too bad it's only for new macs...
Microsoft, if you're out there:
I do not like you. I don't like your company, and I despise your OS. I do like some of your applications though. I think Word and Excel are the best out there and I think Outlook is fantastic. That being said, I cannot justify paying 1/3 what I bought my laptop for for Office. $500? C'mon.
I was even going online the other day saying, "You know what? I really _need_ MS Word. I am willing to pay around $150 for it". Well unfortunately that is the upgrade price with the full price being $370. I simply cannot justify that sort of expense given that I do not own a previous version of Word.
Do not worry, I will not get pirated copies of your software. I could, but I won't. I have dealt without it this long and as long as the price remains what I believe to be unreasonable, I will. Pirating it just lumps me into a group you use to justify pricing it as you do citing lost profits, etc.
It is a shame really because I was willing to pay X for your product, and X wasn't even half the price. On top of this, I am a professional that makes a decent living. $500 is a ridiculous amount to charge just about any individual. Businesses are a different matter but half a grand for one person? Maybe you should reconsider why Office is not selling on the Mac platform. It is not the slow adoption of OS X I assure you.
-p