The Complete National Geographic Collector's Edition: 109 Years of National Geographic Magazine on CD-ROM

2.2 2.2 out of 5 stars | 8 ratings

Price: 39.99

Last update: 08-17-2024


About this item

Every article, map and magazine cover since 1888 on 31 CD-Roms
More than 180,000 spectacular photographs and illustrations
Over 9,300 fascinating articles

Top reviews from the United States

Jonathan Wright
1.0 out of 5 stars It is short 20 years of National Geographic magazines!
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2021
I have been unable to use the collection so far. It won't play on my computer. My wife bought me this so she could throw all my old National Geogaraphic magazines out. Trouble is it only goes from 1888 till 2000. Where is the last 20+ years! They came in an old looking box that was damaged and looked like it was used already. All 4 feet on the box were broken off of it when I received it. I'm not happy with it. I need 20+ more years to complete this collection. I'm contemplating returning it like someone obviously already has done with the box that I got.
George Gamarra
3.0 out of 5 stars Works, but you need to setup/run from a Virtual Machine
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2023
Works and a great deal in 2023, BUT first I had to install a virtual machine (VM) on my Windows 10 computer and run the product from within the VM. The VM can be created using free software from Oracle (Virtual Box) which will also need a Windows XP, 98, or 95. Personally, I purchased a factory sealed Windows XP installation dvd for $15 from a reseller. You can learn how to do this on YouTube or preferably you have a child or grandchild who in IT or an avid video gamer. Setting this up would most likely be second nature to them. The reason for this is the software was written in the 90s and is no longer supported by current Microsoft operating systems, but if your a retro gamer, this should be no problem.
Robert O Nicholas
1.0 out of 5 stars 20 year software would be needed
Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2024
I disliked that it was outdated Windows 95 0r 98
Doc
1.0 out of 5 stars Incompatible.
Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2019
National Geographic's media vendor failed to keep up with OS portability for this product. Was advertised as compatible with Windows 98, which it was not. I have multiple Win 98 programs working on Windows 7 Pro. The packaging read Win 95... which wasn't compatible with Win 98 so the install program wouldn't work for the reader making this purchase useless. Sorry National Geographic, no donut on this one... very disappointed.
Dennis Katz
2.0 out of 5 stars Dissappointed.
Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2016
This set was not up to date which was supposed to be up to 2010, but was not.
Debra
1.0 out of 5 stars Very pretty, very nice - COMPLETELY UNUSABLE
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2014
Lovely box! What they aren't telling you, is that these disks are worthless on any machine running an operating system more advanced than Win95. And, NatGeo is not 'supporting' them any more. If you have this set, I suggest you toss the disks, scavenge the multi-disk cases and keep the box. Because unless you run really, really old machines, you aren't going to be able to do anything other than look at the .jpg images. The search function, etc, will not work and your computer will not run the programs.

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