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Disappointing

The 2003 Tour de France included the legendary climbs of Galibier, Izoard and Tourmalet. You wouldnt know it by watching this DVD though. These climbs and much of the action of the Tour are completely ignored on a DVD that is more of a highlights of the last 10km of each stage rather than highlights of the Tour. On a 4 hour long DVD this is inexcusable. However its still the Tour de France and its worth watching but not as good as it should be.

A bit backward in terms of features and interface

It is a useful tool and a comprehensive range of reference books. I think that alone makes it value for money, as the price is less than hardcopies of those books would cost. As other reviewers have observed, it is let down a fair bit by the interface. The product is dominated by offering little context-sensitive popups, rather than a decent eBook layout alternative. I think it would be useful if English was a second language, or you regularly struggle with vocabulary. However, I generally do not need help when reading websites, I am more likely to want to find words, definitions etc when writing something myself. This product is fairly well suited to giving further information about stuff displayed on the screen, but a bit weak as support in research. Having said that, the reference material is all there and can be searched and retrieved without too much difficulty .. just more longwinded than one would expect nowadays.

great content

The content of this software more than compensates for lack of functionality. You also have the opportunity to download lots of other foreign language and other reference dictionaries into this one place. Its great for research.