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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
Well, the most common thing I get asked about, by far, is whether or not Microsoft Office will run on a netbook. People want to use Word, and Word/Excel/PowerPoint all run just fine. OpenOffice also runs fine, but it doesn't seem to me to be any faster than Office so it's not like there's a speed advantage to open source software in that way. I haven't benchmarked OpenOffice on Linux vs. Word on Windows, but on my HP Mini 1000 Mobile Internet Edition (Linux) OpenOffice seems pretty sluggish. In fact, everything seems pretty sluggish.
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Well, adding MS Office to the bundle will add at least another $200 to the final price - too expensive for a netbook. Having that in mind, unless you are not paying for the software, using netbooks with linux and open office makes a lot more sense. You just need to learn a few new things, and that may take you a few weeks, but in the end, linux is a much better choice for very under powered machines like those offered for $200 to $300.