A conversation at my house.

[gleckia]

S:  I am heading off to Best Buy to spend hundreds of dollars on a program made by Microsoft that is so vital that it should have already been on my computer made by Microsoft.

K: Why don't you use the last use on our copy of the program?

They load the program, it works.

S: Well I am heading off to Best Buy.

K: Why?

S: 'Cause I already did my hair.

K:

Comments

[phoenixredux]

But Microsoft doesn't build computers. You're thinking of Apple. (Cue the Computer Holy War music...)

[gleckia]

Ha! That would be the problem.

I am sure she meant that since he P.C. already had a Microsoft Windows Operating System that it should should simply come with Word for Windows at least. Maybe not the whole Windows Office Suite, but At least Word.

[tj1380]

I'm not sure if most new PCs come with Microsoft Office. Most of the time I download Open Office. It's prpbably not as good as Microsoft Office, but at least it's free.

[gleckia]

The newer P.C. that I have seen have Microsoft Works installed. It seems to read the Word files, but it won't upload properly to a word program.

Unfortunately, my housemate has started online classes and the classes require Word and Excel. One of the classes is actually a class on Word.

We try to do free as well when possible. :-)

[hellziggy]

Ahh, the joys of multiple licenses. I was able to get the On One Plug-In Suite 4 (Super awesome Photoshop ad-ons) from an extra unused license at work rather than having to pay $400-500 for it. It's one of those things that's cool & I wanted but never had enough need to drop the $.