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I have just reiceved a complementry copy of Office XP but I am in two minds wheather or not to install it. It's a perfectly legal copy but I am unsure weather XP is any good or if I should just continue using Office 2000?
Has anyone any experience with XP?

I have just reiceved a complementry copy of Office XP but I am in two minds wheather or not to install it. It's a perfectly legal copy but I am unsure weather XP is any good or if I should just continue using Office 2000?
Has anyone any experience with XP?

I've also got this copy. I use it over office 2k and i think its great. install it. it's as easy to use as 2k but with some great extra features.

It also has the abillity to connect to the Microsoft server whenever you are online and download new updates without telling you about it.

Avoid like the plague if you ask me.

Um..isn't that new updates thing a good thing???

No, it wastes bandwidth.

Also, did I tell you that it can also tell Microsoft what you are doing, what programs you have installed and your hardware configuration?

WinXP is the ultimate Big Brother OS.

tbn, that's Win XP we're on about Office XP

Turbonutter wrote:
> No, it wastes bandwidth.

Also, did I tell you that it can also
> tell Microsoft what you are doing, what programs you have installed
> and your hardware configuration?

WinXP is the ultimate Big
> Brother OS.

I think your paranoid. Anyway I have have a firewall which could stop any info being sent to Microsoft.

There are rummors that Microsoft can send info through firewalls as they know how must windows type firewalls work. Although this will probably get stopped by th DoJ.

If someone paid be £500 to have Win/Office XP, I wouldn't take it.

Anyway, why do you care if Microsoft know what your doing on your PC.... got someting to hide 'ave ya ;o) ;o) hehe