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Microsoft Student with Encarta Premium 2008
Company: Microsoft Corp., One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399. Phone: (800) 6427676; Internet:www.microsoft.com/ student
Price: $49.95-single copy. Volume discounts are available for schools, colleges, and libraries. The school version can be set up for online access.
Audience: Microsoft Student 2008 is intended for teachers and students in middle school and higher grades. The program includes material that could be of use to nearly anyone using Microsoft Office.
Format: DVD or online download: multimedia and Internet components. The program works best when used with Microsoft Office, but it includes a number of useful programs that can be used without Office.
Minimum System Requirements: For Windows systems only.
The basic system requirements are a multimedia computer with a Pentium 600 MHz processor (1 GHz or higher recommended), Windows XP (SP2), 250 MB RAM (512 MB or more recommended), and 1.9 MB of hard-drive space (Encarta Kids requires an additional 430 MB of hard-drive space). Other features, some of which are optional, require up to 2.5 GB or more of hard-drive space.
Also needed is a DVD-ROM drive, a mouse or other pointing device, and a 16-bit sound card with speakers or headphones. The display requires a high-color-capable or better video card with a minimum 800 x 600 resolution (1024 x 768 recommended).
The required supporting programs include Adobe Shockwave and Adobe Flash Player, as well as Windows Media Player. Some program features are intended for use with Microsoft Office XP, Office 2003, or the 2007 Microsoft Office system (all of which are available separately).
Internet access is required for online features such as...