on Fri May 20 12:39:53 1994:

I have a legal copy of Write Now 2.2 with all the doc's.  $10 if you
want it Jim.  (3.0 is the most recent.  2.2 was prior to that.)

#2 of 12 by omni on Sat May 21 05:45:17 1994:

 I'll keep this in mind; but no doubt I'll wind up buying it.

 4.0 is just out.

#3 of 12 by srw on Sun May 22 04:54:39 1994:

One thing to consider is that by buying his 2.2, you should be eligible to 
go to 4.0 as an upgrade later. That'll cost more than $10, but it should be 
less than the $60 street price of a new WN4. You can probably call to
inquire. The publisher T/maker has apparently sold it to SoftKey Intl.

On your machine WN2.2 shoud be very serviceable. WriteNow is a best buy, IMO.

#4 of 12 by omni on Sun May 22 05:25:23 1994:

  One question I must ask is... does it auto save your work in case you
have a crash? I have had a rash of crashes, and they really bug me.

 I had Word 3.0 for my IBM and I was very happy with it, with no
intention to upgrade, although I will probably upgrade WN2.2

#5 of 12 by srw on Sun May 22 05:54:22 1994:

I don't think it does have an autosave feature, but there is an extension
called savomatic. It's on the umich mac archive.
its URL is gopher://gopher.archive.merit.edu:7055/40/mac/system.extension
s/cdev/savomatic1.51.sit.hqx

#6 of 12 by mju on Sun May 22 13:48:16 1994:

He's only entitled to a reduced-price upgrade, Steve, if the original
owner hasn't already upgraded the software to the latest version.
Most companies only allow a particular copy to be upgraded once,
to prevent people from transferring an old copy of the software around
like a reusable discount coupon.

#7 of 12 by srw on Sun May 22 16:02:20 1994:

I think that's all I was saying. I didn't mean he could upgrade for free.
But they will charge less than the street price of WN4 ($60), I'll wager.
The advantage for Jim is that he can postpone that expense, and get
by with a $10 version of WN2.2, a solid performer on a Mac Plus.

#8 of 12 by omni on Sun May 22 22:13:18 1994:

 So I have read in MacUser. The guy that wrote the article said that
it was "among one of the best programs written". He also said Word
was comparable, but much slower. I am not looking to upgrade it.

#9 of 12 by mju on Thu May 26 14:53:35 1994:

Well, no, what I meant was that Jim may not be able to get an
upgrade price *at all* if the old copy of WN2.2 has already
been upgraded to WN4.

#10 of 12 by omni on Thu May 26 21:33:26 1994:

 I got an offer in the mail, offering WN 4 for $39.95 Version 3 is
available from Mac's Place for 19.99. 

 This is the Sexiest wp I have ever used, and it gives you *perfect* letters
without a lot of hassle. I don't know why I waited so long.

I highly recommend this Wp to *any* macwrite user.

#11 of 12 by n8nxf on Fri May 27 11:54:16 1994:

The WN2.2 that omni got from me has hever been upgraded.  We got WN3.0
bundled with our PB, so no need.

#12 of 12 by sarrica on Tue May 31 10:47:31 1994:

WriteNow is probably the best, inexpensive WP for the Mac.  Thunder 7
is a spell checker-- not a word processor.

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