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Microsoft Office for iPad Coming 'Sooner Than Most Think'
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Windows 8 makes my brain hurt.
This article mentions Office likely coming before 'Windows 8 version' but there IS a version for Windows 8. If you have Windows 8, you can run Office.
Why oh why can't desktop apps be slightly updated so they can feature a live tile. Autodesk will never release a Maya Metro app, Adobe will never release a Premier Pro Metro app so Windows will always have to support the desktop.
This article mentions Office likely coming before 'Windows 8 version' but there IS a version for Windows 8. If you have Windows 8, you can run Office.
Why oh why can't desktop apps be slightly updated so they can feature a live tile. Autodesk will never release a Maya Metro app, Adobe will never release a Premier Pro Metro app so Windows will always have to support the desktop.
I've got three tabs open right now, Macrumors, YouTube, and Newegg. I can't switch without them reloading.
As an user of both new iPad Mini Retina and Surface Pro (first generation), I don't believe having office on iPad will hurt Microsoft at all.
iPads have such growth in enterprise area that it would only mean more sales for Microsoft. I typically used them both. Right now I am typing on my Surface Pro - mainly because it hook up to a bigger screen. I usually use the iPad when I do quick emails and check mail - but I would love to have office documents editable on iPad. Often use my MacBook Air for quick checking of internet.
Having office on iPad will likely lead to better applications coming to iPad. Personally I feel however the biggest limitation on iPad's are the CPU - yes the A7 is a great processor - but it nothing like speed of i5 on my Surface Pro.
Of course I have the Surface Pro and the normal Surface is not even desirable. But what will be interesting if Apple ever has a Machine like Surface Pro but as Apple OS X ( not iOS ) with true Intel CPU and not ARM based.
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With a subscription? No thanks.....
I have a subscription for Office and 2 iPad - if it not part of subscription and required separate purchase only than no thanks... but I think it should be also available for purchase by others without subscription.
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Surface not Surface Pro - runs off ARM processor - that is where the limitation for both Office current version and Maya ( not Autodesk - which is 3DMax )
But I can see Metro apps running on Intel CPU's more likely than on iOS or Surface running office Arm CPU's.
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Unless small company, typically Office purchase at companies are enterprise licenses - which in a lot of way where subscriptions came from.
Microsoft has dragged their feet long enough with the Mac and iPad that I have replaced virtually everything that I used to use in MS Office Professional for Windows with a suitable, (suitable for me) Mac/iOS alternative.
Excel has been replaced by NUMBERS
Word has been replaced by PAGES
PowerPoint has been replaced by KEYNOTE
Outlook has been replaced by MAIL, CALENDAR, OMNIFOCUS or TODO PRO Also on iPad/iPhone by POCKET INFORMANT PRO, also on Mac BUSYCAL 2
Everything I needed to do in Access is now handled by BENTO 4 - Access was a bit overkill, but hey it was there, Bento handles it all, shame though that Filemaker (Apple) discontinued it.
Publisher has ben replaced by PAGES
PROJECT has been replaced by QUICKPLAN PRO (iOS)
All the apps listed above do EVERYTHING that I would have needed to do in MS Office and they all do it well.
In regards to the Outlook replacements I feel that the built in Calendar are sufficient enough. On my Mac BUSYCAL is my main Calendar app, it also has task integration with Apple's Reminders app which I fee is very sub-par for a task app. I do love bothe OMNIFOCUS and TODO PRO CLOUD. Each has unique features that I like. The most Outlook like app though is POCKET INFORMANT PRO, but it is not available for Mac, just on iOS. There is a web version, but has been in beta for years and at one point they were rumored to be working on a Mac version.
If Microsoft were to wake up and make Office for Mac more on par with the Windows version AND release a version for the iPad, I may go ahead and get it, even if it was via Office 365. But at this point it would really have to WOW me into doing so. I've always had Office for Mac on my MacBook, but since the last release and update of iWork have pretty much stopped using Office and use iWork exclusively now.
Excel has been replaced by NUMBERS
Word has been replaced by PAGES
PowerPoint has been replaced by KEYNOTE
Outlook has been replaced by MAIL, CALENDAR, OMNIFOCUS or TODO PRO Also on iPad/iPhone by POCKET INFORMANT PRO, also on Mac BUSYCAL 2
Everything I needed to do in Access is now handled by BENTO 4 - Access was a bit overkill, but hey it was there, Bento handles it all, shame though that Filemaker (Apple) discontinued it.
Publisher has ben replaced by PAGES
PROJECT has been replaced by QUICKPLAN PRO (iOS)
All the apps listed above do EVERYTHING that I would have needed to do in MS Office and they all do it well.
In regards to the Outlook replacements I feel that the built in Calendar are sufficient enough. On my Mac BUSYCAL is my main Calendar app, it also has task integration with Apple's Reminders app which I fee is very sub-par for a task app. I do love bothe OMNIFOCUS and TODO PRO CLOUD. Each has unique features that I like. The most Outlook like app though is POCKET INFORMANT PRO, but it is not available for Mac, just on iOS. There is a web version, but has been in beta for years and at one point they were rumored to be working on a Mac version.
If Microsoft were to wake up and make Office for Mac more on par with the Windows version AND release a version for the iPad, I may go ahead and get it, even if it was via Office 365. But at this point it would really have to WOW me into doing so. I've always had Office for Mac on my MacBook, but since the last release and update of iWork have pretty much stopped using Office and use iWork exclusively now.
iWork is mostly fine for casual users, but Office is still generally more sophisticated (apart from Keynote which is better than PowerPoint in every aspect and has always been).
How much of Word's more sophisticated features do you even use anyways? I find they tend to be more of a nuisance than a help. I find that Pages has like a fraction of the features in Word, and considering they are all features I would use anyways, that's actually godsend because it means fewer redundant features clogging up the user interface.
This is like putting lipstick on a pig. Who uses an iPad to do anything productive? If this is like everything else on the iPad, it will be completely useless. Though Microsoft has a much more proven track record with software than anything else that is on the iPad today. We will have to wait and see I guess.
Ever used an iPad?
It's behind my number one computing device, and I'm very productive.
Sure it'd be nice to have an iPad Pro with an actual i5 cpu. Sadly a lot of people compare the Pro with the iPad and its two different machines all together to judge fairly.
The iPad is very quick for what it is. Sure it'd be nice to have 2GB memory instead of 1GB but I rarely get into memory issues with mine. I think iOS 7 is the bigger issue in terms of stability. It seems to crash quite a bit.
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That and row/column locking. I can't believe that doesn't exist.
Microsoft:
You're a software company. Hint: Look at the second half of your name. Just focus on making great software and you'll be fine.
You'll never sell hardware Just get over it.
You're a software company. Hint: Look at the second half of your name. Just focus on making great software and you'll be fine.
You'll never sell hardware Just get over it.
IMO-they have imporved accessibility, but usability is still a problem--esp word--which is a mess. Still, as a consumer user I found onedrive coupled with office 365 to be a good value at one hundred dollars or so. The ability to pull up formatted docs on any win 7/8 machine is huge
What reason is there to buy Surface?
One tablet only for Office.
Another tablet that can do anything, including to a high degree Office work.
I would just get 1 tablet.
And face it, if you need Pro/Power features, you would not use a table, you do it at a workstation.
In the face of Android and iOS, MS is drowned out.
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Typical MS, not the first time with horrid product timing.
Yes, I "remote control" my laptop. So what? Do you not like my terminology? Is that what it is? In my ERP-centered buisness world, we say things like "remote" and "RDP" (or "Remote Desktop") and "terminal server"... some people even refer to a remote or streaming utility as (gasp!) "log me in" or even "screenshare" !!! Oh the hugemanitee!
"Office does not help the (business) world go round."
What, might I ask, do you do for a living? What facet of the business world are you in?
...you are obviously blind to a huge piece (read: majority of) the business world.
It's not your terminology. It's your method. Why remote when you can, you know, carry the laptop home?
I am self employed. I have the luxury of choosing what computing devices I use. And I am not blind to the absurdly, expensive bloat software that is Office.
certainly not to iwork so this would be a huge thing since neither office nor libreoffice are available and google docs isnt that well represented yet.
I wouldn't discount iWork just yet. It does not have all the features of Office but that will change.