This major new edition of the acclaimed Collins COBUILD on CD-Rom is now available to PC and Mac users. With fast and powerful searching across dictionary, grammar, usage and thesaurus, this CD-Rom offers an unrivalled guide to the English language today. It contains the following: / Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary / Collins COBUILD Guide to English Usage / Collins COBUILD English Grammar / 5 million word "Word Bank" of authentic text samples (written and spoken) / Thesaurus / Over 68,000 high quality audio pronunciations for headwords, phrases, derived words, inflected forms. Its special software features include: / "record and playback" feature so users can compare their own pronunciation with model on the CD-Rom / Word Bank can be searched to find thousands of examples of words and phrases in use from real English text / easy-to-use interface / full-text search over all the content of the CD-Rom / easy hyperlinking between different components of the CD-Rom / integration with Microsoft (TM) Word (TM) for quick access Technical specification: PC Operating system: MS Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME/XP Processor: Intel 80486 compatible or higher Disk space: full install 700Mb free hard disk Sound: Windows-compatible sound card, headphones or speakers Memory: minimum 16Mb RAM Mac Operating system: Mac OS 8.6, 9.0, 9.1or 9.2.2 Memory: minimum 32Mb RAM Processor: PPC Disk space: full install 700Mb free hard disk space Sound: headphones or speakers