> >> Have you extended the life of an older PC or Mac by installing > >> OpenOffice and other open source packages?
> > The issue of making old computers (or *any* computer) usable is to > > install an actual *operating* system (i.e. one that *works*) as a > > replacement for that pathologically non-operating system Microsoft > > (Not Responding) (TM). > Seems like yours is a personal opinion rather than an answer to > the original question. It is an answer. Again; Whether you use LO/OO or MS "Office" doesn't make much of a difference concerning the usability of older hardware. It's whether you run LO/OO on MS (Not Responding) or on a decent Linux (I wouldn't use Ubuntu, btw.) that makes the difference for usability. > Then again I do not know whether you consider OS X to be in the same > category as any of the Windows versions. Almost the same category. Thanks to its Unix foundation, MacOS X doesn't have the same "cursor animation syndrome" as MS (Not Responding), but concerning support of newer releases for older hardware, it's probably just as bad. Sincerely, Wolfgang --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
