pablo2525
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April 26th, @08:14AM
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Re: OK trying to convince a complete NEWBE for a PC
I believe Chrisretusn is alluding to what I am saying. If your use of Office is light, OO works fine. In a business environment I would not use OO (and I do not).
My use of my machines (both Linux based; laptop and desktop) are in a business setting therefore I need to virtualize my MO needs.
btw, you can create a real lean VM for this purpose: 256MB of RAM, setup a share between Linux and it to ease working between the both, etc.
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chrisretusn
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| Open Office is perfectly suitable in a business environment. It is just a functional as Office. The problems occur when switching back and forth between them. Thus far with some exceptions I have not had a problem doing so. There was a time were I did prefer Office, especially Excel but now I have little problem switching back and forth. |
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pablo2525
join:2003-06-23
| said by chrisretusn  :Open Office is perfectly suitable in a business environment. It is just a functional as Office. I disagree. I have had issues between PPT, Word and Excel. This was with Office 2000 and OO 2.3.
It will largely depend on the complexity of the objects you are dealing with: simple, not an issue; more complex, more likely to run into issues.
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Hayward
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| said by pablo2525 :said by chrisretusn :Open Office is perfectly suitable in a business environment. It is just a functional as Office. I disagree. I have had issues between PPT, Word and Excel. This was with Office 2000 and OO 2.3. It will largely depend on the complexity of the objects you are dealing with: simple, not an issue; more complex, more likely to run into issues. Thanks folks... again, pretty simple stuff involved here, basic WP, handling/generating invoices, email, web and stuff, Wife does the heavy duty database stuff on a WIN machine. And no real need of the presentation side at all.
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chrisretusn
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Philippines | Your welcome Hayward. I enjoy using Open Office and with the basic WP and stuff it works just fine. |
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Hayward
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| Well now a moot question... they were in Miami and went to Best Buy or somewhere and bought another bloated DOZE machine. 
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chrisretusn
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Philippines | Awe man, what a shame.
Vista, with Office? |
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Eatmeingreek
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San Francisco, CA | Let me know if you find a machine without Vista at any price in any bricks-and-mortar store. |
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No_Strings
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join:2001-11-22
The OC
| It's even difficult to do online. My wife's PC, the innards of which were my old, old cast-offs (anyone remember Rambus?), went TU the other day and I didn't have time to build a proper one. Ordered a cheap Dell and couldn't get one with XP.
So far, my impressions of Vista are mixed. Mostly, it's like making love to an alien - all the same parts, just in different places. |
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Hayward
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May 5th, @01:38AM
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Actually Dell is one of the few building ground up Linux machines... and so far very few.... Insperon 1525 N is the laptop version. Hopefully though it will catch on, and they will offer more diversity.
As they build their own machines vs some others that just stip (you are still paying for) WIN, and installing Linux.
The Ubuntu 1525N was a good $150 cheaper than the equivalently equipent WIN machine, plus no BS (nearly all TRIAL, not real) crapware, AOhelL, etc., just rock solid upper end euiv aps like GIMP, Open Office, and of course be what you want Firefox, not what THEY want INTERNET EXPLODER, etc.
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Eatmeingreek
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| said by Hayward :Actually Dell is one of the few building ground up Linux machines... I know. I'm writing this on an Insipidron 1505N. That's why I specified "bricks-and-mortar store."
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