Are you sure you don't want to stick with the software you already have, namely Microsoft Office 2003? The Microsoft Office Home and Business option will cost an extra $130. The new total would be $481.98. Do you want to buy the newest Microsoft Office? > From: "Gail" <http://www.cox.net/~g3> > Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 14:51:02 -0800 > > Hi Robert, > > Yes, please go ahead and order the farmerinthedell CPU (not the keyboard nor the screen > as assume the ones I already have will be compatible) Windows 7 Inspiron > 660s to be delivered at a total price of $359.46 to our home at: 623 Las > Perlas Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93111-1454 and let me know when it will > arrive. I just phoned our local IT computer consultant friend in S.B. > regarding this. With a 2 day notice during business hours, he can come to > our house to extract the data from my Windows XP to put onto the Windows 7 > and install this new computer for about 3 hours of time. He suggested that > you order from farmerinthedell "Microsoft Office Home and Business" so that I will have > Excel, Microsoft Office Word, and Outlook for my email, etc. He said with > that there would be a 20 gigabyte limit to what is in the email Inbox, but > that is a huge amount, so he feels I never would be bothered by that. Once > he installs the new computer, he will see whether my present Epson Stylus > C88 Printer will work with it. If not, I will have to buy a new printer. I > believe he and you said that if I want to install QuickBooks Pro software > later, I would be able to with this Windows 7 computer. > > Feel free to phone me if you have any questions or need to discuss this > further. I will be home all day today until about 6:10 PM and tomorrow until > about 6:35 or 6:40 PM (except for a short period of time sometime late Tues. > afternoon before 5 PM when I will get a call to pick up my car whose body > work is being fixed on the front fender). > > Don and I hope you and Noelle had a nice rest of your weekend trip back > home. We enjoyed having you for Thanksgiving and thanks again for your help > regarding my computer. > > Gail