In "Curious George: A Windows Virgin"

I just installed the most recent release (1.1.3, I think) on a roommate's computer (she's using win98), and it seems to be working fine (loads quickly, doesn't drag, etc), but . . . it's only been a few days, and she's not a "power user." The only other thing to be aware of, is that during installation, if you don't have the java runtime environment installed, you'll be warned that not all functions will be accessible. I believe this only affects the database app(?), and haven't yet run into any problems with the word processor or spreadsheet apps. Or, you could just go ahead and install JRE.

What about word processing? The Mac has a really diverse TextEdit program but Notepad sucks. Anything in between and free for Windows 98? OpenOffice has a great (free and open source) suite similar to MS Office.

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