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Does the MBA come with trial version of Office for Mac?

Doesn't even come with Apple's own office apps, they want another $30(?) :(

There are free wares out there if u don't need office compatibility.
 
raptorstv said:
I need to know thanks!
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I've been all iWork for years and wouldn't ever recommend Office for Mac to anyone. My wife still uses it for her work and she's constantly having issues with app freezes and lost data.

iWork can do just about everything that Office can. If you do highly complex spreadsheets, then yes, you'll want/need excel, but for the basics, it's great how you can create a spreadsheet, document or presentation in the respective iWork apps and email them out as the Office version without even saving them as Office files. I've had zero issue with files not working for colleagues running windows and have in fact been able to open and run a ppt presentation created on ppt that didn't work playing on ppt but worked great on Keynote.
 
My last Dell computer (Dell Studio laptop with Windows 7) also did not come with any version of Office installed. I opted for the free Open Office on it but am now using Pages and Numbers on my MacBook Air.
 
jmgregory1 said:
I've been all iWork for years and wouldn't ever recommend Office for Mac to anyone. My wife still uses it for her work and she's constantly having issues with app freezes and lost data.

iWork can do just about everything that Office can. If you do highly complex spreadsheets, then yes, you'll want/need excel, but for the basics, it's great how you can create a spreadsheet, document or presentation in the respective iWork apps and email them out as the Office version without even saving them as Office files. I've had zero issue with files not working for colleagues running windows and have in fact been able to open and run a ppt presentation created on ppt that didn't work playing on ppt but worked great on Keynote.
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That's great, and I largely agree with you, but for people who interact with others in a office that uses Windows Office, using Mac Office is pretty important.
 
jmgregory1 said:
I've been all iWork for years and wouldn't ever recommend Office for Mac to anyone. My wife still uses it for her work and she's constantly having issues with app freezes and lost data.

iWork can do just about everything that Office can. If you do highly complex spreadsheets, then yes, you'll want/need excel, but for the basics, it's great how you can create a spreadsheet, document or presentation in the respective iWork apps and email them out as the Office version without even saving them as Office files. I've had zero issue with files not working for colleagues running windows and have in fact been able to open and run a ppt presentation created on ppt that didn't work playing on ppt but worked great on Keynote.
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yep, all of that - and especially keynote as a superior option over powerpoint
using word 2007 at work is all the aggravation I need
 
TheRealDamager said:
That's great, and I largely agree with you, but for people who interact with others in a office that uses Windows Office, using Mac Office is pretty important.
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I've never had any windows/office people complain that docs I send them (in ms format) are not formatted correctly or have problems. In fact I can go further and confirm that some docx docs that colleagues create and send have more issues with compatibility with the windows machines they're running and they end up asking me to open, save and send the doc as a standard word file so they can use it.

Again, I'll agree that if you're creating and using complex excel spreadsheets, you may be wanting with Numbers, but otherwise the worries of compatibility are not what they used to be.
 
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