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Mac Office 2008 Hits Private Beta
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MS Sucks....Worthless Havn't used Office in over 3 years. Neo Office is cool and the customer service is great.
Ed
Ed
I've been using a "borrowed" version of word ever since my first mac and it was only when i started studying in the college library that i had to change (kept not allowing me to open it since some one else on the network was using a copy) Thats when i discovered neooffice. Why bother using a pirated copy (unlike others i don't mind admiting it 😛 ) when i can use neooffice which is just as good. Haven't opened word in a couple of months now i'd say. Pages is used to open all .doc files i get and then i copy them into neooffice. works like a charm. They can keep there '08 version.
miniConvert
macrumors 68040
Roll on a public beta - I need Intel native! Talk about waiting for God.
Still, I'd lose my coffee breaks I take while waiting for Excel to save out my jamassive workbooks... hmm...
...but then again I'd also be able to add new worksheets without Excel crashing... hmm...
Who? Hmm...
Still, I'd lose my coffee breaks I take while waiting for Excel to save out my jamassive workbooks... hmm...
...but then again I'd also be able to add new worksheets without Excel crashing... hmm...
Who? Hmm...
digitalbiker
macrumors 65816
Trust me you are not alone. There are millions of mac business users that need office to stay compatible with co-workers.
The general hatred that you read here is due to the fact that it is Microsoft. For some reason there are a lot of mac loyalists on this forum that believe if you love Apple that you must hate Microsoft.
In reality Microsoft-Apple have a yin-yang relationship. One would not exist without the other, and together they make a perfect union.
Microsoft is not going to abandon Apple because they sell too much software to mac users. Apple is never going to eliminate making products that work for Microsoft users because they sell way too much software to them.
Willis
macrumors 68020
I quite like the new look of Office. They certainly used a bit more of the creative section of their brain. Although, it does look like I've seen those tabs before *cough*Apple website*cough*
Hope it runs longer than 20mins when Idle... stupid software
proves my point!!
Hope it runs longer than 20mins when Idle... stupid software
proves my point!!
😕
Sure...
A "lot" of Mac users are going to go sell their MacBooks and go buy a cheap HP, install some flavor of Linux and have to recompile their kernel to get wireless to work... all because there was no brand new version of Office for Mac.
No.
They will simply continue to use the existing released version. Mac users (and average Windows users) don't use Linux for a reason. For all but IT geeks and masochists - Linux on the desktop is a failure.
BTW... NeoOffice is pretty sweet in Aqua. I hadn't seen it in a while. Just DLed 2.1 Intel and it looks great.
FoxyKaye
macrumors 68000
...to bubble up the features that people didn't always find...
"It appears as if you are writing a letter..."
"It appears as if you are making a list..."
"It appears as if you are composing a suicide note..."
Joy. Just was Office:Mac needs. 🙄
I'm seriously evaluating Neo-Office as a replacement for Office 2004 - I'm thoroughly sick of M$ at this point.
"It appears as if you are writing a letter..."
"It appears as if you are making a list..."
"It appears as if you are composing a suicide note..."
Joy. Just was Office:Mac needs. 🙄
I'm seriously evaluating Neo-Office as a replacement for Office 2004 - I'm thoroughly sick of M$ at this point.
EagerDragon
macrumors 68020
EagerDragon
macrumors 68020
I used Linux for many years, and finally gave up. Hardware support was a big issue no matter which distribution I used. Sometimes when patching. the patch would break something. Linux is a great OS, but it is not like OSX where everything just works. IMHO Linux has and will continue to do well on the server side, but it will not be a competion for windows or OSX in the desktop area until it just works. Most people do not want to compile anything to make things work, they don't want to edit multiple files to make things work, and do not want to download a program to find later that it is missing a library that they now need to hunt for, and later find out that it clashes with something else. It is a nightmare.
Happy now 3 years since I switched to my Macs and I have 3 now and converted my kid and wife also. No more Linux and no more windows. Don't have the time for virus and no time to make things work.
coachingguy
macrumors 6502a
Is Neo the answer?
While I haven't used Neo Office 2.1, I've tried to hold the line on using Office and used earlier versions. I haven't liked the earlier versions and where I work, Office is the ONLY suite being used. And I, as the ONLY Mac guy, continue to use Office. I thought the screenshots looked good.
Why should I download Neo 2.1? I keep hoping iWork '07 will improve dramatically. Keynote is my primary presentation tool now, but Pages is still limited IMHO.
Anyhow, just my .2¢.
Coachingguy
While I haven't used Neo Office 2.1, I've tried to hold the line on using Office and used earlier versions. I haven't liked the earlier versions and where I work, Office is the ONLY suite being used. And I, as the ONLY Mac guy, continue to use Office. I thought the screenshots looked good.
Why should I download Neo 2.1? I keep hoping iWork '07 will improve dramatically. Keynote is my primary presentation tool now, but Pages is still limited IMHO.
Anyhow, just my .2¢.
Coachingguy
Sinsinnati
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You are 100% right. As a former Linux user since Red Hat 6, Linux on the desktop is a failure. I also got burned on numerous occassions by using Linux and Open Office at work. I sent a document to my boss that I created in Open Office and when he opened it in Word, it was all screwed up. After that day I lost faith in Linux. When I switched to Mac, I couldn't believe the ease of use. My day to day job is working with Solaris and if there is a negative with Macs, it is the lack of patience you get with other operating systems because they aren't Macs.
iW00t
macrumors 68040
So true.
Now if only someone managed to make Windows applications run natively in OS X (no Parallels etc), that'd be the end of Windows as we know it 😀
Can someone tell why MS should bother continuing to port Office to Apple OS, now that the Windows version runs on every new Mac sold? 🙄
dicklacara
macrumors 6502a
richard4339
macrumors 6502a
Anybody got any screenshots? I for one never saw the initial ones MS showed, and would love to know what Office '08 will look like.
failsafe1
macrumors 6502a
SiliconAddict
macrumors 603
*shrugs* I've got office 2003 running under Parallels. Screw Mac Office '08. While its no doubt more integrated into the OS, I doubt its worth the small fortune I, Read: A non-student, would have to pay to get a copy.
Yah, just like Apple is 6 months away from going under. We've all heard this again and again. Microsoft and their 40 billion isn't going anywhere. And if the above was a joke. Sorry but I didn't see a 😉
Yah, just like Apple is 6 months away from going under. We've all heard this again and again. Microsoft and their 40 billion isn't going anywhere. And if the above was a joke. Sorry but I didn't see a 😉
Mr. Dee
macrumors 603
I wouldn't count out Office 2008 as the last version for the Mac, according to this recent blog entry on Developer Teams official blog, the Mac Office Team is already in planning for the release that comes after Office 2008. Can anyone say Office 2010 for Mac? 😉
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