upgrading ppt...opinions sought

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eric peters

I currently have one laptop (running WinME) and a desktop (running
XP). My work desktop runs Win2000Pro. I am currently running PPT97 on
all three and I would like to upgrade to the latest version of PPT,
but obviously compatibility is a problem because WinME will not handle
PPT2003. I am a university faculty member and have access to
academically priced software. So, should I...

1) Try to find an academically priced copy of PPT2002?
2) Purchase PPT for XP?
3) Upgrade the OS on the ME system to XP and then get PPT2003?
4) throw up my hands in disgust?

Another issue is that I broke my PPT97 disk in half and MSFT will not
send me another even though I am a registered user. They even
suggested going to ebay to get another copy of the disk for use during
an upgrade. I guess I could find someone locally who has the disk to
allow me to purchase an upgrade. Come to think of it, the disk was
for Office97Pro, so I would probably need to consider upgrading the
whole office suite.

Any suggestions or recommendations would be appreciated.

From my search of the group, it appears that those of us with WinME
are just out of luck in some respects when it comes to PPT2003

thanks

eric
 
My personal opinion would definitely be to upgrade the ME machine to XP,
even if upgrading Office isn't part of the decision process. There are good
reasons why ME is being shoved to the side. <G>
 
I upgraded my wife's PC from ME to XP last year and it has made a world of
difference - so much more stable. She still runs Office 97, so that is not
a problem. I would consider upgrading in a multi-step process:
1. Upgrade the operating system to Win XP
2. Make sure all OS upgrades have been applied and all peripherals work
(this is not trivial when upgrading to Win XP and the pre-upgrade report is
good at this).
3. Upgrade to Office 2003 or XP, whichever you can get easily for a good
price.

Dave
 
I'd consider reformatting and installing a new OS rather than upgrading in
place.
 
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