Hi folks, I'm bracing myself to buy a new computer, which is going to mean replacing MS Office, as my version is too outdated. I'm wondering whether anyone has experience with openoffice, instead of MS Office. I think I would need to get Office home & business, since I have been using Outlook for years, and it doesn't come with home Office. I use other freeware pretty regularly - gimp, which is okay except that it doesn't seem to have any functional print drivers, and inkscape, which seems to crash frequently, so it's not much good. If anyone has experience with open office, I'd be interested in your experiences. I guess a related question is about downloading emails. I basically use gmail, and mostly access my emails from the web. But occasionally I download the ones I need to keep (lots of work stuff, some other stuff) using Outlook. I have years worth of old emails organized and filed in Office. I hardly every use it interactively, though. Are there other software programs I might use for this purpose? And would they be able to open my old Outlook mail file? It is very big, containing years worth of emails. Also, if anyone has an ultrabook, I'd be interested in your experiences with them. Especially with Windows ultrabooks - I don't want a Mac. I've been researching ultrabooks, and I'm definitely waiting till the Toshiba comes out before I buy, as it sounds best for my needs, but I'm interested in experiences with any of them. Offline, please! Thanks!
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