software suite

[mwmorph]

which would you guys orefer? Openoffice 1.14 or Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Enterprise Edition? I can get either for free but i dont know which one works better and is easier to use(interface and stuff) on win xp. i've been running office 2000 for a while now and i hate how it crashes and destroys my data. i was going to switch back to works 5.5[!] until i discovered these.

 

[Matthias99]

1) you might be looking for the Software forum, not General Hardware.

2) If Office "crashes and destroys [your] data" on a regular basis, you have bigger problems than which kind of software to choose. Office doesn't do that on correctly functioning systems.

3) Office 2003 Pro is worth ~$500+. Openoffice is free. If you can get a free copy of Office 2003 Pro, I'd take it. Worst case is you can sell it (unless this is an academic license, etc. that is nontransferable).

 

[mwmorph]

its a msdn subscription lisence. my company got me a subscriptino for me for free(at least to me). it's not sellable.

 

[n0cmonkey]

I chose Word on my Mac, but that little bit of info probably doesn't help.

 

[mwmorph]

i read somewhere word is incredibly laggy/slow on mac compared to other programs available on OSX.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: mwmorph
i read somewhere word is incredibly laggy/slow on mac compared to other programs available on OSX.

I wouldn't use the word "increadibly," but the newer versions are slower than older versions. I used the original test drive Microsoft released way back when and it was nice. The newer version isn't bad, and is definitely usable. I like it.

OpenOffice was horrid on Mac OS X.

I like OpenOffice on other platforms though. I've used it on Windows, Linux, and OpenBSD.

 

[mwmorph]

i think ill try open office on my linux dual boot box and use office no my new pc. i hope my selly 466 runs openofffice.

 

[episodic]

I actually prefer OpenOffice, and I have both. I particularly like Calc (the spreadsheet).