Upgrading

**nasanta** · 02-18-2005, 03:15 PM

I have MS Office 97 (is that the last 90-something Office?). Is it worth upgrading to the latest (whichever one it is) if all I need is a basic spreadsheet and basic word processor?

02-18-2005, 05:08 PM

Hi,

Boy, I love these personal opinion questions. Can't be wrong when there is no right and wrong answer. Besides all the baloney, I think you would be wasting your money to upgrade from the one you have in view of what you use it for. There you have it..............NO, don't pay the money.

PeteC · 02-18-2005, 05:27 PM

I would tend to agree, the laptop I use all day every day for work has a standard build of Office 97 although the OS is XP pro and my home machine has the most recent version of office. 97 works fine and I can't honestly say I have ever missed any of the later features in day to day report writing, number crunching etc. Save your money!!!

**nasanta** · 02-18-2005, 07:06 PM

I thought so.

Thanks for the responses.

02-18-2005, 03:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
nasanta Irritatingly Inquisitive Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: New York Posts: 105 OS: Windows XP	Upgrading I have MS Office 97 (is that the last 90-something Office?). Is it worth upgrading to the latest (whichever one it is) if all I need is a basic spreadsheet and basic word processor?

02-18-2005, 05:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
mark3567 Guest Posts: n/a OS:	Hi, Boy, I love these personal opinion questions. Can't be wrong when there is no right and wrong answer. Besides all the baloney, I think you would be wasting your money to upgrade from the one you have in view of what you use it for. There you have it..............NO, don't pay the money.

02-18-2005, 05:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
PeteC Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: UK, Leicestershire Posts: 10 OS: XP	I would tend to agree, the laptop I use all day every day for work has a standard build of Office 97 although the OS is XP pro and my home machine has the most recent version of office. 97 works fine and I can't honestly say I have ever missed any of the later features in day to day report writing, number crunching etc. Save your money!!!

02-18-2005, 07:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
nasanta Irritatingly Inquisitive Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: New York Posts: 105 OS: Windows XP	I thought so. Thanks for the responses.