> A better question might be how much does Office cost? (A lot of people 
> seem to be quite shocked that this doesn't just "come with" a computer. 
> They think of "a computer" as a thing that runs Word...)

It does come with a lot of computers though, again I suspect they get a bulk 
discount on Office as well as Windows.

> Last time I checked, it's something like £100 for Word, £180 for Word + 
> Excel, £250 for Word + Excel + PowerPoint, and steeper still if you want 
> the other stuff. (Admittedly, most people just want Word, or maybe Word 
> and Excel.)

Amazon has Office 2007 Home/Student version for 67 pounds. That gets you 
Word, Excel and PowerPoint which can be installed on up to 3 machines. 
Doesn't sound bad to me!

> In contrast, a graphic tablet and a copy of Photoshop cost my dad about 
> £75 (I think), and that's *very* specialist...

That's probably PS Elements, the cut-down version of PS, presumably released 
to compete with Paint Shop Pro.

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