MS Office 2007 Suite

[BKW259@MSN.com]

I have windows 2000 professional, and I am trying to find out somthings. First, to what precise level would I have to upgrade to inorder to be able to install 2007 Office suite??? And next, will any version of REDHAT be comprable or better then windows 2000 pro. and be comatable with all my windows based applications and games?????? I need some help within the next 24 hours. Thanks for your help and patience.

Bryan.

[rjstaaf]

If I am not mistaken you are going to have to have at least Windows XP for Office 2007...

As to your second question I would suggest you use the search function and do some reading here. These are topics that are hashed out on pretty much a daily basis.

[GallComp]

Both questions are easily found by using google. I moved this to wibble since it has nothing to do with fedora.

[PilotJLR]

Linux is not windows, and will not run your windows applications.

Wine allows for some windows apps to run, but it's by no means a silver bullet:
http://www.winehq.org/

[schwim]

Hi there Bryan,

The fact that you're asking about computability with all of your apps and games and you want your info within a day leads me to believe that you're best off if you wait a bit. Any reading on linux at all, even at the lightest level would let you know that you're not going to run all of your apps and games. The lightest of searches on this very forum or Google would tell you the same.

Also, I would never expect decisions of this type to be made in 24 hours. If you spend a lot of time on the computer, it's a big deal to abandon ship on an OS.

I would suggest you grab a copy of XP and not worry about making a move like you're considering to linux with absolutely no preparation.

thanks,
json

[Dan]

Schwim got it in one.

Wait. Dual boot for a while perhaps. If you're using your machine to produce, you need to be very sure about the consequences before you heave the whole thing into chaos!


Dan

[Thetargos]

Originally Posted by BKW259@MSN.com

I have windows 2000 professional, and I am trying to find out somthings. First, to what precise level would I have to upgrade to inorder to be able to install 2007 Office suite??? And next, will any version of REDHAT be comprable or better then windows 2000 pro. and be comatable with all my windows based applications and games?????? I need some help within the next 24 hours. Thanks for your help and patience.

Bryan.

Wow... I'm speechless. I thought I'd never see a post like this, seriously.

/shakes off awe and shock.

Just like the other replies, this is another "me too" for the upgrading path to XP and then, once you are all setup in XP if you still want to fiddle with Linux, THEN try a Linux distribution in a dual boot setup so you can get the hang of things. Since you apparently need support for MS-Office 2007, you most likely be best off in XP or even Vista (though I can't find any justifying arguments to convince myself of a need for Vista whatsoever)...

Linux is not like Windows, in that it doesn't support programs written for it (natively at least), though there are ways to get Windows programs to run, which is not a feat for the faint of heart, even though it is not hard at all, it can be confusing, especially if you are not very tech savvy, or keen to messing with things.

You most likely won't find Linux much difficult, but you'll find it to be rather different, and in some cases radically different than Windows. These differences might lead you to think that doing things in Linux is "difficult" when it is not, as both OSes use a substantially different underlying logic of operation, which might be a bit disorientating at times. Since your decision seems to be rather critical, and since you seem to have some very "Windows-dependent" requirements, the best path for you at the moment would be to keep Windows and upgrade to XP or Vista (if you can stomach it).