hi there, i own a mac so not sure about vista, my girlfriend is thinking of
buying a new sony laptop and wants to know if microsoft office is included or
has to be bought seperately,

thanks.

grievec wrote:[color=blue]
> hi there, i own a mac so not sure about vista, my girlfriend is thinking of
> buying a new sony laptop and wants to know if microsoft office is included or
> has to be bought seperately,
>
> thanks.[/color]
Separate.
Frank

A computer manufacturer may include Office as part of a package when you buy
a new computer but it doesn't come as part of Vista.

"grievec" wrote:
[color=blue]
> hi there, i own a mac so not sure about vista, my girlfriend is thinking of
> buying a new sony laptop and wants to know if microsoft office is included or
> has to be bought seperately,
>
> thanks.[/color]

It's separate, but if she gets the home/student version (I can't remember
the exact name) it's pretty good value for money.

Steve

Open Office works just as well and if FREE.



[email]mikeyhsd@comcast.net[/email]



"Frank" <fb@nospamm.cmm> wrote in message news:uFlwlvlmHHA.1220@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
grievec wrote:[color=blue]
> hi there, i own a mac so not sure about vista, my girlfriend is thinking of
> buying a new sony laptop and wants to know if microsoft office is included or
> has to be bought seperately,
>
> thanks.[/color]
Separate.
Frank

On Sat, 19 May 2007 17:53:21 -0400, Steve Thackery wrote:
[color=blue]
> It's separate, but if she gets the home/student version (I can't remember
> the exact name) it's pretty good value for money.
>
> Steve
>
>[/color]

Agreed. I think it's the best offer MS has going.
Word, Excel, PowerPoint and something called OneNote, which I haven't even
looked into yet.

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see if sony can offer it as an oem version preinstalled on the computer...

if not look into the student version that is cheap...

if not you can try openoffice that is theoretically compatible with
office... although I do prefer the MS
version personally [url]www.openoffice.org[/url]


"grievec" <grievec@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:555A2515-FDAA-4D49-A60C-C3A66D65567B@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> hi there, i own a mac so not sure about vista, my girlfriend is thinking
> of
> buying a new sony laptop and wants to know if microsoft office is included
> or
> has to be bought seperately,
>
> thanks.[/color]

grievec wrote:[color=blue]
> hi there, i own a mac so not sure about vista, my girlfriend is thinking of
> buying a new sony laptop and wants to know if microsoft office is included or
> has to be bought seperately,
>
> thanks.[/color]


Neither the Microsoft Office application suite, nor any of its
individual component applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access,
Outlook, etc.), have _ever_ been "part" of *any* Windows operating
system. They are, and always have been, separate applications, that
must be purchased and installed separately.

Microsoft Office comes pre-installed on new computers only when the
computer manufacturer chooses to offer it, and the purchaser is willing
to pay extra for it.


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Hi,

In addition to others' suggestions, you could also consider Office 2003 from
someone who upgraded to 2007 and no longer wishes to keep it. In most
cases, it works great with Vista and have all the features that majority
users would need.

Please do check license for student version (Office 2007 or others) as I was
once advised that it is a violation of the license if it is used at a office
location. I have to admit that I did not read license and just took the
advise as given.

Good luck.

"grievec" <grievec@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:555A2515-FDAA-4D49-A60C-C3A66D65567B@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> hi there, i own a mac so not sure about vista, my girlfriend is thinking
> of
> buying a new sony laptop and wants to know if microsoft office is included
> or
> has to be bought seperately,
>
> thanks.[/color]

On Sat, 19 May 2007 23:47:01 -0700, "xfile"
<cou-cou@remove.nospam.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Hi,
>
>In addition to others' suggestions, you could also consider Office 2003 from
>someone who upgraded to 2007 and no longer wishes to keep it. In most
>cases, it works great with Vista and have all the features that majority
>users would need.
>[/color]


Depends on whether the person used an upgrade or full version of
Office 2007. If they used an upgrade version then the original 2003
would be tied to the 2007 upgrade and could not be sold or given to
someone else.

[color=blue]
>Please do check license for student version (Office 2007 or others) as I was
>once advised that it is a violation of the license if it is used at a office
>location. I have to admit that I did not read license and just took the
>advise as given.
>
>Good luck.
>
>"grievec" <grievec@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:555A2515-FDAA-4D49-A60C-C3A66D65567B@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>> hi there, i own a mac so not sure about vista, my girlfriend is thinking
>> of
>> buying a new sony laptop and wants to know if microsoft office is included
>> or
>> has to be bought seperately,
>>
>> thanks.[/color]
>[/color]

True, and thanks for the reminder as I didn't think of that.


<Buckner> wrote in message
news:itl053963drb808n1hgojlhu73kbmvduc3@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> On Sat, 19 May 2007 23:47:01 -0700, "xfile"
> <cou-cou@remove.nospam.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Hi,
>>
>>In addition to others' suggestions, you could also consider Office 2003
>>from
>>someone who upgraded to 2007 and no longer wishes to keep it. In most
>>cases, it works great with Vista and have all the features that majority
>>users would need.
>>[/color]
>
>
> Depends on whether the person used an upgrade or full version of
> Office 2007. If they used an upgrade version then the original 2003
> would be tied to the 2007 upgrade and could not be sold or given to
> someone else.
>
>[color=green]
>>Please do check license for student version (Office 2007 or others) as I
>>was
>>once advised that it is a violation of the license if it is used at a
>>office
>>location. I have to admit that I did not read license and just took the
>>advise as given.
>>
>>Good luck.
>>
>>"grievec" <grievec@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>news:555A2515-FDAA-4D49-A60C-C3A66D65567B@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>>> hi there, i own a mac so not sure about vista, my girlfriend is
>>> thinking
>>> of
>>> buying a new sony laptop and wants to know if microsoft office is
>>> included
>>> or
>>> has to be bought seperately,
>>>
>>> thanks.[/color]
>>[/color][/color]

On Sat, 19 May 2007 17:18:06 -0500, "mikeyhsd" <mikeyhsd@comcast.net> wrote:
[color=blue]
> Open Office works just as well and if FREE.[/color]
Perahps if you only use WORD, but if you have complicated Excel
spreadsheets, and have any charts, then you will find that OO doesn't fill
the bill.
[color=blue]
>
>
>
> [email]mikeyhsd@comcast.net[/email]
>
>
>
> "Frank" <fb@nospamm.cmm> wrote in message news:uFlwlvlmHHA.1220@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> grievec wrote:[color=green]
> > hi there, i own a mac so not sure about vista, my girlfriend is thinking of
> > buying a new sony laptop and wants to know if microsoft office is included or
> > has to be bought seperately,
> >
> > thanks.[/color]
> Separate.
> Frank[/color]
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