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peterwillcn

Windows 7 on an Apple MacBook Air. Windows looks like a bad relationship where they promise the moon, but always fall short. overall opinion was that it reminded me of Ubuntu Warty. Both Vista and Windows 7 are installed and neither is worth a *. Oh can run a specific program here or there - most could have been written in Java or produced as a webapp.

elmer
I'm on my very last life.

So... MS should bundle more application software ??

Wow, the EU are really going to go for *that* one.

littleguru
<3 Seattle

Does Apple bundle his OSX with iLife or iWorks by default? Sounds new to me...

Btw. Windows 7 comes with WordPad that supports to open and edit ODT and OOXML documents. Wink

blowdart
Peek-a-boo

Windows doesn't include office? How is this news?

Tiresome old troll

stevo_
Human after all

Is office really that important? I use outlook all the time, and word rarely but the rest might as well not bother installing.. I know some people will use excel but I don't think its really worth 'including'..

Dovella
Go Microsoft !!!!!!!

In reply to stevo_

#Apr 27th @ 2:44 AM

Why i notice this

PaoloM
Hypermediocrity

So, where did you copy this from today?

intelman

Windows out of box is pretty plain, but there are plenty of free options out there, that is the magic of software.

OpenOffice and whatever IBMs Office Suite is. Software is expensive. I do not think Macs come with a suite either, though I imagine most people get iLife.

andokai

No, you didn't. You installed it in a virtual machine. Big difference! Why don't you try it on Boot Camp? It works great for me.

@littleguru: OS X does come with iLife.

Evil SEO
An undercover agent trying to stop Rick Astley from destroying the world.

In reply to andokai

#Apr 27th @ 1:37 PM

"@littleguru: OS X does come with iLife."

Not really: Macs come with iLife, not OS X.

blowdart
Peek-a-boo

In reply to Evil SEO

#Apr 27th @ 1:47 PM

And iLife isn't an office suite. Nor are it's upgrades free. And iWork isn't free either.

Oh and that picture isn't even peter's, it belongs to someone in Cincinnati. So it's nice to know that peter can tell out that from someone else's screenshot.

Like I say tired old troll.

CannotResolveSymbol
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In reply to blowdart

#Apr 27th @ 2:02 PM

The text isn't Peter's either, it was copied and pasted from the same person who took the screenshot: http://www.macewan.org/2008/12/31/windows-7-on-apple-macbook-air/.

GoddersUK
I CAN has cheezburger and you CAN'T has stop me!

In reply to CannotResolveSymbol

#Apr 27th @ 2:54 PM

a blogger so knowledgeable they felt the build string contained personal information Perplexed

CreamFilling512

I installed OSX on my PC and it didn't come with an office suite either.

andokai

In reply to Evil SEO

#Apr 27th @ 1:47 PM

Touche

peterwillcn

In reply to PaoloM

#Apr 27th @ 9:15 AM

what....

PaoloM
Hypermediocrity

In reply to peterwillcn

#Apr 28th @ 7:49 AM

Don't worry, we found it already. Please don't do that; add your opinion, comment, rant, but don't go around just copying and pasting stuff from other people.

peterwillcn

In reply to CannotResolveSymbol

#Apr 27th @ 2:54 PM

copy, where the matter? I am just saying that it was done, why can not windows 7 in the apple air do better?

peterwillcn

I like windows 7 ,and like the Apple MacBook Air hardware , why do not these two wonderful products for the commercial interests of this trap .. it?

Sven Groot
My name has 9 letters. Coincidence? I think not...

In reply to peterwillcn

#Apr 28th @ 7:53 AM

copy, where the matter?

The problem is that you did not cite your source (which makes it looks like you're trying to pass it off as your own writing), and you did not offer any commentary or insights of your own. Do those things in the future, and there will be no problem.

blowdart
Peek-a-boo

In reply to Sven Groot

#Apr 28th @ 8:06 AM

Plus it's not comparing like with like. Win7 was installed in a VM, so there's a lot of issues just begging to be discovered.

Nor is Apple shackled from bundling due to the EU and various other blocks.

stevo_
Human after all

He's right, there shoud be a specific switch in Windows that says.. OH HIGH FIVE DUDE, YOU HAVE A MACBOOK AIR.. FREE OFFICE.. FOR YOU!

Lets face it you get so little else with the air that anything is good..