I have been using Micro Cookbook Version 5 on Windows 95 for the past 5 years and have been really happy with it. I would like to upgrade to Windows 2000 but find that it will not install Micro Cookbook Version 5. Has any one had a similar experience or have any idea why this might be the case?
<Ramona Zawodny>
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Before being a PC I fell in love with Master Cook you have to convert and I am not being paid by the company. I you try it you can take your cookbooks home, commercial etc. and make them the way you want. I think anyone here can tell you how wonderful it is I have actually gone thru about 4 versions and continue to upgrade
<DragonDave>
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Question: I stumbled across "Cooking Software", called "Now Your Cooking" and wondered how that might be for the Personal Chef business? Any comments and comparisons to Mastercook are appreciated. Thank You, Dave
Dave - Now Your Cooking was my first recipe software over 5 years ago. I loved it then and still do...however...all most all PC's have now stardardized on Master Cook...and now that I use and am used to it I prefer it as well. If you get into this business you don't have to use MC, but it sure makes exchanging recipes and other info much easier.
Thank You (thecooktoo). That makes a lot of good sense.
<DragonDave>
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Although, I just checked with the company that makes MasterCook, and they said they do not support my operating system, 2000Pro. And, since NYC does, and can import MasterCook & other formats, it might behoove me to use NYC instead. What do you think?? Thanx, Dave
I ran Mastercook 5 & 6 on Win2K Pro and XP with no problems. I haven't tried version 7 on that since I'm now XP but I believe you'll find the basic substructure of the program remains unchanged and it is highly likely it will work fine.
Valusoft won't support Win2K as Mastercook 6 (at least when Valusoft took it over) and 7 post-dated Win2K's demise (replaced by XP).
I'll do a little sniffing around to get a better view on this for you, but in all honesty it seems to me that it would be worth risking the 20 bucks to find out for sure yourself.
I use, and am very happy with, Now Your're Cooking. It has every bell and whistle you could want but the bells and whistles aren't intrusive. It supports (converts) MasterCook formatted recipes and most others. The format is simple for recipes copied from the web that must be reformatted. I like my stuff in perfect English (syntax, spelling, and sentence structure) but, if I didn't, most conversions of recipes from the web would take 60-90 seconds. What is most remarkable about it is the level of service you can get. I have never sent them a question that wasn't replied to within 24 hours and with answers to my specific questions.
