windows office: I mean what is the programme windows 7 like is it easy or hard to work with. the reason i ask is because i could be getting the programme Windows 7 for my laptop and i was just wondering is it compatable with all other progammers such as messenger and facebook. i would also like to know what is the windows office software like is it easy to work with?|||Yes, it is easy to use and rather nice looking too. And yes, it is compatible with all the programs and services you just mentioned. Windows Office (which is actually called Microsoft Office) is easy for most people to work with however I dislike it. I recommend OpenOffice instead. It is free and it is easier to use. You can download it from www.openoffice.org.|||Hi IrishPrincess, Windows 7 is what is known as an operating system, so it's the platform you use to run Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer to connect to Facebook, Windows Live Messenger, etc. If you want to learn more about Windows 7 and how it works, I recommend checking out this page and watching some of the videos: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windo鈥?/a> Hope this helps! Cheers, Kim Windows Outreach Team|||Windows 7 is an operating system: it is the successor of Windows Vista. Microsoft Office is a really good set of programs. But Open office is for free and is for most purposes just as good. So download Open Office install it and if you afterward really think you have to have MS Office, well there is nothing to stop you. Remember when you create documents in Open Office to be sure to save them on MS Office format. Otherwise you can get into problems if you send the documents over to others.|||Hi there, Windows 7 is the best operating system Microsoft has "come up with" yet. There are several versions of Windows 7. The version you want is Windows 7 Premium. Win 7 Basic is a very "stripped down" version and does not have any of the good features of Premium. Win 7 Starter edition is stripped down even more and (personally) I would prefer windows XP to it. There also are 32 bit and 64 bit versions of Windows 7. If you have a choice the 64 bit version is able to address more memory but some hardware does not have drivers for the 64 bit version. The 32 bit version can use almost all of 4 gigabytes of ram and any application or hardware for Vista should work in Win 7 32 bit. I have Win 7 Premium (32 bit) and am very happy with it. I have Windows XP on two other computers and Win 7 is faster and has better security. Once you have Win 7 go ahead and download Microsoft Live Essentials to get an e-mail program and photo viewer. (they are not included in Win 7 but are a free download). Also download and install Microsoft Security Essentials. It is a fast, free download from MS that includes antivirus and anti-spyware programs. They update daily and do not slow down your computer. I use MSE on my Win 7 computer and really like it. Second question: Microsoft Office MS Office is great software. It is a little expensive but works well and shares the same "controls" between all the different applications. It has everything you need in an office suite. But: There is a very good alternative to MS Office called "Open Office". It has all the same applications and is about 97% compatible with any of the Office applications. Open Office is a free, open source suite of applications that competes very well. My recommendation is if your computer comes with MS Office use it. However before buying MS Office try Open Office first (it may be all that you need). FYI: All my earlier applications for Windows XP and even windows 95 do work in Windows 7. Hope this helps and is not confusing, al|||If we are talking simply usability, then it is very user friendly, offering useful features such as a search bar built into your start menu (saves me lots of time) and being able to click and drag documents to compare side by side. For compatibility, generally speaking it is compatible with almost everything. You can definitely use facebook, msn, and all other social networking programs with it. You will, however, run into some problems when it comes to driver compatibility and older programs. But if you don't expect to be doing anything too complicated then you won't ever run into these problems. I use Microsoft Office and I am very pleased with it. In fact it is all that I've used my whole life (except for Wordpad back in the day when I didn't know any better). Other people opt for other options (OpenOffice), but this is usually a matter of preference. On the technical side, ask the person who is getting Windows 7 for you if the machine that you are running it on will be able to run it well. Windows 7 is more resource demanding than XP, and you should have AT THE VERY LEAST 2GB of RAM, 4GB being the recommended amount. Anything less than 2GB and go with XP.|||It's easy to use and yes it compatible with older programs, the windows software is easy to use and you'll have fun using it. The design of windows 7 is aesthetically pleasing if you change the themes and customize it the way you want to. Good luck :)