Well mostly scientific presentations and moreover a lot of research data to be intrepreted on to the software.
Also what requirements will keep Vista running smoothly
2007-03-03 03:08:49 · 10 answers · asked by rocknewton12 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Hi, Vista is not a software for presentations. Maybe you are talking about MS Office 2007 and PowerPoint 2007. You can have Office without having Vista.
Vista includes some software for making videos and DVDs but Windows XP as well and are almost the same.
For scientific reporting you must be in need of Excel, Word and PowerPoint
2007-03-03 03:13:01 · answer #1 · answered by b4contact 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never upgrade to Vista. Use an ordinary PowerPoint or OpenOffice to do presentations, Vista doesn't have any better software. There is no way to keep Vista running smoothly, because a critical part of the registry is spyware. If those are removed, Vista will stop functioning. Use another version of Windows. Even DOS or 3.1 will be better! I reccommend using Linux.
2007-03-03 03:13:02 · answer #2 · answered by megabraingeek 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I would wait at least six months before upgrading to Vista as your sole operating system. As of right now, XP is still a good operating system and has all sorts of programs to help you out with scientific experiments.
As far as hardware goes, for the best version and most graphically intensive, you'll need at least two gigs of RAM, high end video card and preferably a Core 2 Duo processor.
Regards,
Brandon
2007-03-03 03:12:51 · answer #3 · answered by El BrandO 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Vista has too many issues right now. You might want to just wait. Besides, the upgrades are not that significant anyway so if you have XP, you should be able to make good presentations on PowerPoint or a program like it.
2007-03-03 03:13:09 · answer #4 · answered by feather-girl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You don't need Vista to make school presentations. And if you have lots of research data, you best find a way to summarize it. Nobody wants to be bored with minutia in a presentation.
PS. Forget Vista.
2007-03-03 03:13:15 · answer #5 · answered by snvffy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From what I've heard, you shouldn't really upgrade to Vista unless you're going to be upgrading your hardware at the same time. The best way to get Vista and be sure that it will work with all your hardware is to buy a new system with it pre-installed.
2007-03-03 03:12:14 · answer #6 · answered by derelicthypotheses 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would stay away from Vista for another few months. While they are still working the kinks it consumes a lot of memory compared to other Windows OS.
2007-03-03 03:17:26 · answer #7 · answered by Selwynraj 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If your PC is running WinXP without problems, don't worry about upgrading.
As for software, either get MS Office 2007 (Student edition) or look at OpenOffice.org, an open source, FREE alternative.
2007-03-03 03:13:25 · answer #8 · answered by ckm1956 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would recommend using this as a great time
to jump OFF the Microsoft bandwagon.
If you want more reliable software that takes
better advantage of your hardware's performance,
try one of:
http://fedora.redhat.com
http://www.opensuse.org
http://www.debian.org
http://www.ubuntu.org
http://www.slackware.org
http://www.freebsd.org
http://www.opensolaris.org
Openoffice has most of the features of MS Office, and
other features it doesn't have, and can exchange documents
with MS Office.
Oh yeah - and its free, gets better support, is more secure
and doesn't perpetuate a monopoly.
2007-03-03 03:13:34 · answer #9 · answered by Elana 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would wait a couple of monthes so that they can take out all the bugs :)
2007-03-03 03:10:57 · answer #10 · answered by porscheboy16 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋