MS Office and Wind? Will I be able to fit these programs in my Wind, or will they take up too much room?
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You should really consider Open Office 3.0 (openoffice.org). Its completely free and is compatible with virtually all MS Office products.
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I have not had any issues running Microsoft Office in my laptop at all. I love this Laptop.
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You can transfer your documents and many files like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc, BUT - you will have to install programs.
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You can't install Microsoft Office on a Ubuntu machine. And considering the performance this pc has, it's not likely to be possible to run it in a virtual machine smoothly. So If you want to use MS office, you have to install windows OS on it by yourself.
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I had no problem joining my homegroup and sharing files with my desktop and another laptop, both running Windows 7. I use MS Office 2007. It is a little slower on Word and Powerpoint than my desktop, but not outrageously. I wouldn't use it as my main productivity machine, but for journaling and keeping a photo scrapbook, it works a treat.
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I think this is the trail version of Microsoft office, but I'm really not positive. This is my husband's laptop, so I haven't been using it, and he uses it most for composing music, doing soundtracks, etc.
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No, but you can download Open office for free and it does all that MS Office does. Actually some things better.
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Try plugging your MSI Wind to an External monitor. Set the resolution on the external monitor and install (make sure the LCD screen on the Wind is off) When you're finished with installing, try running the program on the Wind. just a thought.
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Thanks everyone for all your feedback. It has been very useful. I think I will go with this, in order to avoid compatibility issues with my documents, even though my word and excel docs are not too complicated, but googledocs has been limiting...I think I can handle a boot time of < 30 secs with Windows 8. So, I will shoot for that, and see how it goes... Traditionally, I have chosen to stay away from new Windows releases, to give Microsoft a chance to iron out the bugs... but, it looks like this one isn't too bad... :-)Thanks again.Mike.
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IMO the 1000HE will fit your needs. Recognize that MS Office is not included, so you will have to compromise and use Star Office, unless you have the ability to add Office on your own. As long as you are using Word 2003 or earlier, Star Office is a viable solution.As to buyers remorse, so far the device has met and exceeded my expectations, considering its price-point compared to "competing" netbooks. While 9 hours of battery time seems like a far-fetched claim, I'm perfectly happy with the 7 hours or so I seem to be getting.My only criticism has been the sound quality from the speakers. Turning on the Dolby helps, but at best the audio is mediocre. IMO the 1000HE will fit your needs. Recognize that MS Office is not included, so you will have to compromise and use Star Office, unless you have the ability to add Office on your own. As long as you are using Word 2003 or earlier, Star Office is a viable solution.As to buyers remorse, so far the device has met and exceeded my expectations, considering its price-point compared to "competing" netbooks. While 9 hours of battery time seems like a far-fetched claim, I'm perfectly happy with the 7 hours or so I seem to be getting.My only criticism has been the... » Read More IMO the 1000HE will fit your needs. Recognize that MS Office is not included, so you will have to compromise and use Star Office, unless you have the ability to add Office on your own. As long as you are using Word 2003 or earlier, Star Office is a viable solution.As to buyers remorse, so far the device has met and exceeded my expectations, considering its price-point compared to "competing" netbooks. While 9 hours of battery time seems like a far-fetched claim, I'm perfectly happy with the 7 hours or so I seem to be getting.My only criticism has been the sound quality from the speakers. Turning on the Dolby helps, but at best the audio is mediocre. « Show Less
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It's hard to say. I don't have a lot of software on my 64gb, and I have about 20gb left. Everything else is in the cloud. There are some better ways to manage the space, but I like mine. I use it for important stuff, but I am not a power user.
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Not exactly. To use MS Office you must activate it (read, pay for it) then it will complete installation and then you can use it.
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Yes you can. I have mine set up with the 32 bit Microsoft 7 operating system, and I did just recently borrow a USB external CD drive, and successfully installed Mircosoft Office 2003 small business edition (Word Excel Powerpoint Outlook). Not a problem at all. Just be sure, for convenience sake, whatever you install doesn't require a CD to be present whenever whatever program is running, though very few programs are like that. I ran into one that was an automobile service manual for a 1999 model car. The Office 2003 I installed does not need the cd to run.
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No, MS office is usualy not included in most of laptops bc they want to charge you to get MS offfice
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Yes, you can back up the applications, but why would you want to do that if you have the original software. Even if you do back up an application like MS Office you will probably have to reinstall it. I don't think it will run from the Seagate drive. At least, that's my understanding.
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Nope, I had no issues and I had a bunch of other programs running (MS office, etc) at the same time. It depends on your internet connection more.
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I had to install Microsoft Office separately. There are some applications that were included but since I'm more comfortable with Word, I wanted to continue using those programs for recordkeeping and letter writing.