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RE: Mathcad vs. Excel

To: "3liter" <saltfever@comcast.net>,
Subject: RE: Mathcad vs. Excel
From: "Dave Dahlgren" <ddahlgren@snet.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 04:04:49 -0500
Kind of like comparing Solidworks or Pro E to an etch-a-sketch..
Dave
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> Dave & Neil thanks for the book title. 
> 
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> What is interesting is you both endorse MathCad which is a strong
> affirmation of the software. So my question is; since MathCad is fairly
> expensive and Excel essentially "free", since it is included in "most"
> (but not all) MS Office suites, why would MathCad be favored over Excel?
> I have never used MathCad and would be interested in a comparison. Excel
> has a fairly robust plotting capability. Although you have to crunch
> your formula to get "data-in-a-series", once you do that the Excel plots
> are very nice. Does MathCad have more flexibility (or is it easier) to
> do plotting? -Elon






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