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Product: MapPoint 2001
Company: Microsoft
Website: http://www.microsoft.com
Estimated Street Price: $249.00
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Review By: Julien JAY

Final Results and Overall Mark

Table Of Contents
1: Introduction
2: Features
3: Advanced features
4: Conclusion

Well we have reached the end of the review. Here are my final comments, notes and grades for Microsoft MapPoint.

 

 

Final Comments

How It Grades
  Installation: 90%
Manual: 85%
Performance: 90%
Mapping functions: 90%
Ease of use: 95%
Look: 85%
Integrity of map
data provided: 90%
Integration with
Office 2000:
95%
Help Files: 85%
Price: 90%
Overall: 90%

 

Microsoft MapPoint 2001 answers a real need expressed by business and corporate users. Its ease of use and its functional richness really make it worth the buy comparing to competitors mapping software that are now really obsolete when you compare them to MapPoint. Once again Microsoft has struck a great blow by unleashing real powerful mapping software totally integrated with other Microsoft Office 2000 compliant programs. If you need to use maps in your day-to-day work don’t hesitate anymore and buy Microsoft MapPoint 2001 right now!

 

Specs & Package
Overall Score 90%
Version Reviewed Microsoft MapPoint 2001
Release Date Out Now
In The Box? MapPoint 2001 CD
Documentation
The Good Points Good mapping features
Excellent Office integration
Powerful customizable tool
The Bad Points No VBA6 language included
Reviewers PC Setup Pentium III 1Ghz B
Intel VC 820 Motherboard
256 Mb of PC800 RDRAM /w ECC
Windows 98 Second Edition
DirectX 7a
17" Sony Trinitron Monitor
32MB Creative GeForce 2 GTS 4X AGP Graphics Card
Microsoft SideWinder Game Pad
Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer
Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro
Sound Blaster Live! Platinum

DVD Pioneer 10x IDE

PC Required Minimum System

Intel Pentium Processor 90Mhz or higher,
Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 
20Mb RAM (36Mb recommended for NT)
190-245Mb of free hard disk space (full install)
CD-Rom Drive
VGA Video 256 Colors

 
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