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    Five Reasons NOT To Buy MS Office This Holiday Season Discussion

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by -, Nov 20, 2009.

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    By Jay Garmon

    If you're buying a PC this holiday season, virtually every vendor will try to up-sell you a license for some version of Microsoft Office 2007. Not only should you not buy MS Office 2007, you shouldn't pay for any office productivity suite this year. Here are five reasons why.



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  2. zerosource

    zerosource Notebook Deity

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    nice review! this will help many peeps who never knew about those software available.

    thanks.
     
    zerosource, Nov 20, 2009
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  3. Changturkey

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    I'm pretty sure at some point in the the Future o_O will be changing it's interface; I really hope they keep the option of the "Classic" interface be used now.
     
    Changturkey, Nov 20, 2009
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  4. Jayayess1190

    Jayayess1190 Waiting on Intel Cannonlake

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    OO is working on a new interface now.
     
    Jayayess1190, Nov 20, 2009
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    Serg Nowhere - Everywhere

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    I like this article. Gave me a good laugh.
    I agree with all of it. Paying 300 or so (what manufacturers ask for Office) is NOT worth it at all, considering you can always get these for free on some manner.
     
    Serg, Nov 21, 2009
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    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    office 2003 still going strong!
     
    Thaenatos, Nov 21, 2009
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  7. Han Bao Quan

    Han Bao Quan The Assassin

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    Get out of your cave :p
     
    Han Bao Quan, Nov 21, 2009
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    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    Lol the economy has limited what I can and cant buy my freind. :p
     
    Thaenatos, Nov 21, 2009
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  9. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Office 97 still going strong :D

    It works with 7 too :eek:
     
    Commander Wolf, Nov 21, 2009
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    Its funny to think i only bought the student discounted version back in August. Oh well, i didnt pay that much anyway.

    Does the BETA give you full functionality?
     
    Red_Dragon, Nov 21, 2009
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    Serg Nowhere - Everywhere

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    Office 97?? Now that is old.

    I have 2007 and I got it for free...so no complaints here...
     
    Serg, Nov 22, 2009
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  12. Charles P. Jefferies

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    As far as I can see, yes (attached shows all programs included).

    The MS Office 2010 Beta is a 630MB download.

    Thanks for the tips, Jay. I'm personally an OpenOffice user.
     

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    Charles P. Jefferies, Nov 22, 2009
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    Nice lol. We actually still use MS project 1998 at work.
     
    Thaenatos, Nov 22, 2009
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    Hm, thanks a lot for that Chaz.

    I will scope it out tonight. I would have done it earlier, but i had a final project due using office 20007 and didn't want the download to mess anything up.
     
    Red_Dragon, Nov 22, 2009
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    OpenOffice is free :)
     
    fantomasz, Nov 22, 2009
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    Running office 4.0 on NT 3.1
     
    cashflow2, Nov 22, 2009
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    Indeed, i was shocked to recieve my physical media for Office 07 from The Ultimate Steal program. It was on two DVD's.... :eek:
     
    booboo12, Nov 23, 2009
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    with word "working" you meant "copying from MS Office"? :)
     
    martynas, Nov 26, 2009
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