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Drawbacks of the Disk Edition
There are some disadvantages to using the Disk Edition instead of the on-line web site.
Most of these are unavoidable due to the way the Disk Edition works, of course:
- Windows 95/98/2000/ME/NT Only: Unfortunately, I planned The PC Guide to be
portable, but I never envisioned it being used directly on a wide variety of different
PCs. As a result, the site makes extensive use of long
filenames and will not function under Windows 3.x. I also do not think it will work on
non-PC platforms. It is unlikely that this will change in the future.
Note: It is possible that the Disk
Edition CD-ROM will work on Apple computers that have the ability to read PC disks. If
anyone who tries this could let me know if it
works or not, I'd be grateful.
- Static Information: The PC Guide is a web site that is dynamic; it is updated
regularly with new content, error corrections and information on new technologies. The
Disk Edition is of course static, and while updates are available every few months, these
updates are not nearly as frequent as those that are made to the version on the Web.
- Cost: The PC Guide web site is free; the Disk Edition is not.
- No External Links: The PC Guide has many links to other web sites. These will not
function if you use the Disk Edition while not connected to the Internet (however if you
are on the ‘net while you use it they will work).
- No Search Engine: The search engine that is present in the web site version of
The PC Guide will not function in the Disk Edition because it requires a web server to be
running. However, there is a file-based search engine built into Windows that you can use
as an approximation of The PC Guide’s search engine, and the PDF version of the site
is also searchable.
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