[ILUG] Linux and Macs

[Gareth 'bigbro' Eason]

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On 17/03/10 16:13, Walter Faleiro wrote:
> Hi Kevin,
> If its not too late you might want to try crossover. I  use crossover for
> linux on my Ubuntu 9.04 desktop system.
> Its a paid software which allows you to install Microsoft Products.  I
> currently have MS Office Professional installed though I only need to use MS
> Excel, Word, Outlook.
> Ofcourse you will need to spend on the Microsoft Office license too in
> addition to buying crossover for linux.
[snip]

	IME Crossover is extremely limited. While it now works with Office
2007, it does not support Project 2007 or Visio 2007 properly. Neither
does it support features such as the 'property' dialogues and various
other advanced (and not so advanced) features of Word 2007. These are
the limitations I've found in Crossover - I don't use a lot of Excel,
Access or Powerpoint, so it's entirely possible there are further
shortcomings regarding those applications.

	This is not intended to be a rant about Crossover - it frustrates me
that to use an application I need, I have to fork out for an operating
system I don't want - but in practice unless you are willing to put up
with features not working Crossover just doesn't cut it at the moment
for me. It might for you though - and demos are available.

	Virtualisation solutions like VirtualBox or vmware allow the use of
things like Office 2007 (on Windows) on a Linux machine.

	Best regards,
	-->Gar

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