trubleshooting a laptop

[Douglas Pollard]

On 03/27/2013 04:27 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
> On 03/27/2013 04:06 PM, Paul Smith wrote:
>> On Wed, 2013-03-27 at 14:52 -0400, Sarunas Burdulis wrote:
>>> MS Office probably won't be very stable in Wine emulator. CrossOver
>>> (commercial) might be another option, but I haven't tried.
>>
>> I'd actually be surprised if she had much trouble running standard
>> Office applications under Wine, especially if she's not using the
>> latest/greatest Office... and if she was using Windows XP that seems a
>> good bet.
>>
>> I've used Crossover and it's very good:
>>     http://www.codeweavers.com/products/
>>
>> It's a productized and supported version of Wine and all their code
>> fixes make it back into Wine... so they're great to give money to if you
>> need Wine.
>>
>> If you want to go this way, make sure she brings her Office installation
>> CD or DVD with her as you'll need it to reinstall.  She won't be able to
>> transfer her Windows installation into Ubuntu (you can keep her Windows
>> disk partition, if you are careful and there's enough empty space that
>> Ubuntu can fit, so she doesn't have to back up and restore her files...
>> although backups are always a good idea anyway).
>>
>> I sincerely doubt you'll be able to test all this stuff in a Live DVD
>> session, by the way...
>
> He made the point that the laptop was 5 years old and was suffering
> running Windows natively. Running MS Office under emulation using Wine
> won't help that, I would think. Ric
>
>
>
Ric I guess I  am wondering if I install Ubuntu on a second partition
and it runs well, can I assume that maybe the memory and drive is ok
since it works ok with ubuntu and that maybe there is something not
right in the windows installation.  She will likely buy a new laptop
before fall  aside from getting her running on the one she has I'd like
her to get familiar with Ubuntu some. MY wife is using it is happy as a
clam now.        Doug

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