I am going to be buy a MBP soon. I need Office on it, there is no way around this. The way I see it I have a few options:
1. Buy Office for Mac: $149 plus it looks there will be a new version in about a year, have to deal with Rosetta
2. I have OfficeXP
a. BootCamp: cost of XP, plus rebooting to just use Office will not work
b. Parallels: cost of XP+Parallels
c. CodeWeavers: cost of codeweavers, possible problems with compatibility
Price wise: 2c<1<2a<2b
As far as usability is concerned, 2b is the best I think, but it is the most expensive.
Does anyone have an opinion?
1. Buy Office for Mac: $149 plus it looks there will be a new version in about a year, have to deal with Rosetta
2. I have OfficeXP
a. BootCamp: cost of XP, plus rebooting to just use Office will not work
b. Parallels: cost of XP+Parallels
c. CodeWeavers: cost of codeweavers, possible problems with compatibility
Price wise: 2c<1<2a<2b
As far as usability is concerned, 2b is the best I think, but it is the most expensive.
Does anyone have an opinion?