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what programs are in a new laptop?

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when first getting a laptop with mircosoft word, paint, outlook, excel, notepad, my computer be in there? which one will and wont?

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I believe you'd just get trial versions of all the Microsoft Office Programs/Applications. As for the Paint, I don't know...

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Yep....but its not trail versions...its all ADDONS...
And if yiu wanna upgrade with that then you have to go specific

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Programs like Notepad and Paint are part of the Operating System, and so will cme with your laptop (as long as the laptop comes preinstalled with Windows).

As for Microsoft Office, you'll only get it if the description specifically states it. This software package can cost a lot of money. If it doesn't come with the laptop, I'd recommend a free alternative called OpenOffice.

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what if its Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1

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Laptops don't magically come with anything more than the OS, if there's more, it's what's added by the notebook manufacturer.

As for notepad and paint, those are part of windows, not extra programs.

Oh, and Vista is horrible, avoid it if you can like the plague.

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Quote: from Stormblazer at 9:35 am on May 12, 2008

Laptops don't magically come with anything more than the OS, if there's more, it's what's added by the notebook manufacturer.
As for notepad and paint, those are part of windows, not extra programs.
Oh, and Vista is horrible, avoid it if you can like the plague.

lol, if i would have named something else then someone else would of said something bad about that. whats your beef with vista? and if not that what is better?

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other then alot of printers and scanners not working with vista i have had no problums with mine

microsoft items are trial yes but if you never register them they cant start counting

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Quote: from spikeyhair at 2:23 pm on May 12, 2008

Quote: from Stormblazer at 9:35 am on May 12, 2008
Laptops don't magically come with anything more than the OS, if there's more, it's what's added by the notebook manufacturer.
As for notepad and paint, those are part of windows, not extra programs.
Oh, and Vista is horrible, avoid it if you can like the plague.

lol, if i would have named something else then someone else would of said something bad about that. whats your beef with vista? and if not that what is better?

XP is much better. More stuff will work, it will run faster (No matter how the good the machine, XP is signficantly faster), and the interface isn't a pain in the ass to use the same features that are easily accessible in any other OS, including XP.
Etc etc etc.

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