Opinions on Office X (M$)

[DeadlyBreakfast]

Just looking to get a feel for how many of you use MS Office X and if you like it or not. I downloaded the trial today and I looks nice. I really like Entourage. I know Mac has iCal and Stickies and Address book but its nice to have them all together. I cant help but feel that I am making my iBook dirty by installing a Microsoft product. Dont get me wrong, I use Windows all day long along with my Mac but I really did want to keep them segregated.

Thanks!

[Vlade]

I love it, but I didn't have to pay for it.....

[Daveman Deluxe]

I like Office enough, but I don't use Entourage. The only downside is that it's really hard to make outlines (at least I've never figured out how). In AppleWorks, it's REALLY easy.

[jxyama]

i use it a lot... it's the "standard" and as a univ. staff, i only had to pay $45 for unlimited install, so i had no reason not to...

it's actually very well made. i like it better than PC versions. there are some minor annoyances, but they are very minor.

[e-coli]

It's annoying, badly designed from a user-interface standpoint, and clunky.
It feels extremely sophomoric.

Pure T. Junk.

But we don't have many other options, do we.

[hesdeadjim]

It's pretty good despite being bloated and I agree that in many aspects its better than its PC counterparts. I'm also a college student and really Office is a must for anyone in college. The only issue I have is that it is slow sometimes and I personally do not like Entourage. Also, PowerPoint should be mone in line with the PC version.

[XnavxeMiyyep]

I had it, but for some reason, it stopped working. I honestly don't care, cuz I don't use it anyway.

[aethier]

I don't see why some of you people critisize Office, or saying you are ruining your mac by installing a Microsoft product, in my opinion, Microsoft Office is by far the best in its class. and we should be happy that there is a mac version, the last thing people want is to be stuck using AppleWorks all day. I even like powerpoint better then Keynote. Keynote is very limited. Its only strong point is nice graphics...

aethier

[NavyIntel007]

I'm considering buying the student edition as well. Anyone notice how many more people want Office now that the price dropped? Funny how that is. Personally, I always thought Office for windows was bloated, so it really doesn't suprise me that this would be bloated. However, I never did my test drive and now it's expired so I'm trying to download it again.

AppleDoesn'tworks just sucks. I like keynote but need to view powerpoints in a native format. Entourage... well, we'll see. I would only switch to it if it syncs with palm. Excel, maybe one day.

But if my girl doesn't want it too I won't buy it.

[DeadlyBreakfast]

I was looking around Microsofts site and apparently it does sync up with a Palm. Thats a big selling point for me. Thanks for the input guys..I too will be able to get the student/teacher version so I guess the price is right!!