I run 2004 on my Intel MacBook, and it runs fine. I don't see any reason to upgrade to 2008, personally, and the fact that they are removing VB support is a killer.
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Microsoft Unveils Mac Office 2008 Packages, Pricing
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I run 2004 on my Intel MacBook, and it runs fine. I don't see any reason to upgrade to 2008, personally, and the fact that they are removing VB support is a killer.
And according to MacWorld, the Home Edition comes with 3 user licenses. If true, that makes the basic office $50/copy if you need a few. That's a great deal.
A reasonably priced home edition
> Rubbish, Neo-Office is 5X better,
I agree that it's a lot cheaper, but I fail to see why it would be better. I think that some MS antipathy colors your judgement...
Considering the power on offer, the home edition is priced quite ok. And you KNOW that any word and excel files, even those with macros, will work without a headache.
Yes, iWork is very nice indeed. Now it costs $70 less. Or take NeoOffice for $149 less.
Consider on the other hand, how much is your time worth, even your personal time.
If you expect that you will need to spend a number of hours fixing conversion of ppt, doc and xls that you receive from others, then I'd say that the price difference is meaningless.
Corto
> Rubbish, Neo-Office is 5X better,
I agree that it's a lot cheaper, but I fail to see why it would be better. I think that some MS antipathy colors your judgement...
Considering the power on offer, the home edition is priced quite ok. And you KNOW that any word and excel files, even those with macros, will work without a headache.
Yes, iWork is very nice indeed. Now it costs $70 less. Or take NeoOffice for $149 less.
Consider on the other hand, how much is your time worth, even your personal time.
If you expect that you will need to spend a number of hours fixing conversion of ppt, doc and xls that you receive from others, then I'd say that the price difference is meaningless.
Corto
Quit bitching people.
Nothing to see here, move along.
Prices mirror those of the PC counterparts, I don't see why everyone is complaining. The full version of Office 2007 Pro on the PC is $500, granted you get a ton of apps, but the core (Word/Excel/Outlook/Powerpoint) is all you really use anyway (although I wouldn't mind Access:Mac). We're not getting ripped off, it's an expensive Office suite. And it'll be so nice to get rid of the last PowerPC programs I have on my computer, all from Office:2004.
Although I agree that no Automator support and no Exchange support in the Home/Student editions is ******.
Nothing to see here, move along.
Prices mirror those of the PC counterparts, I don't see why everyone is complaining. The full version of Office 2007 Pro on the PC is $500, granted you get a ton of apps, but the core (Word/Excel/Outlook/Powerpoint) is all you really use anyway (although I wouldn't mind Access:Mac). We're not getting ripped off, it's an expensive Office suite. And it'll be so nice to get rid of the last PowerPC programs I have on my computer, all from Office:2004.
Although I agree that no Automator support and no Exchange support in the Home/Student editions is ******.
I'll also be upgrading as soon as the 2008 professional version is available at an educator's discount (which should be in the $100 to 150 range). I'm hoping that this will resolve certain translation issues, such as occasional stray marks when I move a Powerpoint from Mac to a PC platform or my inability read .docx files that are sent to me as attachments.
That will be interesting to see actually, considering VB support for Mac is dropped in the upcoming suite. Admittedly, I haven't looked to see what if anything they're doing to handle documents with macros.
OMG!
Is it ilegal to download a software without buying license for using it???
Will download either... way too expensive. But, i bought iWork'08!
The $499 version includes expression media. Do you need expression media? Is it vital for your workflow?
The home edition is only $149, which isn't too bad considering how much just excel, word and powerpoint used to cost individually years ago.
It's unfortunate that they jacked the price up another $250 for exchange and automater support. I could care less about exchange, but automater support would be quite nice. Office 2004 works well on my computer and I can not see a reason to upgrade unless you need exchange.
Excel and Numbers are definitely different beasts; they don't directly substitute one for the other (although I'm rather happy having been doing all my home spreadsheeting on Numbers since it came out).
But Pages isn't a good word processor? I find it significantly easier to use, faster, and more stable than Word 2004. If I open up a blank "word processing" page it's just the same as working with Word aside from the non-retarded interface.
The "Notes" layout isn't replicated in Pages, so if that's critical and you don't already have a better outline editor (ahem, OmniOutliner), or a significantly better note-cataloguing system (DevonThink for instance) then maybe you've got a "killer" feature. But if you don't use it (I certainly don't) then that doesn't matter. Features you don't use fall into the "bloat" column.
In any case, I've found that the one reason I use Word over Pages and Excel over Numbers is that I have to work on and distribute Word and Excel documents at work. The import/export procedures just are not reliable enough and seamless enough to be used to "talk" with actual MS Office users. Still, work pays for that copy of Office, and the existence of iWork means I can paper all the home computers in iWork '08 goodness for significantly less than a single copy of Office would cost (family pack was, IIRC, $89 with the corporate discount).
Even with educational pricing (professional edition goes for $99), I think i will stick with iWork08.
No exchange support in the student edition is going to hurt a lot. If you attend a University that is all Microsoft, and their IT department is either closed-minded, or very paranoid, there will be no exchange support for Apple mail or Entourage. Many college IT departments don't turn on the IMAP switch that will allow Apple mail to connect to it (Apple mail says it supports exchange, but only if IAMP support is turned on).
I don't know of another mail program other than Office X or Office 2004 that supports MS Exchange without IMAP. That will lose a sale to me since I have to have exchange support. Maybe Apple will update mail to allow for non-IMAP enabled exchange servers. Otherwise I'll have to stick with Entourage 2004
I don't know of another mail program other than Office X or Office 2004 that supports MS Exchange without IMAP. That will lose a sale to me since I have to have exchange support. Maybe Apple will update mail to allow for non-IMAP enabled exchange servers. Otherwise I'll have to stick with Entourage 2004
I don't know what school you go to, but the university I work for lets you buy any Microsoft title for $25 or so (including "pro" versions.) Check your bookstore.
I'm a little confused here...
I have Microsoft Office X for my PPC. It has Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. Word could be a little easier to use/nicer interface but I have NO complaints.
Where does this version of Office for OS X stand in the product life cycle that MS has put out for the Mac? How far behind the curve am I using this software over anything else?
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I have Microsoft Office X for my PPC. It has Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. Word could be a little easier to use/nicer interface but I have NO complaints.
Where does this version of Office for OS X stand in the product life cycle that MS has put out for the Mac? How far behind the curve am I using this software over anything else?
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This link to Microsoft's site is asking me to download/install Silverlight. While I'm curious to see what their digital media asset management stuff is like, I'm deeply, deeply wary of allowing Silverlight onto my computer or into my browser.
What is it? Will it screw up my mac or my Firefox? Will it make it more unstable? (highly likely if it's a non-office app from MS)
My mac is running pretty well at the moment, and I'd like to keep it that way please.
Who here is running Silverlight?
has anyone here who's used iWork08 and Office 2007 not feel that iWork's a bit.....Fisher-Price in comparison? Keynote's transitions are the only standout feature.
Office 2004 was the successor to Office X. Office 2008 is the successor to Office 2004, and it brings it more in line with Office 2007 (PC)
CRAAAAP i just bought a copy of office 2004 on sunday...you think i should return it and rebuy it for that technology guarantee?
Meanwhile, they're offering the Windows version of Office 2007 for $60 to college students and faculty:
http://www.theultimatesteal.com/
This is a complete slap in the face for Mac users, not that it shouldn't have been expected. F' Microsoft.
http://www.theultimatesteal.com/
This is a complete slap in the face for Mac users, not that it shouldn't have been expected. F' Microsoft.
I think it came out in 2001. I have office X too and it's great. You don't have to turn it on over the web and it could care less how many computers are running it. It's just a word processor et al and it runs without hesitation on my MacPro. I don't need a native version. X has opened every document anyone has sent me perfectly.
