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Download microsoft

  • 16-02-2009 4:57pm
    #1
    half pint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 97 ✭✭


    Is there any where it can be downloaded free??
    It doesn't have to be the newest version or anything
    I'm copletely ingnorent when it comes to downloading stuff (or computers in general)..I have no clue
    Is it even possible to get it free??

    Thanks in advance for the help!!
    1/2 pint


Comments

  • #2
    Thomas_S_Hunterson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    Nope


  • #3
    Terry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    Nah. You have to buy it.

    I think windows 7 might still be available for free, but it's only a beta version.


  • #4
    ARGINITE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,719 ✭✭✭ARGINITE


    If its Microsoft, its not free. If you are after office, then try openoffice, it is free.


  • #5
    seanybiker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    i downloaded xp a few weeks ago and when it asked for the key it showed a phone number to ring. I rang it and it gave me the key for nothing. Probably sue me brother when he goes online ha ha.


  • #6
    half pint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 97 ✭✭half pint


    Thanks every one,
    I thought as much, just thought I'd ask people in the know!!
    ARGINITE wrote: »
    If its Microsoft, its not free. If you are after office, then try openoffice, it is free.

    Does it work the same as microsoft?


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  • #7
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    half pint wrote: »
    Thanks every one,
    I thought as much, just thought I'd ask people in the know!!



    Does it work the same as microsoft?
    Microsoft is a company, not a product. They make many, many products.


  • #8
    ARGINITE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,719 ✭✭✭ARGINITE


    It is just as good as Microsoft Office, but are you looking for office or something else?


  • #9
    half pint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 97 ✭✭half pint


    Oh ya 'tis office I'm after!!
    Sorry as I said be for I am completely ignorent when it comes to computers and stuff (I know where the on button is).
    Basicly I need something like Word, PowerPoint and Excel


  • #10
    bigbadcon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 507 ✭✭✭bigbadcon


    Might be faster to just download the whole internet instead...here


    sorry ...:D


  • #11
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    You could try Open Office, it is compatible with most of the other office suites. It is free.


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  • #12
    Jonathan
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 8,260 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jonathan


    I use microsoft all the time.


  • #13
    half pint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 97 ✭✭half pint


    Ok thanks every one for filling me in!!
    Might try OpenOffice allright

    Appreciate all the help


  • #14
    ART6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭ART6


    Open Office is the deal. It's MS Office compatible and can exchange files with MS, and it's a hell of a lot quicker. There are lots of other free apps on the Internet, and (some) most of them work quite well without getting into Mr. Gates and his cumbersome software. Sooner rather than later I can see Microsoft being relegated to just supplying operating systems and that would not be a bad thing at all. Then when engineering software houses wake up I could use Linux or one of its derivatives and not use Microsoft at all. Come the day!:D


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