Live blog results: students cannot live entirely in the cloud

Agreed: "Google Docs is good, great in fact, and I?ve been really pleased with what it can offer me, but Word 2007 just has that much needed leverage you need when dealing with complicated documents."

Agreed. The ability to use it locally and the fully developed feature set means Google docs simply can't replace it.

In particular, as a student I do need that equation editor that Word (and OpenOffice.org) has - it's my lifeblood for math homework.

In addition, when I sit at my computer for long periods of time typing full length reports, I want to fill the window with the document as much as possible. I can do that in Word, even going as far as to hide the Ribbon. You can't do that with browser chrome and all of the extra items that AJAX applications show.

In addition - never underestimate the value of being able to access stuff offline. We simply do not have internet everywhere, all the time. Networks still go down, we still fly on airplanes, there's still times when it's difficult to find a hotspot, and even the cell phones still do not have 100% coverage.

. . . and even when online, sometimes the latency and bandwidth are restrictive. I like the snappiness of offline applications.; Posted by: CobraA1 Posted on: 02/13/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use