Yes you can get office and many alternatives on the Mac. They are exceptionally well built machines. Built well enough that I've purchased three of them to primarily run Windows. Mac OS is reasonably easy to learn as well.
Well some friends of Buffy played a funny joke and they took her stuff and now she wants us to help get it back from her friends who sleep all day and have no tans.
Xander ,'Lessons'
Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."
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NoiseDesign - Jul 23, 2008 9:49:07 am PDT #7153 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
Jesse - Jul 23, 2008 9:51:35 am PDT #7154 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I did download Open Office, and it seems good. So on my computer, I now have the crappy MS suite (Works, etc), the Office suite (not registered) and Open Office. Should I uninstall any of them, or does it not matter, since I have a lot of storage on my computer?
tiggy - Jul 23, 2008 9:55:28 am PDT #7155 of 25501
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
what everyone else said about changing AVG scan time, but like them i can't check until i get home. i know it took me a little bit to find where they'd hidden it though! sneaky buggers.
oh and i'll add my chorus to those who love their Toshiba notebooks. i've had my Sattelite for a few months now and pretty much love it. don't ever, for the love of GOD(!!!!), buy an HP. i had mine for less than a year and had to send it in five times(!!!) for repairs. it was pretty much the same thing every time. either the wireless card getting "lost" or the screen becoming dark and eventually just completely black.
megan walker - Jul 23, 2008 10:03:12 am PDT #7156 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Yeah, I'm on my third Toshiba. I had the first 2 for about 5 years each.
brenda m - Jul 23, 2008 11:24:27 am PDT #7157 of 25501
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I'm on my second (bought in 06). Though AFAIK the first (from 02) is still running - my sister uses it but since she hasn't had internets for a few months it's basically a paperweight.
NoiseDesign - Jul 23, 2008 11:29:38 am PDT #7158 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
I have an eMachine from 1999 installed in a little theatre that's still running.
megan walker - Jul 23, 2008 11:31:18 am PDT #7159 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I have an eMachine from 1999 installed in a little theatre that's still running.
Uphill, both ways?
Gudanov - Jul 23, 2008 11:38:34 am PDT #7160 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
I have a couple of 1998 computers I gave relatives and are still running fine, one is a Gateway and one is a Micron. Lots of extra memory stuffed into them though. I had a 1998 Power Mac G3, that was perfectly good but I just didn't have any use for it.
dcp - Jul 23, 2008 4:30:00 pm PDT #7161 of 25501
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
brenda, in AVG go to Tools-->Advanced Settings, then in the left pane expand Schedules and click on Scheduled Scan.
brenda m - Jul 23, 2008 6:31:00 pm PDT #7162 of 25501
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Hmmm. I have no Tools menu to go to. I was able to reschedule the daily update check through Services and then found a Scheduler tab (in Test Center, not Control Center as I would have assumed.) Hopefully this will take care of it. Thanks all!