Is It Worth Upgrading To Office XP

AngelfireUk83

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• Oct 26, 2005

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I own a copy of Office 2000 Pro it cost me enough and since it's now 5 years old I was thinking should I upgrade it. I only use Excel and Word 2000 at the moment as I don't seem to need Access or Powerpoint but is it worth the upgrade. I've seen the Office XP Upgrade for £79 but the Office XP package is the same price should I spend the money or is it just a waste of time.

 

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rseven

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• Oct 26, 2005

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I'm in the same boat as you. I wouldn't do it. The 2000 does everything I need. The newer one has voice recognition, which doesn't work, and more bells and whistles to use more CPU cycles.

 

Audioaficionado

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• Oct 26, 2005

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I'll stay pat with O2k until Microsoft decides to break it with a future critical OS update and then I'll migrate to Open Office 2.

 

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• Oct 26, 2005

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I used my patented student discount (tm) to get Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003, which is the best deal for payware for office apps, IMO. But if you don't qualify for the student discount, I'd save your money.

 

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• Oct 26, 2005

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If your current version is doing everything you need then I say you stick with it. MS Office cost way to much just for a few new addons.

 

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matttaylor

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• Oct 26, 2005

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Agreed, the new versions of office are just a waste of money. MS dressed up office and added some new features, but i dont use the new features at all. If the 2k version works fine for you, don't bother wasting your money.

 

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AngelfireUk83

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• Oct 26, 2005

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Thanks Guys I'll save my money then I think I might purchase a new PSU I've seen a 500+watt Hiper it comes with a feature that I've never seen before. You can take off any molex power cables you don't use to save space which is an awsome idea.

 

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• Oct 27, 2005

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Office XP is not the best upgrade over 2000. If you need to upgrade then get Office 2003 which is much better than XP. I would still wait for the next version of office since they are changing most of the stuff to XML.

 

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• Oct 27, 2005

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another vote for save your money.