Reviews: Microsoft Office vs OpenOffice
So..What to choose: MS Office or OpenOffice?
A short introduction!
I have been using MS Office 2003-2007-2010 for about 8 years. I liked it even when everyone was upset on Microsoft for being a monopolist and evil empire and so on. Several years ago an Open Source software came to life- The OpenOffice.. Well i've been hearing all sort of good and bad things about both. So let us make a side by side of analysis of them and decide whether to stick with paid or switch to free!
BTW: Those people that complained about MS Office and Microsoft, are still using MS Office! Go figure!
So i want this hub to answer these questions:
Is MS Office that good or OpenOffice is underdone? Or is it all about MARKETING!
We will be looking at:
- Editions
- PC Requirements
- PC Resources
- Features
- Available Formats
- Glitches and Bugs
- Additional Features
- Bonuses
- Critics Review
- Conclusion!
How they Compare
Equivalents of:
| MS Office 2010
| OpenOffice 3.2.1
|
|---|---|---|
Text Editor
| Word
| Writer
|
Table Editor
| Excel
| Calc
|
Presentation
| PowerPoint
| Impress
|
Info in One place
| OneNote
| None so far
|
Email Client
| Outlook
| None so far
|
Database
| Access
| Base
|
Publications
| Publisher
| Draw (but not entirely)
|
MS Editions:
Office Home and Student 2010
| Home and Business
| Professional
| |
|---|---|---|---|
Word 2010
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
|
Excel 2010
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
|
PowerPoint 2010
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
|
OneNote 2010
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
|
Outlook 2010
| Yes
| Yes
| |
Access 2010
| Yes
| ||
Publisher 2010
| Yes
|
Open Office Editions: (just one but everything included)
OpenOffice 3.2.1
| What is Does
| |
|---|---|---|
Writer
| Yes
| Text Editor
|
Calc
| Yes
| Spreadsheets
|
Draw
| Yes
| Drawing, flow charts, logos
|
Impress
| Yes
| Publisher
|
Base
| Yes
| Databases
|
Math
| Yes
| Complex math formulas
|
Here is where you can get OpenOffice for free!
COmputer Requirements for both:
PC Requirements:
| MS Office
| OpenOffice
|
|---|---|---|
Processor
| Min. 500 MHz
| NA
|
RAM
| Min 256 MB / Best 512 MB
| Min 256 MB / Best 512 MB
|
Hard Disk Space
| About 3 GB
| About 650 MB
|
Display
| Min. 1024 x 576
| 1024 x 768
|
OS
| Windows 7, Vista SP1, XP SP3, Server 2008, Server 2003 R2
| Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Solaris
|
Browser
| Min. IE 6 (32 Bit)
| NA
|
GPU
| Direct X 9.0c with min. 64 MB
| NA
|
Best Features that they are proud of:
Best features of MS Office 2010
| Best features of OpenOffice
| |
|---|---|---|
Visual Impact - Edit pics Easy
| Start Center
| |
Boost of Productivity
| Native Tables in Impress
| |
Easy data management
| Spreadsheet sharing
| |
Co-Authoring
| Improved Crop in Draw and Impress
| |
Web Aps: Sky Drive (free virtual space - 25 GB)
| Chart Enhancement
| |
Improved Auto-Correct
| Solver
| |
Your Work Protection
| Import MS Office 2007 files
|
Side-by-side review:
MS Office 2010
| Open Office 3.2.1
| |
|---|---|---|
User Interface
| 5
| 5
|
Functionality
| 5
| 3
|
Performance
| 4
| 4
|
Support
| 5
| 2.5
|
Value
| 4
| 5
|
Total
| 23
| 19.5
|
As you can see in the results above MS Office is leading in this battle...but not for long unless they can bring to the table better value and performance!
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MS Office or OpenOffice
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