[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Salisbury / Sarum

[Jen Faulkner]

On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 tanwo at hotmail.com wrote:

> Have you (or Simon?) any experience of the CD-ROM version? I'm
> wondering about getting a copy.

I haven't ever seen the CD-ROM, though the OED website seems to be
indicating that it's like the website in its interface.  

The website is very easy to use, search time is good, and it does of
course have the full text of the OED.

Now, personally, I can't imagine having enough need of the OED to pay
the $295 fee for the CD-ROM (let alone the $550/$795+ per year for
access to the website).  At those prices, I'd go to the library and use
it.  There's plenty of other online/CD-ROM dictionaries to fulfill
normal dictionary functions; the only difference with the OED is the
extensive quotations and its authoritative nature.  YMMV, of course.

--jen :)