This week's award for the Most Astutely Selected Software Bundle goes to BT after the teleco tried to hook potential purchasers of Asus' Linux-running Eee PC 900 by offering to ship it with a copy of Microsoft Office. BT is offering the 20GB 900 for £335.99, but if anyone out there is willing to buy it for £422.34, the telco will include a copy of Office Home and Student in the box.

This despite the fact that, just a little way further down the page, BT's list of Eee specifications admits that the elfin laptop is not "Office ready". And BT's generosity is as extensive as its ability to select software suitable for the miniature machine. Buying the bundle saves each punter a whopping £1.76 on the cost of purchading the two products separately - which of course Linux Eee buyers are queueing up to do.

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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by BaLdMoNkEy on 29 Apr 2008 - 12:58
Well, if it's office 2k3 and latest wine then word, excel and Powerpoint will run natively, but still lols, I bet its 2k7 :p
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by James7 on 29 Apr 2008 - 13:05
This is amazing really. These things come with OpenOffice.org on them anyway. What is the point?
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by Neobond on 29 Apr 2008 - 13:12
Wow another great move by BT
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by ecotrojan on 29 Apr 2008 - 13:43
My asus eee has XP on it, its not locked to Linux
Quote this comment #4.1 Posted by James7 on 29 Apr 2008 - 13:51
One could ask the same question: why put XP on one of these things? They are a bit too basic I think to run it well, plus it takes up more space on the limited solid state drives and that is without even putting on all the extras that come with the Linux version. To each their own I guess
Quote this comment #4.2 Posted by ecotrojan on 30 Apr 2008 - 09:53
(James7 said @ #4.1)
One could ask the same question: why put XP on one of these things? They are a bit too basic I think to run it well, plus it takes up more space on the limited solid state drives and that is without even putting on all the extras that come with the Linux version. To each their own I guess


Obviously you dont have one then because believe me, my impression was the same as yours before I purchased the eee.

You would be very suprised how quck this little machine is.
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #5 Posted by +nezermundy on 29 Apr 2008 - 13:43
As useful as a chocolate tea pot!
Quote this comment #5.1 Posted by winmoose on 29 Apr 2008 - 15:13
At least you can eat a chocolate tea pot, maybe you can eat MS Offce as well, I've never tried though.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #6 Posted by garethevans1986 on 29 Apr 2008 - 14:21
As usefull as a handbrake on a canoe....or an ash tray on a motorbike!

GE
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #7 Posted by +Beastage on 29 Apr 2008 - 14:58
Again FUD! in other words, BT are offering MS Office 2007 for 90 pounds (dunno if its cheap there) no one says you have to try and install it on your linux eeepc
Quote this comment #7.1 Posted by vetmarkjensen on 29 Apr 2008 - 16:58
I'm not quite certain that you understand what "Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt" mean...
Quote this comment #7.2 Posted by kezzzs on 29 Apr 2008 - 21:32
That was a FUDding useless use of the term!
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #8 Posted by JamesWeb on 29 Apr 2008 - 15:02
Stop saying telco. Seriously.
Quote this comment #8.1 Posted by m-p{3} on 29 Apr 2008 - 16:00
Telco ?

j/k
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #9 Posted by +Lt-DavidW on 29 Apr 2008 - 18:54
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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #10 Posted by Septimus on 29 Apr 2008 - 22:35
It was a system error. The system is antiquated. It's not big news, just some nerd spotted it and felt reporting it to the Reg was smarter then letting the site admins know because he has never been laid.
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