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Thread ID: 121167	2011-10-14 06:52:00	Windows XP Sp3 versus Windows 7	mzee (3324)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
1237502	2011-10-14 18:56:00	Youve put ME at the bottom, don't you like it? haha no i dont, had to use it for a few month before i got hold of a copy of 2000. Was very relieved after that....:) +1 SurferJoe, i forgot about the irq problems	Gobe1 (6290)
1237503	2011-10-14 19:55:00	Office can go to blazes as far as I am concerned. Won't use it - OO is the way for me - so there's no consideration for this trivial bit for me. Do you mean something that starts with the 'L'-word? Not a biggie to me as a qualifier, methinks. BUT - do you mean that I cannot run MSI on my XP machines? I do. Use it, that is. It works a treat and I have no problems with it at all. So there that too. Well .. MS Office is the standard on campus and at workplaces, having MS Office at home just seems more standard. Esp when it comes to sharing files and collaborating of work. I meant that the Vista and Windows 7 has more of a bubble button design - (the start new start bubble button) and the menu-less software that is commonly found in other software now like IE, FF etc ... which is somewhat similar to MacOS, OS on various mobile phones ie., Androids. Maybe the Google Browser too. Never tried Microsoft Security Essentials on XP, thought it was for Win7 and maybe Vista only. Visually for many people Win7 is just newer. It's pretty, it's more animated, new taskbar design, gadgets on desktop and customisable, it's like a new mobile phone or Pad. Sure people can still use Windows 2000, we had that old computer on Windows 2000 earlier this year before it was upgraded to XP (we had that computer since the year 2000). It runs office Office 1997/2000/2003 ok, while it may not be able to access the latest Office 2007/10 features should the other person use it, you can get Office 2010 viewers. But in a work environment it can get frustrating. But student and home/family editions are not exactly expensive these days. Edit. You are right. XP SP3 can use MSE. But then that computer is so old, it's just a print server and just browse the news or company to get a application form (or share a network folder), doesn't need virus protection.	Nomad (952)
1237504	2011-10-14 20:52:00	In order for me: (windows only) Win7 XP Vista 2000/NT 98 95 3.1 ME For me, it's 7 > Vista > XP > 2000 > 98 > 95 > ME > 3.1. The only reason ME is higher than 3.1 is because it has an Explorer interface.	pcuser42 (130)
1237505	2011-10-14 21:21:00	I have a mixture of XP and win7 on the comps at home and at the end of the day I find nothing difficult between them, I am happy to use either it really makes little difference	gary67 (56)
1237506	2011-10-14 21:23:00	As a non IE user, I don't have that problem of needing Win Office or any Win Office Tools at my disposal . I've given Open Office full reign and let it do it's thing for me . I actually dislike the GUI on Win-Office stuff, and find OO much kinder and less offensive to me . OO also works with and collates and handles all the M$ Office stuff very well . When I got my Eee-PC Asus, I dumped all the Win-Office junk when I first lit it up and never looked back . Same thing with Word Perfect or any of the Corel stuff . Then there's always Google Docs too which I use a lot .	SurferJoe46 (51)
1237507	2011-10-14 21:40:00	OO also works with and collates and handles all the M$ Office stuff very well. No it doesn't :groan: I got many documents here that are designed in Word, either 2003, 2007 or 2010. Try opening some of them in OO and what a bloody mess - nothing like what it should be. Some formatting, and I'm not talking fancy either, simple text boxes are completely rubbish and doesn't look anything like the original or dont even show. Have a look at the attachment - the top one is opened in Word 2010 as it should be - I have rubbed out my company name and contact details as it shows, the bottom one is opened directly from OO, the same document. OO makes a total mess of it.:yuck:	wainuitech (129)
1237508	2011-10-14 21:48:00	:devil Perhaps "designed" is the wrong word :D	R2x1 (4628)
1237509	2011-10-14 22:05:00	No it doesn't :groan: I got many documents here that are designed in Word, either 2003, 2007 or 2010. Try opening some of them in OO and what a bloody mess - nothing like what it should be. Some formatting, and I'm not talking fancy either, simple text boxes are completely rubbish and doesn't look anything like the original or dont even show. Have a look at the attachment - the top one is opened in Word 2010 as it should be - I have rubbed out my company name and contact details as it shows, the bottom one is opened directly from OO, the same document. OO makes a total mess of it.:yuck: I don't get those problems. Perhaps because no-one I know uses M$ Office, But that may be extreme. Somebody uses it I am sure - just no-body I know.	SurferJoe46 (51)
1237510	2011-10-14 22:20:00	OneNote is too good to give up Office. ;)	pcuser42 (130)
1237511	2011-10-14 22:29:00	Yep, Onenote , I use all the time - good program. The examples I gave with Word cant be any more simple - insert - textbox or Table and OO cant open it like its mean to be. The insert - Table - That was closer, but still not as it should be.	wainuitech (129)
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