You're the one that's not making any sense. Microsoft office is a browser, email, WP and spreadsheet all in one. Or am I just too stupid to understand what good a stripped down machine with Ubuntu will do?
Lots and lots of real people get buy a computer with preloaded Windows without buying $300 the Office Suite...
Or am I just too stupid to understand what optional at extra cost means?
And it's not included in the operating system. You have to buy "Office" separately.
Meanwhile, office apps are built into the Ubuntu distribution at no extra cost.
MS Office is not a browser, thats Internet Explorer
Look, I suppose you would never use adobe photoshop because its not made by MS (maybe you only use MS PAINT).. I guess you wont play any games not made by MS (Solatire it is for you).
What makes you say Ubuntu is stripped down? have you ever even used it?
^^^^^^^^Microsoft office is a browser, email, WP and spreadsheet all in one.^^^^^^^^^^
That’s correct. But it does *not* come with the operating system. It’s bought separately.
^^^^^^^^^Or am I just too stupid to understand what good a stripped down machine with Ubuntu will do?^^^^^^^
There’s no such thing as a ‘stripped down ubuntu machine”. Doesn’t exist now and never will. Ubuntu comes with three office suites.
Unlike windows. To quote a very smart poster...
that’s like buying the body for a car in one place, and buying the engine someplace else.
If you wanted to say it like that, ubuntu comes with three engines.