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Office 2008 for $31.98 and 2004 free!?!?
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I received my copy a couple of weeks ago, but without the Expression media. If anyone gets Expression media, let us know what that is about or if we should pursue it.
If you are worried about tracking - I would call Microsoft. My package never arrived after they said it was shipped, so I called them and they sent me out a new one ASAP, and it came in a matter of days.
Office 2008 - Buggy
I recently purchased and started using Office 2008 like the interface and how they implemented most of the Windows Version things but the programs are just buggy. For example, excel crashes with an "out of memory" error about twice and hour and my 2GB MacBook Pro is not out of memory. (After the first few crashes I started running activity monitor and I always have 300+MB free when it crashes. I read on many forums that upgrading now from the older version may not be a good idea until they get these things fixed. Unfortunately I guess I am stuck with saving every 10 minutes or so. Oh, and the auto recovery does not get you back to where it crashed : (
Dan
I recently purchased and started using Office 2008 like the interface and how they implemented most of the Windows Version things but the programs are just buggy. For example, excel crashes with an "out of memory" error about twice and hour and my 2GB MacBook Pro is not out of memory. (After the first few crashes I started running activity monitor and I always have 300+MB free when it crashes. I read on many forums that upgrading now from the older version may not be a good idea until they get these things fixed. Unfortunately I guess I am stuck with saving every 10 minutes or so. Oh, and the auto recovery does not get you back to where it crashed : (
Dan
Interesting order fulfillment. I finally received my office 2008 today. In the box were a couple of letters one of which said something to the effect;
" We had a problem with our systems we're not sure if we sent you the version that you wanted, if this is not it call us...we'll replace it with the right one"
Well it was the upgrade version minus the educational license and with added exchange support. So I called and after some hold time, a pleasant gentleman that was actually in my hemisphere put the right one on order and expedited shipping. When I asked what I should do with the one I was just sent.. He said... "keep it " I suppose i'll ebay it or something.
I'm beginning to wonder how profitable a promotion this has been for them. If you run a fufillment company, call Microsoft they need you
" We had a problem with our systems we're not sure if we sent you the version that you wanted, if this is not it call us...we'll replace it with the right one"
Well it was the upgrade version minus the educational license and with added exchange support. So I called and after some hold time, a pleasant gentleman that was actually in my hemisphere put the right one on order and expedited shipping. When I asked what I should do with the one I was just sent.. He said... "keep it " I suppose i'll ebay it or something.
I'm beginning to wonder how profitable a promotion this has been for them. If you run a fufillment company, call Microsoft they need you
Well, I received the replacement Student/Home Edition today, with the Expression Media which is on a separate disc inside box. Yellow box with a gray oval sticker on the cellophane indicating "Includes Expression Media for Mac". Haven't loaded it yet(not in any great hurry to do so)so I can't tell you what it is all about, but the MS site has some video tutorials regarding the Espressions. The list price on their site shows $299. for the EM. It must be a big thing. BTW, my box also had a couple of letters, one indicating problems with their process & wanting to make sure I was satisfied in receiving the correct version.
