Gene Kearns wrote:
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:23:53 GMT, JoeSpareBedroom penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:


|How fast does a word processor need to be? It spends 99% of its existence
|waiting for humans to type of press a button. What does Wordperfect do
|faster?
|
|I'm not asking because I dislike Wordperfect. But, if I already had one word
|processor installed, I wouldn't bother installing another unless the first
|one was screwed up in a major way.
|


"Speed" may not be the best word. It is all about the intuitiveness of
the GUI... the perceived speed.

I actually kinda like Word 2007, but it *is* buggy. It has lost track
of the "default" printer and, now, refuses to print anything. 2003,
whoever, works fine.

There is a learning curve with 2007.


They are selling the Microsoft Office Ultimate, complete package through
my daughters school for something like $59. She wanted to buy it
(meaning she wanted me to buy it) until I sent her the reviews.

http://www.theultimatesteal.com/home.asp

Between Vista and Office they are not having a good year.