Re: Reply: from Gail re: Windows 7 CPU

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

As reluctant as I am to recommend buying anything from Microsoft (I used
to work there and saw how the sausage was made), I agree with Bob and
think buying MS Office 2013 would probably be your best bet, especially
since you are unable to find your original Microsoft Office 2003 CD/DVD
and you may need functionality that Google Docs and OpenOffice will not
offer.  (My only reluctance is your developing a dependency upon Outlook;
one just has to hope that Microsoft will survive for 25 more years.)

[FWIW, neither Noelle nor I use OpenOffice -- we use LibreOffice which is
a bit more stable and has a few more features than OpenOffice.  I have
used Google Docs and the features there worked just fine for my purposes
at the time.]

Gail?  Do you want me to buy this computer?  Given that the deadline is
April 2014 and you're not taking advantage of the x-mas sales, I don't
think there is any particular rush.

 > From: Bob Van Buren <http://www.vbconsulting.com/~bobvb>
 > Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 00:30:21 +0000
 >
 > Gail,
 > 
 > Compare for yourself: 
 > 
 > http://www.techradar.com/us/news/software/applications/should-you-choose-office-google-or-openoffice--1152634
 > 
 > http://blog.bettercloud.com/google-docs-vs-microsoft-word/
 > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Docs
 > http://m.geekzone.co.nz/News/Read?newsId=15580 
 > 
 > I will renew my recommendation to spend the money for MS Office 2013.
 > 
 > Bob Van Buren
 > Van Buren Consulting
 > 
 > On Dec 3, 2013, at 3:41 PM, "Gail" <http://www.cox.net/~g3> wrote:
 > 
 > > Hi Robert and Bob,
 > > 
 > > On Robert's email to me of 12/3/13 at 6:36 AM he mentioned the 
 > > possibility of using "Google Docs which he said was free and provided almost 
 > > identical functionality but has a different interface than Microsoft's". Can 
 > > you both please address that as to whether that would be a better option than 
 > > Office 2013 Home & Business in order for me to have Word and Excel. If Google 
 > > Docs would not be a better option for me, then I will go ahead and order 
 > > through Robert the Windows 7 CPU at farmerinthedell with the Office 2013 Home & Business 
 > > software program for his quoted total price of $481.98 (especially since when 
 > > Don went on the website of Office 2013 Home & Business, the price quoted 
 > > there was $220.00 instead of $130.00 as Robert quoted). Once I get all of 
 > > this along with the Outlook 2013 for my email, I sure hope there will be 
 > > available either good Help on the computer or better a manual of instructions 
 > > that will come with all of this or a class that Bob can recommend in SB so 
 > > that I will understand how to use all of this.
 > > 
 > > Thanks for all the help and input from both of you so far. I look forward to 
 > > your reply about Google Docs and then I will make an ordering decision.
 > > 
 > > Gail
 > > 
 > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert" <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>
 > > To: "Bob Van Buren" <http://www.vbconsulting.com/~bobvb>; "Gail" <
 > > http://www.cox.net/~g3>
 > > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 11:33 AM
 > > Subject: RE: from Gail re: Windows 7 CPU
 > > 
 > >> > From: Bob Van Buren <http://www.vbconsulting.com/~bobvb>
 > >> > Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 18:57:14 +0000
 > >> >
 > >> > One thing to note: There is no Outlook Express like you are using now
 > >> > in Windows 7.  Nor is there a functional equivalent that can address
 > >> > a POP3 e-mail account like your Cox.net mailbox.  We will have to go
 > >> > through a multi-step conversion process and use Outlook 2013 for your
 > >> > e-mail.
 > >> 
 > >> FWIW, Don uses Windows Live Mail as an Outlook Express replacement.
 > >> But, Outlook 2013 is obviously much nicer.