Question Inexpensive Laptop with MS word / excel

[wink0503]

Hello,

I'm in the market for the most inexpensive laptop that has MS word and excel pre loaded. Smaller would be better. It will be used infrequently when traveling: airports, road trip, visiting the parents/in-laws.

I was originally thinking a Chromebook but that seems to be the anti MS office computer.

I'm fairly savvy on gaming desktops, but I'm in the dark about laptops...

Thank you for any advice!

-JDW

 

[rgd1101]

preloaded? you mean a trial so you can paid later?

 

[wink0503]

preloaded? you mean a trial so you can paid later?

Perhaps, laptops don't come stock with MS office products much?

 

[ex_bubblehead]

Office is a licensed product, it doesn't come free (though there is a web version that offers free though limited use). What is preinstalled on laptops (and desktops) is a short term trial that eventually times out unless you pay for a license. These preinstalled versions are also not transferable to another machine.

 

[rgd1101]

and they don't come on a inexpensive laptop.

there are open source like libreoffice

what the screen size do you need? buying from? how much is inexpensive?

 

[Corwin65]

Google Docs and Sheets work on a Chromebook and can read and write to Word and Excel.

 

[wink0503]

Google Docs and Sheets work on a Chromebook and can read and write to Word and Excel.

Good to know!

 

[King_V]

Perhaps, laptops don't come stock with MS office products much?

I think they used to . . I know when I got my Sandy Bridge era Dell (tower PC, not a laptop), it came with a version of Office 2013 that only had Word and Excel. Since it was all I needed, I never paid for Office.

I think it's been a while since they've done that. Even my Haswell era Dell didn't come with that anymore. I guess Microsoft figured they'd better not give people the minimum that most people would be content with anymore. Stops them from buying the full suite or subscribing to Office 365.

EDIT: @Corwin65 's suggestion is a good one, particularly if you don't need to use any of the exotic/unusual features of Word/Excel.

 

[wink0503]

I think they used to . . I know when I got my Sandy Bridge era Dell (tower PC, not a laptop), it came with a version of Office 2013 that only had Word and Excel. Since it was all I needed, I never paid for Office.

I think it's been a while since they've done that. Even my Haswell era Dell didn't come with that anymore. I guess Microsoft figured they'd better not give people the minimum that most people would be content with anymore. Stops them from buying the full suite or subscribing to Office 365.

EDIT: @Corwin65 's suggestion is a good one, particularly if you don't need to use any of the exotic/unusual features of Word/Excel.

Thinking a Chromebook w/Google docs and sheets will work fine.

 

[Corwin65]

Thinking a Chromebook w/Google docs and sheets will work fine.

Try this:
On your desktop, use Google Docs with the types of files you will be encountering. See if it meets your needs.

 

[wink0503]

Try this:
On your desktop, use Google Docs with the types of files you will be encountering. See if it meets your needs.

Good idea, I will.