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RE: I switched to Mac OS X instead

Comment comment by guyvia on 26 January 2007

Well, your current software wouldn't work, just as you cannot install Office for Windows on a Mac. You can buy Office for Mac, because MS has decided it is an appealing segment. In Linux, there are programmed alternatives (like Firefox is to IE). For Office, you use Open Office, which can open and save to MS documents just fine.

As for the terminal, thats a fairly infrequent thing in the major distros as of late, if you would like to avoid it (and are not a power user).

Now, I certainly understand the why you are content with Mac (it is, after all, a BSD variant). The only thing I can see encouraging a switch from mac is a wider hardware base and lower cost - neither of which may be a factor.

Thanks for your comments though, I should have reference Mac in my original post...

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RE: I switched to Mac OS X instead by nickfranklin :: NR5

as an aside: you can actually run openoffice.org on the mac, too. just gotta install x11 first, but that's not such a big deal...

Posted 28 January 2007, Hide, Parent, Reply