    OVERALL RATINGS

    Presentation (10 Marks)         10/10

    Ease of Use (15 Marks)          12/15

    Usefulness (20 Marks)           18/20

    Comparison (5 Marks)              5/5

    Overall (50 Marks)              45/50

    Total (100 Marks)              90/100

    OTHER THINGS:

    Comments

    In contrast to many disk magazines (which I personally hate to death as
    a genre) this is a magazine on disk - not a waffle vehicle, not a
    collection on PD, not a waste of your life.  The intention seems to be
    to fill the gap created by the disappearance of readily available
    newsstand magazines and uses the established writing talents of Falcon
    FacTT File members who you'll alreadyknow even if you don't have a
    Falcon.

    The main emphasis is on the reviews.  From the selection available in
    this (and the previous) issue you know that what you've got is very
    up-to-date. Not just PD/Shareware but fully commercial application and
    game reviews as well as show reports and advice sections.

    The quality and thoroughness of the reviews make this an essential read
    and the news section is filled with details that are so up to date that
    I haven't even heard of some of them online.  If you think you're up to
    date, think again.

    The quality of presentation is second to none, but if I have to make
    one criticism it's that even on my 4Mb machine (admittedly with only 2Mb
    free after my auto folder has eaten away at the rest of it) I had
    trouble fitting the some of the pages into RAM - especially those with
    big graphics.

    Bugs:

    Are you kidding?  B^{)