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Excellent
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"ok!"
Version: Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 17 Deluxe 17
Pros
ok
Cons
hate it
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"I haven't used it yet"
Version: Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 17 Deluxe 17
Pros
all of them
Cons
I like all the product
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"ok, HUGE 380 mbs"
Version: Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 17 Deluxe 17
Pros
it does teach typing, a very good prgram for typing and some fun and games as well.
Cons
However.... it makes XP burp and belch, flickers my screen,and If you have the retail CD you have to use the CD in the CD drive while runing the program - EVEN though it is 380 MBs. That does not make sense, and can't listen to music CD while typing. Installed on 3 separate PCs and one laptop and all of them burped and belched with it. XP CONFLICT.
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"This product will help me to have better typing skills."
Version: Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 17 Deluxe 17
Pros
I like the way it teaches me to type better.
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"i think it helps everyone who want to learn to type"
Version: Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 17 Deluxe 17
Pros
its useful for anyone
Cons
i don't think i have any dislikes of this product
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"Buggy, frustrating, old, difficult to use, did I say FRUSTRATING??"
Version: Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 17 Deluxe 17
Pros
It's a typing program.
Cons
1. Games are not customized to the level of the user. Try typing a M when you don't know where it is!!
2. It is VERY difficult to navigate.
3. The program does not tell you where you are in the lesson plan!!
4. It's buggy! One minute you're typing and the next second you are somewhere else!@#$?!
5. It looks old. Wonder why the download is 400mb? It becuase of the OLD programming - it is v17 and the origional code is still there!!
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"Poorly written software, and no customer support"
Version: Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 17 Deluxe 17
Cons
I reformated and re-installed windows xp, just to try to get this thing to work. Their website says you should shut off all startup programs or start in safe mode just to install. I can understand shutting down running programs, or even anti-virus software, but when they want you to mess with your system just to get the thing to work, you know it's a bad sign.
I finnaly got it to work-- in safe mode! I've been trying to shut down services one at a time to try and find the conflict. All my other software and hardware is legal and updated.
Their customer support is a joke. Trying to find real contact information just sends you in a repeating circle. I'll never buy a product from Broderbund again.
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"This is a great typing program"
Version: Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 17 Deluxe 17
Pros
It helps me to be a better typist. It also helps to prepare me for the job I have to do in school.
Cons
Sometimes Mavis Beacon seems to talk a little too much.
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"cool"
Version: Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 17 Deluxe 17
Pros
typing
Cons
fat
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"This is easy and awesome, taught me to type fast"
Version: Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 17 Deluxe 17
Pros
Features really helped me learn to type, practicing the keys.
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