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    Office suites and Netbooks

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Evil Claw, Feb 19, 2010.

  1. Evil Claw

    Evil Claw Notebook Evangelist

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    Okay, I broke down and bought a Lt 2104u, pretty damn portable and battery lasts long time. Anyway, It comes with the standard MS 60 day trial for Office and also a MS Works(with ads or without). The Works with ads is free, but who wants ads popping up everywhere and the minimal version costs $40. I'm not even going into the MS Office stuff. :rolleyes:
    So my question is, what is out there for netbooks, as far as this concerned. I looked at Open Office 3.2 and it would work if the minimum resolution wasn't 1024x768(LT2104u is 1024x600). :eek2: Of course, I have not installed to see whether or not it would work, I just wanted to find out first if anyone may have done this or is using something else that is better or that works just as well. I didn't want install 149mb program and then have to uninstall it.
    Thanks in advance.
     
    Evil Claw, Feb 19, 2010
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  2. JohnWhoTwo

    JohnWhoTwo Notebook Deity

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    Are they saying that Open Office's "suggested" minimum resolution is 1024x768 or "required" minimum resolution.

    If it is "suggested" then I'd suggest you try it.

    :)
     
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  3. Evil Claw

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    It says "required". :rolleyes:
     
    Evil Claw, Feb 19, 2010
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  4. JohnWhoTwo

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    The folks at Open Office work hard to provide a good open source product. You might ask your question on their website.
     
    JohnWhoTwo, Feb 19, 2010
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