XP and MS Office Compatibility? Is there enough memory to load XP and Office in the Asus - or is it better to work with OpenOffice and stay with Linux?
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Are there any incompatibility issues between OpenOffice and MS Office files? please see: http://www.linux.com/articles/46599
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I use XP and have not had any problems whatsoever. Great product - I recommend it.
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No Office, I use open office, which works just as good in my opinion. As for gaming and streaming at the same time, I have not noticed any slow down.
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MS office was not loaded on. You can get it for another $99. Luckily I had access to 2010. I'm not happy with the computer since I've had it.
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I have office 2007 ent on it and I'm very happy with the performance of Word and Excel. Using the wifi (N router flashed to ddwrt) and the ethernet port (1 gigabit switch) I happy to report good to great performance. Of course the wifi is slower than a cabled connection. My "Server" is 6 core intel 780i with many expensive hardware upgrades (Real RAID etc..) running Vista ultimate but it should work as well as your home network for simple file sharing. happy to answer any other questions.
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It works very well with MS products. If one tries to run very large Excel spreadsheets using Open Office 4.1.1 it will not load them, but this might be the case with any computer - no experience beyond the E3-111-C5GL trying to do this. Internet access is fine.
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You can Buy MS Office.. or freely download Open Office and install...same features and compatable. Openoffice.org
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It also comes free with Works 9.0 (which includes a basic word processor/spreadsheet).Unless you really really need MS Office, OpenOffice can be downloaded free online.
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MS Office was not included when I bought it. It had some generic Asus software, I believe. It's been a while and I've uninstalled most of the software it came with and installed MS Office.
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no i would not load anything higher than windows xp on this laptop, better off getting something with more compatibility!
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No, it doesn't... it's pretty bare bones when it comes to that. I installed Open Office immediately and it works perfectly for my needs.
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You can use XP even after Microsoft stops supporting it.But if you don't want to use an unsupported operating system, have you looked toward any of the various GNU/Linux distributions? If you are just doing web and document management, there is no need for Microsoft products.
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Windows 7 is fine, tested and proven. I don't think XP will be a problem since it runs in 7.
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Microsoft Office Starter 2010 (Word and Excel) which I am happy with since I have the full versions on my other computers so this works out for me. Also loaded is a unlockqble full version of Office but need to buy this.McAfeeAt least 16 Asus programs. Notables include Lifeframe3, PowerGear Hybrid, Asus Vibe, Asus WebStorage, Splendid utility .. I don't use any of these.Intel WiDiIntel AT Service Signup
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Yes. It is a full standalone operating system that will replace xp. Download the newest version at linuxmint dot com and donate to the project if you like it!
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It come with a limited version. I loaded OpenOffice. It's free and works with all MS apps.
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I am running Office 2007 under Windows XP SP3 on a Lenovo S10 with no problem. It behaves just as well as a larger notebook. I do have a 2GB memory upgrade installed but it performed just fine with 1GB before I upgraded.