OED 2nd Ed. on CD-ROM, version 3

[nq:1]I recommend it.[/nq]
Still no Mac version. No way is anything good enough to make me suffer Windows.

Mike Connally Reading, England

(Email Removed) (Mike Connally) wrote on 30 Dec 2003:
[nq:2]I recommend it.[/nq]
[nq:1]Still no Mac version. No way is anything good enough to make me suffer Windows.[/nq]
Those of us who have chosen to suffer Windows are privileged to have the pleasure of the OED2CDv3. Those of you who have chosen to enjoy the Mac are also privileged to suffer a deprivation of your own making. I used

On 30 Dec 2003 00:30:11 GMT, CyberCypher
[nq:2]Still no Mac version. No way is anything good enough to make me suffer Windows.[/nq]
[nq:1]Those of us who have chosen to suffer Windows are privileged to have the pleasure of the OED2CDv3. Those of ... a nose and still complain that Windows stinks. I cannot disagree in principle, but at least I can smell it.[/nq]
I used to curse Windows 9

Bob Cunningham (Email Removed) wrote on 30 Dec 2003:
[nq:1]I used to curse Windows 98 a lot, but now that I've upgraded to Windows XP Home Edition I haven't yet found anything to curse about.[/nq]
I've got XP Pro and there is quite a bit to curse about, but compared to Win98SE, it is cloud 5 (ie still a long way to go before cloud 9) instead of the fifth circle of ****.
[nq:1]As for th

[nq:1]Even if my school were to subscribe, I'd have to use (the on-line OED) through my school's on-campus network.[/nq]
If your school has a Web proxy accessible from outside the campus network, then you can access OED on-line through the proxy. This is what I do for off-campus access to all of the subscription-only content to which my institution has site licenses.

Mike Nitabach

[nq:1]As for the OED on CD, I look at it as a last resort for those who have ... the Los Angeles Public Library.) The CD is frozen the day you buy it. The online version is continually upgraded.[/nq]
I'm getting the impression that depressingly few UK residents can gain access to the on-line OED: I'd rather like to know which libraries around the world actually do make it available to their me

[nq:2]As for the OED on CD, I look ... day you buy it. The online version is continually upgraded.[/nq]
[nq:1]I'm getting the impression that depressingly few UK residents can gain access to the on-line OED: I'd rather like to ... do make it available to their members (whether or not I'm eligible to join one of them). Carmarthenshire Library doesn't.[/nq]
It's always worth enquiring about

Michael Nitabach (Email Removed) wrote on 30 Dec 2003:
[nq:2]Even if my school were to subscribe, I'd have to use (the on-line OED) through my school's on-campus network.[/nq]
[nq:1]If your school has a Web proxy accessible from outside the campus network, then you can access OED on-line through the proxy. This is what I do for off-campus access to all of the subscription-only content to w

[nq:1]I'm getting the impression that depressingly few UK residents can gain access to the on-line OED: I'd rather like to ... do make it available to their members (whether or not I'm eligible to join one of them). Carmarthenshire Library doesn't.[/nq]
Neither does the New York Public Library, which surprises me, nor the Queens Public Library, which doesn't.
(Is that the correct use of "n

[nq:1]Neither does the New York Public Library, which surprises me, nor the Queens Public Library, which doesn't.[/nq]
Oy! It's the "Queens Borough Public Library"! (Yep, I checked, unlike CUNY, they consider "Queens Borough" to be two words.)

And here I thought you were a Native by now.
It's sort of weird how a number of public institutions in Queens have that superfluous (based