MS Office on Netbook

[smitdavi]

Anybody running Office suite on their netbook. My work handed them out to us yesterday and it would be really helpful if I could run Outlook, Word and Excel.

[markem]

Anybody running Office suite on their netbook. My work handed them out to us yesterday and it would be really helpful if I could run Outlook, Word and Excel.

I have the office 2007 suite on my netbook, David. I also use openoffice on that same box. Both are okay, nothing speedy (my netbook only runs XP :(, not vista or win7).

[SUOrangeGuy]

I installed Word 2007, Powerpoint 2007, Excel 2007, and Outlook 2007 all without issue.

[dunng]

Win7 with Office 2007 without issue! :tu

[SeanGAR]

I have a Lenovo S10 that I run MSO or OO on without problems (XPP32 with 2 GB RAM). The Atom processor is actually OK for light use ... you won't be running Hulu desktop or anything, but for internet browsing & office things I have no problems. I'd prefer a slightly larger computer with more power (think Asus 1410 with the SU2300, HDMI output) as my only portable .. but I can't complain about the S10 too much ... at 2.4 pounds or so it is easy to carry.

[madwilliamflint]

It depends remarkably on which netbook you've got. I'm a big fan of Open Office, should ms office not be an option.

[RGD.]

Running 2007 on my ASUS 1005HA with no problems at all. My use is just causal out in the field use. Actually have a lot of stuff on there that most people would not run on a netbook - but it's just for quick stuff.


Ron

[Buena Fortuna]

It depends remarkably on which netbook you've got. I'm a big fan of Open Office, should ms office not be an option.

:tpd: Big fan of Open Office as well

[smitdavi]

Sweet...got Open Office downloaded and installed. To be honest I'm completely overwhelmed in a Windows environment. I'm so used to a Mac OS that I'm having a hard time adjusting going back and forth between the two lol

[mosesbotbol]

Nothing like actually having Office installed.

[skier171]

Another big fan of open office here. is your netbook running xp or 7? also not sure if this would be a possibility, but if you wanted, you could install a flavor of linux made specifically for netbooks and get everything running a little faster and get a enviroment that could feel more like os x.

[wavescrashing]

I run office 2003 on my notebook when running xp, and open office when booting into linux.

[smitdavi]

It's running xp