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BookmarkWhen you need the facts, turn to Encyclopedia Britannica Ultimate DVD for accurate information written by Nobel laureates, Historians, curators, professors, and other noted authorities. Start with the encyclopedias,and move on to videos, biographies,atlases, dictionarires, timelines,classics, magazines, and beyond. Encyclopedia Britannica Ultimate DVD is the all-in-one reference resource for every age.
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This release is comprehensive and fun to read and well organized. So far no crashes, it runs reliably on my laptop. The cross- reference system is great, the articles are great, the interface is nice. I use Britannica software since 2002 and from year to year it improves both article content and multimedia additions. Money well spent.
I was concerned whether or not this would work well with my new Windows 7, but it worked great. I like Encyclopedia Britannica, partly because of the Kid’s Encyclopedia – I have kids looking up in it to find answers to things when they have questions and they like it. Many times they will browse it, especially learning about animals. I like the video clips with the stories. There’s just so much more you get than the written text, and the content is more accurate than Wikapedia. Because Wikapedia let’s people put in their own entries, sometimes they are less than accurate.
For me, the Encyclopedia Britannica fills a large gap between 1.) dictionaries and quickly looking something up on google, and 2.) subject-specific books. For example, articles about major topics such as “Ancient Egypt”, “Buddhism”, “Economic Development”, “Mozart”, “Paris”, “The Moon” are generally 10-50 pages in length and a good starting point to learn about a topic of interest without having to purchase a specialized book (which is often more detailed than desired).
Compared to Wikipedia, I found that for the same amount of reading time I get more useful information out of the Encyclopedia Britannica; the articles are on average better written (see, for example, “Money” by Milton Friedman, or “Space-Time” by Albert Einstein), and less reflective of authors’ personal interests. I still use Wikipedia quite a bit for looking up specialized topics (such as the history of the C programming language, or a pop musician), but for general topics the EB is my favorite starting point.
The Britannica website shows that this ‘Ultimate’ edition works with ‘Windows 7′; and the ‘Deluxe’ version (offered elsewhere) doesnt work with Windows 7.
Windows
Microsoft® Windows® XP (with SP2), Vista, or 7
Pentium III® or equivalent processor
512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended)
1.96 GB free hard-drive space (4.5 GB for Full installation)
DVD-ROM Drive
1024×768 resolution, 16-bit color
Internet access recommended