Office 2008 goes 'gold' (RTM)

mwxiao · Dec 11, 2007, 03:11 PM

According to MACNN.

Ordered one by Super Suite Deal. Hope they can ship it out now...

psychofreak · Dec 11, 2007, 03:21 PM

Shouldn't be long until this is on the torrent sites...I'm awaiting it for erm, the reviews...

I'm still going to be a Pages+NeoOffice user though...

MacsRgr8 · Dec 11, 2007, 05:32 PM

Good to see they're in time for MWSF.

Once Office '08 is UB with Office '07 docx support, and working fine (with Exchange servers for instance) on the Mac, then the Intel transition is truly complete!

Then... sit back and enjoy Apple's market share rise.

xUKHCx · Dec 11, 2007, 05:34 PM

The last beta was definitely a beta so I hope a lot has changed.

Mydel · Dec 11, 2007, 06:30 PM

I use mostly Pages/keynote but will buy it anyway. Sometimes export feature in pages does not work well for me, and numbers are nice but far cry from legit spreadshet

psychofreak · Dec 11, 2007, 06:32 PM

Its definitely the first thing people ask when they see my Mac "Yeah, but can it run Office"...Office 04 runs too slow to impress, and Neo isn't a viable alternative in the eyes of most people who have been brainwashed into thinking only MS can make Office suites...

macsig · Dec 11, 2007, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xUKHCx

The last beta was definitely a beta so I hope a lot has changed.

a beta is supposed to be a beta

They are gonna sell it an the begin of January

xUKHCx · Dec 11, 2007, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by macsig

a beta is supposed to be a beta

They are gonna sell it an the begin of January

Yeah I know that but it would crash when going to save a file and then it wouldn't be able to recover its state. It would crash if I looked at it funny so in the relatively short time between this beta and GM is a little shocking from my viewpoint, hence my post. In fact thinking back it seemed more like an alpha release as the issues i faced were serious.

It is not like other betas that I have used where there seems to be some issues but overall things works.

Nermal · Dec 11, 2007, 08:53 PM

And as usual it's not on MSDN. With a new development model (ie. no VBA) surely it would make sense to let developers actually use it?!

gumbyhw · Dec 11, 2007, 06:50 PM

"for the price of shipping and handling" should have been followed with "and a delay of up to six weeks."

This is in the fine print of the super saver offer. TTTT I don't think it's a burden; not only do I get the 2008 package for $54.00 but I'm, err, encouraged to wait for the first service pack.

mwp98223 · Dec 11, 2007, 07:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gumbyhw

"for the price of shipping and handling" should have been followed with "and a delay of up to six weeks."

This is in the fine print of the super saver offer. TTTT I don't think it's a burden; not only do I get the 2008 package for $54.00 but I'm, err, encouraged to wait for the first service pack.

Actually, it says 6 to 8 weeks! So I guess we might see it in March?

psychofreak · Dec 11, 2007, 07:16 PM

I've never used Office:Mac as soon as it came out...any comments on the stability of previous GMs?

synth3tik · Dec 11, 2007, 07:25 PM

WOW that tool a while....Ahhh how I love Neo-Office.

7on · Dec 11, 2007, 07:40 PM

Office:X still works for me! :-p

psychofreak · Dec 11, 2007, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 7on

Office:X still works for me! :-p

Maybe you should try Neo, its quite far ahead of Office:X IMO...

thomas040 · Dec 11, 2007, 08:11 PM

about f'in' time...!

let's see how long the torrents will take.... someone have to get a hold of it...
I mean... why even bother make a golden master? Why don't just let people buy it from the website, and download it!?

Don't get software developers these days. What's the point of buying a REAL cd with it on? I mean come on, how long would it take to download? 10 minutes?

Well... they have the dubious honor of being retarded, so I guess it's their prerogative to behave that way.

vixapphire · Dec 11, 2007, 08:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by psychofreak

Maybe you should try Neo, its quite far ahead of Office:X IMO...

i'm still running office:x (first osx version) on my computers too, 10.5 included. document production/editing, excel populating. for the lawyer tasks i give it, it does the trick. i'm not sure in what useful (to me) way neo could be "far ahead of Office:X". bells and whistles aren't exactly called for. i do miss wordperfect, though; office is always taking the initiative (numbering, indentation, etc.) in most frustrating ways...

blipper · Dec 11, 2007, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vixapphire

i'm still running office:x (first osx version) on my computers too, 10.5 included. document production/editing, excel populating. for the lawyer tasks i give it, it does the trick. i'm not sure in what useful (to me) way neo could be "far ahead of Office:X". bells and whistles aren't exactly called for. i do miss wordperfect, though; office is always taking the initiative (numbering, indentation, etc.) in most frustrating ways...

Running WordPerfect when I really need to do hardcore document processing is by far the main reason I have Parallels. And those Office self-formatting decisions are a lot of what makes me hang on to WordPerfect.

cbrain · Dec 12, 2007, 02:18 AM

Will this be released at the same time in the UK?

weckart · Dec 12, 2007, 02:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mwxiao

According to MACNN.

Ordered one by Super Suite Deal. Hope they can ship it out now...

You wrote:"goes gold", which, to be fair, is in the URL you linked.

The article, however, states "nears gold", which is the state it has been in since way back when.

In fact, if you read the first two lines, apart from their forming an incomplete statement, you realise that MacNN is not privy to any more insider information than anyone who happens upon MBU's sneak peak pages.

Nothing to see. Move along.

Vinnie_vw · Dec 12, 2007, 07:21 AM

Been testing the beta and there's definitely some new features about Office which are very, very cool. By all accounts, it's a much more mature product and less "toy-like" than previous versions.

The only thing I'm still missing is Visio, though there are some quasi-Visio features coming that are pretty cool, and, of course, there's still Omnigraffle.

indiekiduk · Dec 12, 2007, 07:24 AM

where does the source article say it has actually gone gold?

hogmog · Dec 12, 2007, 08:18 AM

Anybody know if Office 2008 will work OK with Leopard? Or is it likely to suffer from the printing and display problems that some of us are getting with Office 2004 and Leopard?

netdog · Dec 12, 2007, 07:47 AM

No doubt they'll sell zillions of copies, but I am so pleased to be able to say that since the release of iWork 2008, this will be the first version of Office (PC & Mac) that I won't be buying, and this from someone with the original WinWord and DOS Word 3.x and 4.x before that! Bbye Office!

Schtumple · Dec 12, 2007, 08:20 AM

Does the BSoD come standard now? or do I have to upgrade?

Dec 11, 2007, 03:11 PM	#1
mwxiao macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: CT	Office 2008 goes 'gold' (RTM) According to MACNN. Ordered one by Super Suite Deal. Hope they can ship it out now...

Dec 11, 2007, 05:32 PM	#3
MacsRgr8 macrumors 601 Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Netherlands	Good to see they're in time for MWSF. Once Office '08 is UB with Office '07 docx support, and working fine (with Exchange servers for instance) on the Mac, then the Intel transition is truly complete! Then... sit back and enjoy Apple's market share rise. __________________ Drag and Drop for Windows users: DRAG your peecee off your desk, and DROP it in the trash.

Dec 11, 2007, 05:34 PM	#4
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Dec 11, 2007, 06:50 PM	#10
gumbyhw macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2006	Some words were cut off... "for the price of shipping and handling" should have been followed with "and a delay of up to six weeks." This is in the fine print of the super saver offer. TTTT I don't think it's a burden; not only do I get the 2008 package for $54.00 but I'm, err, encouraged to wait for the first service pack.

Dec 11, 2007, 07:25 PM	#13
synth3tik macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minneapolis, MN	WOW that tool a while....Ahhh how I love Neo-Office. __________________ Come check out my music! http://www.batteriesarentfood.com http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/BatteriesarentFood

Dec 11, 2007, 03:21 PM	#2
psychofreak Retired Join Date: May 2006 Location: London	Shouldn't be long until this is on the torrent sites...I'm awaiting it for erm, the reviews... I'm still going to be a Pages+NeoOffice user though...

Dec 11, 2007, 06:30 PM	#5
Mydel macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sometimes here mostly there	I use mostly Pages/keynote but will buy it anyway. Sometimes export feature in pages does not work well for me, and numbers are nice but far cry from legit spreadshet

Dec 11, 2007, 06:32 PM	#6
psychofreak Retired Join Date: May 2006 Location: London	Its definitely the first thing people ask when they see my Mac "Yeah, but can it run Office"...Office 04 runs too slow to impress, and Neo isn't a viable alternative in the eyes of most people who have been brainwashed into thinking only MS can make Office suites...

Dec 11, 2007, 08:53 PM	#9
Nermal Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Whakatane, New Zealand	And as usual it's not on MSDN. With a new development model (ie. no VBA) surely it would make sense to let developers actually use it?!

Dec 11, 2007, 07:16 PM	#12
psychofreak Retired Join Date: May 2006 Location: London	I've never used Office:Mac as soon as it came out...any comments on the stability of previous GMs?

Dec 11, 2007, 07:40 PM	#14
7on macrumors 68040 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Thriller Bark	Office:X still works for me! :-p __________________ 任天堂 Leave luck to heaven MRoogle

Dec 11, 2007, 08:11 PM	#16
thomas040 macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2007	about f'in' time...! let's see how long the torrents will take.... someone have to get a hold of it... I mean... why even bother make a golden master? Why don't just let people buy it from the website, and download it!? Don't get software developers these days. What's the point of buying a REAL cd with it on? I mean come on, how long would it take to download? 10 minutes? Well... they have the dubious honor of being retarded, so I guess it's their prerogative to behave that way.

Dec 12, 2007, 02:18 AM	#19
cbrain macrumors 65816 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: North-East, UK	Will this be released at the same time in the UK? __________________ "Bring on the trumpets!" Late 2006 iMac 2.16 GHz Core 2 Duo i are MRoogle cat. please you step into MRoogle now. ToDo: Subscribe again.

Dec 12, 2007, 07:21 AM	#21
Vinnie_vw macrumors 6502 Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: the Netherlands	Been testing the beta and there's definitely some new features about Office which are very, very cool. By all accounts, it's a much more mature product and less "toy-like" than previous versions. The only thing I'm still missing is Visio, though there are some quasi-Visio features coming that are pretty cool, and, of course, there's still Omnigraffle. __________________ www.techiteasy.org

Dec 12, 2007, 07:24 AM	#22
indiekiduk macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Glasgow, Scotland	where does the source article say it has actually gone gold?

Dec 12, 2007, 08:18 AM	#23
hogmog macrumors member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Thames Valley, UK	Office 2008 and Leopard or versus Leopard? Anybody know if Office 2008 will work OK with Leopard? Or is it likely to suffer from the printing and display problems that some of us are getting with Office 2004 and Leopard?

Dec 12, 2007, 07:47 AM	#24
netdog macrumors 68040 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: London	No doubt they'll sell zillions of copies, but I am so pleased to be able to say that since the release of iWork 2008, this will be the first version of Office (PC & Mac) that I won't be buying, and this from someone with the original WinWord and DOS Word 3.x and 4.x before that! Bbye Office! __________________ We don't see the world as it is. We see it as we are. -Anais Nin Classical Homeopath and Naturopathic Doctor in London

Dec 12, 2007, 08:20 AM	#25
Schtumple macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: There >	Does the BSoD come standard now? or do I have to upgrade? __________________ My Music 3rd party software is NOT made by Apple

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