went shopping for a new comp today @ circuit city and the sales putz told me that new computers these days do not come with anything better than Microsoft Works. works doesnt have powerpoint, correct? so you can't get powerpoint in a pre-built computer in any store these days? this is what she is telling me. you would have to customize and have something better put in? why does everyone i know with a computer newer than mine have powerpoint and didn't pay for it to be put in extra? sales lady told me that i could get microsoft student teacher. what is that? did she even tell me the right thing. does works come with powerpoint? aaaaah. too much.

basically... how do i (cheaply) get powerpoint and anything else that is missing from works with a new pavilion dv1340us?

Is this the laptop you are considering:

http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/sh...#defaultAnchor


Works does not have Powerpoint.

The Office Student and Teacher Edition of Office has Powerpoint but not all of the features of a Full Office. $149 rather than $449.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/edit...y/compare.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/office/edit...s/default.mspx

why does everyone i know with a computer newer than mine have powerpoint and didn't pay for it to be put in extra?

I can only imagine that Office was included & most likely added to the price.
But please ask your friends.

on the dell website (www.dell.com) if you chose your desired pc and click customise and buy, there is a software section at the bottom, this includes office (this is added to the price when you check the tick-box)

The salesperson is basically right (if the UK is the same as the US) - as a general rule, new PCs only come with Microsoft Works because this is MUCH cheaper for manufacturers to include with their PCs than Microsoft Office is. But that doesn't mean that it's impossible to get a new PC with Office. As Madmikejt12 pointed out, some suppliers such as Dell will let you add it as an option but you'll have to pay the difference.

The salesperson was correct in advising that the Student/Teacher edition of Office is cheaper than the normal versions. However, and this is very important, if you are not a student or a teacher, the salesperson is breaking the law by selling you something whereby you will be contravening Microsoft's licencing agreement.

If all your mates have Office, they could well have picked it up off of Ebay or some other way of getting a second-hand licence. Note that the cheapest versions of Office are almost all illegal copies. I'm not saying that your mates are all running illegal versions of Windows, I'm just saying be careful when trying to save a few dollars on getting your hands on Office cheaply.

You can buy Powerpoint individually but it's still going to cost you in the region of $175 for a retail box from a shop.

Note that, although the latest version is obviously the most expensive to get hold of, Powerpoint 2003 does have some cool new features (transitions etc) that the 97, 2000 and 2002 versions don't have.

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