Student with Encarta Prem 2008 - Retail Boxed

Microsoft® Encarta® Premium 2008, the #1 best-selling encyclopedia software brand for the past 8 years*, provides more up-to-date content and more engaging multimedia than ever before. Whether you’re searching online or offline, it’s the trusted way for everyone in the family to easily find relevant and reliable information on just about any subject.

Encarta Premium 2008 features a look and feel that makes it easy to use. YouÂ’ll be able to get started right away exploring scholarly knowledge from one of the worldÂ’s most trusted encyclopedias.

Microsoft Encarta Premium 2008 helps families and lifelong learners explore a world of knowledge. Browse over 60,000 articles, over 25,000 photos and illustrations, over 800 videos and interactive activities, and over 3,000 sound and music clips. The encyclopedia also has an interactive atlas with over 1.8 million map locations.

Features and Benefits

• Encarta Premium 2008 comes complete with a wide range of reference tools, including a dynamic atlas, dictionary, thesaurus, and language translation dictionaries
• With trusted content that is accurate and up-to-date, students can find the information they re looking for quickly and easily with Encarta Premium 2008
• You will be amazed to see the time that students spend researching, compelled by sights and sounds of one fascinating presentation after another
• Thousands of trust-worthy Encarta Premium articles, photographs, videos, and sound clips that make learning more fun
• 2D and 3D virtual tours that make history come alive!
• Encarta Kids - a separate encyclopedia geared to young learners ages 7 to 12!

System Requirements for Microsoft Student with Encarta Prem 2008

To use Microsoft® Encarta® Premium 2008, you need:

• A personal computer with a Pentium 600-MHz processor or faster (1 GHz or faster recommended)
• Windows® XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) or later
• 256 MB of RAM (512 MB or more recommended)
• 1.2 GB of available hard-disk space
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 requires between 210 and 620 MB of hard-disk space (included on disc)
• DVD-ROM drive or 4x or faster CD-ROM Drive (Optional)
• High Color capable or better video card with a minimum 800 Ãâ€â€� 600 resolution (1024 Ãâ€â€� 768 recommended) Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft IntelliMouse® or compatible pointing device
• 16-bit sound card and headphones or speakers

Additional items or services required to use certain features:

• Encarta Kids requires an additional 430 MB of hard-disk space
• Copy to Hard Drive requires an additional 1.8 GB of available hard-disk space
• Access to sounds and videos require Windows Media Player 8
• Access to interactive media requires Adobe Shockwave and Adobe Flash