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Vista Ultimate and MS Office
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Correct - it does not.
In fairness to the OP, I've had this question from a few other people as well, and I think some confusion comes from what different OEMs are offering as package deals. One of the local stores, I saw, had their PCs configured so that on the low end machines, you got Vista Home Premium w/MS Works added in. On the high end machines, you got Vista Ultimate w/MS Office added in.
Of course, what they don't tell people is that you are paying for Office - it ain't free.
In fairness to the OP, I've had this question from a few other people as well, and I think some confusion comes from what different OEMs are offering as package deals. One of the local stores, I saw, had their PCs configured so that on the low end machines, you got Vista Home Premium w/MS Works added in. On the high end machines, you got Vista Ultimate w/MS Office added in.
Of course, what they don't tell people is that you are paying for Office - it ain't free.
Correct - it does not.
In fairness to the OP, I've had this question from a few other people as well, and I think some confusion comes from what different OEMs are offering as package deals. One of the local stores, I saw, had their PCs configured so that on the low end machines, you got Vista Home Premium w/MS Works added in. On the high end machines, you got Vista Ultimate w/MS Office added in.
Of course, what they don't tell people is that you are paying for Office - it ain't free.
yer true, OEM's have done alot to simplify the build and use of PC's. majority of people don't realise what is involved in setting up a PC from install the OS, the drivers, the updates, the programs. majority of people do expect/think PC just work
The problem is that Outlook 2000 uses features like Windows Address Book that are obsolete. Word. Excel, etc work fine
Really? Holy crap that would be awesome (as long as they keep the same abilities as Evo on *nix).
Actually - Evolution has come out on Windows (but not Vista): http://shellter.sourceforge.net/evolution/ Not sure when it'll be made Vista compatible, if ever...
Correct - it does not.
In fairness to the OP, I've had this question from a few other people as well, and I think some confusion comes from what different OEMs are offering as package deals. One of the local stores, I saw, had their PCs configured so that on the low end machines, you got Vista Home Premium w/MS Works added in. On the high end machines, you got Vista Ultimate w/MS Office added in.
Of course, what they don't tell people is that you are paying for Office - it ain't free.
It also comes from the general public thinking of Office as part of Windows. Seriously it happens alot.
Haven't tried Evolution myself, but I recall an IT journalist newsgroup discussion earlier this year (sorry, it's not publically viewable) where Evolution and other alternatives were discussed in some detail as potential Outlook alternatives.
Those who gave Evolution a good run found it to fall well short for data retrieval purposes in particular. Recent changes in MS Outlook have really impacted on the users ability to search for and retrieve information stored within the archive of email. If your usage leads you to maintain large archived stored of historical messages, and requires you to refer to them, then there really isn't a suitable alternative available unfortunately. Outlook has shot too far ahead of the pack in that regard.