A very polished and capable word processor, MacWrite Pro 1.5 was the
end of line for the MacWrite series from Claris.
> In the late 1980s Claris started a massive upgrade series to produce
> the "Pro" line of products. The main change would be to integrate
> all of their products with a consistent GUI based on that of
> FileMaker. This included a common toolbar bar running down the left
> side of the screen, and a number of standardized tool palettes. In
> addition, the Pro series also used common international spelling
> dictionaries and a thesaurus. The result was a suite of products
> that all looked and worked the same way, and able to read and write
> each others formats.
>
> The resulting MacWrite Pro, released in early 1993, was a major
> upgrade from previous versions. Reviewers almost universally praised
> the new release as offering all the required tools while still being
> very easy to use. However, development had been slow; one developer
> claimed it was primarily due to extremely demanding quality
> assurance requirements. By the time MacWrite Pro was released, Word
> completely dominated the word processor market. Pro did little to
> address MacWrite's rapidly dwindling market share, which briefly
> stabilized at about 5% of the market before starting to slide again.
> Sales were apparently dismal, and it was one of the first products
> Claris abandoned in the mid-1990s.
>
> ? Excerpt: [Wikipedia article on MacWrite][1]
* Top DL: Claris MacWrite Pro 1.5v1 as Disk Copy 4.2 disk images in
StuffIt 3.6 ".sit" archive. Suitable for System 6.x and later.
Images are mountable in Mini vMac.
* 2nd DL: Claris MacWrite Pro 1.5v3 native for both 68k and PowerPC
based Macintosh models.
* 3rd DL: Claris MacWrite Pro 1.5v3 Education Edition. This 4-disk
set was imaged from original floppies and includes MWPro Claris
Dictionaries for French, German, and Spanish.
See Also: [MacWrite Pro 1.0v4][2] (1st releases), [MacWrite Pro 1.5v1 DE][3] (German)
Compatibility
Architecture: 68k PPC
Top DL 68k coded app; Also works fine on PPC Macintosh systems.
2nd & 3rd DL 68k and native PPC encoded application.
Minimum Requirements:
Macintosh Plus
2 MB RAM
2.5 MB RAM under Mac OS 7
8 MB RAM on PowerPC
System 6.0 and newer OS's for 68k version.
PPC native version requires SSW 7.1.2 and newer.
[1]:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacWrite
[2]:
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macwrite-pro-10v4-esp
[3]:
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macwrite-pro-15v1-german