I have a radical notion. I used to have Britannica, American Heritage Dictionary, and others on my hard drive. It was beginning to get crowded. Now I don't have any encyclopedias, or dictionaries except for WordWeb Pro (There is a free version). WWPro has database locally, but it also accesses any number of reference materials on the internet. The whole internet is your hard drive. Join Britannica online and place a shortcut on your desktop or taskbar to it. I do have some portal programs that connect to an online databases like BookSearch and aforementioned WordWeb. If you have a always on broadband connection there are few reference databases you need on your computer, except a dictionary, like WordWeb, Don't have - I am learning - have anything on your hard drive that you don't need. Ray gave you the solution. I am just a recovering download-install-it-all addict. |