Microsoft reveals Office 2019 will only run on Windows 10 PCs

[tipstir]

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/what-is-the-maximum-memory-ram-limit-for-64-bit-windows-7

If you didn't want the 16GB memory limit, there was an easy solution. Windows 7 Pro wasn't limited until 192GB memory.

Other link - https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa366778(v=vs.85).aspx

I was using Windows Media Center and not Pro at home. Whatever came with the desktops or laptops. Windows 10 HP no limits were my concerns are. I must me the only one here using Windows 10 on everything I got here. I don't see the lure to the old Windows 7 and drivers and plug-n-play wasn't so user friendly Windows 8 wasn't welcome Windows 10 made up for 7 and 8. .

 

[Boilerhog146]

No surprise here ,give it for free to get you used to using it then pull the rug out from under you.
I'm still using a 64 bit office 2010 pro plus . but it won't activate anymore and M$ won't activate by phone either ,after swapping the ssd in my main rig it had to be reactivated,go figure,trying to force an upgrade, oh well, I still have it running on a couple of backup rig, for office use.

well well, after some investigation, I found a new activation by phone phone number at M$ support. and was able to reactivate my office 2010 professional plus . just getting new updates for my 64 bit office now ,,,
so if you try to reactivate office and get an error that the product can no longer be activated by phone.go to support and use the number there..don't forget to take a photo of the new activation window when it is complete. I'm happy now ..

 

[seeprime]

I don't disagree, as I'm not a fan of either MS or Adobe, but I get a $10 perpetual license of Office through work every time it comes out. Sure, I spent $10 more than you, but I'm not having to futz with formatting or re-learning most of where everything is. I just wish Google Docs was more robust and had a decent Access alternative. It's about as perfect a free suite as I can find, but still lacks in features and capability in so many ways.

I haven't had to change any formats in years. The only change is when LibreOffice is installed, go to settings and change the defautl file formats to MS Office 2007-2013 for Writer, Calc, and Presentation. I also have MS Office installed and the printouts pretty much overlap, with one or the other being a micron or two off in footer spacing. It works well now.

 

[seeprime]

^ Already made the jump. We have a family run small business and made the jump to LibreOffice a few years back. The #1 concern was compatibility for document sharing (DOCX vs ODT formatting differences when opened on other PC's), but PDF's pretty much solved that problem and literally not one single person in several years has asked for a DOCX invoice over a PDF. Saved us a few thousand in Office licensing, and everyone thinks the "old" 2003 Menu + Toolbar based UI was better and faster to use all along (no more extra unnecessary "ribbon" clicks needed to switch between Home / Insert / Format tabs when switching between creating then formatting inside a series of text boxes, etc).

We were initially concerned about making the change but looking back we haven't regretted it a single day, and it's almost laughable how many are still stuck in the "upgrade for the sake of upgrading" rat-race for business / personal usage that's relatively static year-on-year. It's a shame tech-sites don't have actual proper grown-up reviews of software suites anymore for those +95% of users / SME's who don't need online / collaboration / proprietary macro stuff. These days it's just the usual glorified gushing infomercials for anything MS / Adobe. And they can both shove their subscription model.

You can go into settings and change the default file formats from Open Document to MS Office 2007-2013. I also change Writers' default font on customer computers to Calibri, so documents look identical when opened in Word.
Edited for spelling.

 

[Jon Heil]

Just hope they would fix the search in outlook, sometime that can be a problem and should be more companies that will make an addon for searching, they they'd be millionaires! Yup no need to use Dinosaur Windows 7 that will be going away and if you are one who upgraded from 7 to 10, that's like putting a race car shell on a pinto, Cheap skate!

If you are thinking about a laptop, make sure you go with an SSD hard drive. Do not get fooled into buying any CPU lower than a 6th generation processor, buying one with an SATA drive, or buying refurbished. SATA drives has moving parts and they do not make hard drives like they used to.

This will help performance and you want to get a laptop with 8GB of ram and at least 256GB or higher since Windows will eat up about 20GB and if you get a 128GB you might fill that up. You will want to look at the Intel i3 processor and avoid Celeron ones.

Average life in a computer is 2-5 years and the software is what makes you upgrade your machine or want to do more with the system. Anyone can buy a new PC, but the key is the configuration and how it is setup to run better.

 

[OortCloud]

The decision to put office on other platforms always surprised me. Alongside Visual Studio it's always been MS's golden goose. In my opinion these alternate office suites just don't compare I'm afraid.

 

[centrino207]

Just hope they would fix the search in outlook, sometime that can be a problem and should be more companies that will make an addon for searching, they they'd be millionaires! Yup no need to use Dinosaur Windows 7 that will be going away and if you are one who upgraded from 7 to 10, that's like putting a race car shell on a pinto, Cheap skate!

If you are thinking about a laptop, make sure you go with an SSD hard drive. Do not get fooled into buying any CPU lower than a 6th generation processor, buying one with an SATA drive, or buying refurbished. SATA drives has moving parts and they do not make hard drives like they used to.

This will help performance and you want to get a laptop with 8GB of ram and at least 256GB or higher since Windows will eat up about 20GB and if you get a 128GB you might fill that up. You will want to look at the Intel i3 processor and avoid Celeron ones.

Average life in a computer is 2-5 years and the software is what makes you upgrade your machine or want to do more with the system. Anyone can buy a new PC, but the key is the configuration and how it is setup to run better.

Many people don't have money to spend $900 or more on laptop just to get SSD.

Many people go with $250 to $650 laptop and you will not get SSD in that price range.

May be in 4 to 8 years from now.