jcooper
November 2nd, 2006, 03:59 PM
The below is a post submitted to a forum I frequent. It's a direct result of the bare-minimum you get with Windows XP when you buy a new PC. Imagine the potential if this person had an Ubuntu/other distribution pre-installed to do email, browse the web, write letters, view presentations, etc.
Hi,
I need help with this! my wife has just started a midwifery course at uni and most of her course notes she needs to get of the uni website are in powerpoint format! my home computer does not have this. she has a way of downloading powerpoint but i not sure about doing it!
what i need to know is if i download this will this become my operating system as i have windows xp home or is powerpoint just a programme like say windows mediaplayer!
sorry about this im not very clued up on this sort of thing!
jimmy
If this person bought their PC with a decent OS + Application suite, imagine how much more productive they'd be! It could have read:
Hi,
My wife has just started a midwifery course at uni and most of her course notes she needs to get of the uni website are in powerpoint format! My home computer does not have this, but when I double clicked it, I was able to view and edit it with ease!
I have a PC with Ubuntu Linux which just does everything I need it to, without me having to buy third party applications or worry about not being able to do what I need to!
sorry about this im not very clued up on this sort of thing!
jimmy
Hi,
I need help with this! my wife has just started a midwifery course at uni and most of her course notes she needs to get of the uni website are in powerpoint format! my home computer does not have this. she has a way of downloading powerpoint but i not sure about doing it!
what i need to know is if i download this will this become my operating system as i have windows xp home or is powerpoint just a programme like say windows mediaplayer!
sorry about this im not very clued up on this sort of thing!
jimmy
If this person bought their PC with a decent OS + Application suite, imagine how much more productive they'd be! It could have read:
Hi,
My wife has just started a midwifery course at uni and most of her course notes she needs to get of the uni website are in powerpoint format! My home computer does not have this, but when I double clicked it, I was able to view and edit it with ease!
I have a PC with Ubuntu Linux which just does everything I need it to, without me having to buy third party applications or worry about not being able to do what I need to!
sorry about this im not very clued up on this sort of thing!
jimmy