You missed the point A.J. I'm talking about MONEY, not compatibility. If I
am gifting 1000 G3s - I am not buying MS Office for them. As a nonprofit I
can get MS Office for my staff at $20.00 a pop, but I sure can't afford to
put it on 1000 computers....
raino
On 2/2/06 8:38 AM, "MorningAJ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>> Think we could drop Microsoft Office on those G3s? Nah.
>
> FWIW, Office 2004 runs like a champ on my G3 iBook 700.
>
> I'll stress again that, for the most part, Microsoft apps written for
> the Mac generally tend to be quite nice - especially when compared with
> their Windows counterparts.
>
>> We'll use the free Corel Word Perfect version 3.5, Abiword,
>> Open Office, whatever is compatible with the OS we are placing.
>> Free is good. Free is especially good for first time users who
>> don't have a computer in the first place because they can't
>> afford one.
>
> As long as the software does what you need...
>
> cheers,
> A.J.
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