[jeeva]

The only Office version I have is 2003, I bought it for my laptop, the EULA allows me to install it on a desktop PC and a "portable computer" as well, so is there any (surely unofficial) patch to Office or Windows to install it anyway?

[SiMoNsAyS]

of2k3 doesn't support win9x

if you find something like a hack to install it on older OSs, then most of the stuff won't run correctly and this is a double edged sword as of2k3 has also too much bloat for a low-specs system...

[jeeva]

Well it isn't really a low-specs system for office tasks, I think an AMD Athlon running at 900 MHz is enough for some Word and Excel tasks even in O2k3, what I don't understand is, why does Office XP run on the 9x system while O2k3 doesn't? What I read is that there's no much difference between them.

[boooggy]

ask microsoft...
my personal opinion is that in this way u buy new software and hardware to support.
office 2k3 is working ONLY with windows 2k and xp.

[Ge0ph]

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Well it isn't really a low-specs system for office tasks,

Yes it is a low-spec system, only because it is running 9x. It's kind of funny how just one aspect of a really nice system can make it not as good as it could be. The OS is defecent for modern software.

[azagahl]

why does Office XP run on the 9x system while O2k3 doesn't? What I read is that there's no much difference between them.

Man, there is a huge difference, O2k3 is so much better.

If you open a document discussing 98 or Linux, for example, a pop-up will warn you that the document contains untrusted and potentially unsafe subject matter that may corrupt your system and damage your self-esteem if you are an XP fanboy.

Also, if you enter a typo in Word, the 3D skeletally-animated dog with pixel-shaded fur will walk over to the spot on your document and drop a steaming turd.

Yes it is a low-spec system, only because it is running 9x.

Low-spec is having a bloated sluggish OS like XP or Longtooth installed that drains your resources with 100 services running and causes applications and games to load and run more slowly. Low-spec means, instead of buying an actual OS, paying a premium price for the right to subject yourself to communist, Big Brother activation schemes devised by a convicted monopolist. I'm sticking with 9x for my Athlon 3400, 1 GB PC thank you.

[Fredledingue]

Office XP is working very well and even almost fats, on my w98se system. It's even better, and less taking resources than Office97.

[jeeva]

Ah now I see what you meant with low spec.

Hmm I will see for Office XP, 'till then I use OOo or something like that.

thanks to all