On 1/25/2011 2:25 PM, Twayne wrote:
In news:4d3c4c6e.6020...@krackedpress.com,
webmas...@krackedpress.com<webmas...@krackedpress.com> typed:
On 01/23/2011 07:42 AM, James Knott wrote:
michael thomas wrote:
Hello,
Open Office use to be a free alternative to Microsoft
Office, that did not hog up your computers memory. Now
its just a free alternative... To Bad! I even tried re-install
with the 2 programs I really use. I saved a whopping 1 MB!
Would Be Nice To Only Download The Only Ones We Need
Without All The Fluff....
One thing to bear in mind is that with OpenOffice, you
have a fully integrated package that shares a lot of
common code between the various applications. This not
only saves disk space over separate apps, but also
improves function between the various applications. As
one very basic example, you can, while in Writer, open a
spread sheet. Also, while you can select individual
components, it's not recommened because, as you found out,
it won't save much disk space. It will also reduce some
function in what you do install. So, bottom line, just
install the entire package. After all, disk space is
extremely cheap these days.
Well, unless you computer is over 5 years old, you should
be able to use a 1TB drive. They are running about $70 or
$80 right now. I bought my system where 1TB was the
default drive. I also bought an external USB/Firewire 1TB drive as well
to share between
my Vista laptop and my Ubuntu desktop. Soon I hope to add a
second 1TB drive to my desktop for even more storage, since
I have the desktop filled us with 800 gig and almost the
same with the external one as my backup storage.
So, unlike companies like Adobe that requires 2 gig of
files space for just one of their packages, OpenOffice.org
used very little space, under 200 meg on a Windows system
[or at least the last time I installed it on my Vista
laptop]. As far as I remember, OOo installs needing much
less than MSO does. Also OOo is much easier to use than MSO.
Another sdvantage to OOo is the much smaller file size that MS or other
editors of the sort produce. Check them out; it's worth it just for the
savings of space on the drive.
Is this still true with the newer filetypes from Office 2007? I'd expect them to be much closer in
size, since they are XML based like the ODF types.
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