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Microsoft Launches Office 2016 for Mac Preview, Available for Free to Mac Users
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$10 for Office isn't bad.
while I understand your sentiment, I don't think Apple is actually trying to compete with Microsoft in the realm of office, more of giving a basic set of office tools to people who don't need all the functionality that office has to offer. At least that's how the last couple versions of iWork products have felt to me. with one exception, I still generally like Keynote better than Power Point,
Hmmm all the apps install directly into the applications folder... I like it when they had a Microsoft Office subfolder, not a big deal but was the very first think I noticed. I also miss the somewhat artsy Mac icons.
Yeah - that's the ONLY reason I'e got Office 2011! That's about what it's worth too - PC or Mac.
very good!
I don't like Windows, but I really like using Excel.
There is still no alternative for Excel. numbers is frustratingly dumb. It's ok to track your own home budget, but anything more complicated it can't handle.
Pages is ok-ish, and equal to Word in functionality for me, but lacks integration. But I can live with that one.
I really look forward in trying these out tonight!
I don't like Windows, but I really like using Excel.
There is still no alternative for Excel. numbers is frustratingly dumb. It's ok to track your own home budget, but anything more complicated it can't handle.
Pages is ok-ish, and equal to Word in functionality for me, but lacks integration. But I can live with that one.
I really look forward in trying these out tonight!
I never had any problem with Excel. Combine Excel with some VBA code, and tell me that it's not powerful. Tell me which other Spreadsheet tool is as powerful as Excel.
I must say I'm torn. I don't want to try this because I suspect I'll like and use it and then I'm going to be down $100/year for a subsciption and using all that 1TB of OneSpace to back up my family photos and videos and the more I think about it I think this isn't such a bad thing
It all depends on how you look at it. I see it as $10 for a terabyte of OneDrive space, and Office comes as a bonus. Therefore, I love it.
It's already broken for me! Outlook tried to import data from Outlook 2011 and now it keeps crashing!
Le sigh!!
Le sigh!!
I have a Dell monitor that rotates to Portrait Mode, but I never use it because the aliasing is so bad in that orientation. And that doesn't help me on my 13" MBP anyway, where real estate is limited. And honestly, designing a nice, compact UI that works well everywhere should not be hard. Apple did a great job with Pages 4 and then they ruined it.
I dono, there are few SS's around due to MS liking them off but in it's day Lotus 123 was quite powerful. Shame it was not developed better.
But for the majority of users they use few os Excel's features.
If you're doing large data manipulations a database is better than hacking it to work in a spreadsheet.
Not wishing to sound patronising, but you've fallen into a classic UX / UI trap - just because vertical works on a small handheld device, doesn't mean it makes more sense than horizontal on a 11"+ screen. Think about it, if you used your iPhone in horizontal orientation all the time, you'd only ever be able to see about 13 lines of text at any one time (and that's in a full screen Safari window) - that's definitely not the case with a MacBook or desktop monitor...
768 KB/s. So it certainly could be faster.
It's a free public beta, what do you expect?
Microsoft is making cars now!
(headed to WindowsRumors.com...)
(it's a joke, folks...)
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I doubt it. Microsoft is in the money making business.
This is a cash cow.
From the FAQ
How long will the preview be available?
Every build will expire roughly 60 days after it is posted. The last preview build will continue to function for roughly a month after our official launch date.
When is the official release?
The official release is in the second half of 2015. Get your Office 365 subscription today, customers with active subscription will be entitled to the newest versions when available.
And probably greater than 80% of real world work doesn't need any of that including VBA.