Ok, I know I’ve been lax at blogging lately and it might seem like this first blog post for a while is actually some kind of sales pitch…which might make you wonder if I’ve been turned into a salesman (no, I haven’t).

Actually I’m posting this because I’ve run up against this question a few times recently so thought it would be useful to share, and to hear any other views people may have.

So the question is: You have bought a netbook machine that doesn’t have an optical drive ie no CD drive or DVD drive. But you want to use Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, etc…how do you install it?

Well one obvious answer is to buy Microsoft Office from our online store, and you’ll have the option of downloading the product rather than having it shipped to you on CD.

Pretty simple. And no it isn’t really a sales pitch even if it does sound like one.

Now – does someone else have a better way of doing this? Assuming you want the best productivity software you can get ie Microsoft Office, and not some other product.