 "Gets the job done" | 2008-10-06 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2DVCRVE98JIP6 |
| I purchased Office 2008 because my Mac didn't come with any sort of functional word processing. I was skeptical because of the other reviews, and I have only used Word to create and send documents - for which it has worked just fine. The only thing is that I have to save the document in ".doc Compatibility Mode" to email it, which is very easy though slightly annoying. |
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 "Very annoying..." | 2008-10-05 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2A2AZRGBE0N5D |
| The new Microsoft Office is definitely flashier than any of the older versions, but I'm very disappointed with the functionality of it all, especially Excel and Word. I need to use the Data Analysis tool pack for many of my classes and it is not compatible with the new Excel which has been a real headache. |
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 "Easy to Use, I like it" | 2008-10-03 |
| - Reviewed By User: ASQRWKKE7XWEL |
| Basically like using the same product from PC. The Mac iWork programs (eg. Pages, Numbers) are not compatible in many instances (files cannot be uploaded as gmail attachments, for example) so I like this format. |
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| "Office 2008" | 2008-09-29 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3LE1H9OZO258U |
| I recently upgraded to Office 2008 for Mac Home & Student Edition. I have used Excel and Word since the beginning and have never been disappointed. The changes to the tool bars are taking a little time to get used to, but am pleased with the product. Would buy it again. |
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| "Warning, Will Robinson, warning! Don't buy this!" | 2008-09-20 |
| - Reviewed By User: AXUAWQCBUSCNT |
| I wish I had never brought this software! I love my iMac, but since I installed this product, the computer has had nothing but problems. I am actually thinking about trashing the software and going back to the old 2004 version. What a wasted use of money, especially since it was a birthday present to myself! I wish I had listened to the other reviews. |
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| "switch to mac" | 2008-09-16 |
| - Reviewed By User: A15Z2UHMR68KTO |
| I recently got a mac and was distraught because all my files are in word or excel from my pc. Then I bought this product and can open and use all my files on the mac. The learning of the new software is not that bad either. I will never go back to pc. |
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| "Love it.." | 2008-09-16 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2FTIHONIE17NK |
| Having read several reviews about this product I have to say I was nervous about purchasing it! I am both a MAC and PC user having being mostly a PC user for most of my work related requirements. I recently decided to make the move completely over to my MAC. This product is different to the PC versions and does take a little bit of getting used to but when you do its great. It has so many of the features I love about Mac. I was worried it was going to make my MAC run like a PC and gladly it doesn't! Installation was easy once you follow exactly what it tells you. I had problems registering it and that was really the only issue I had with it! br /br /I use this version for both work and personal and it really fits my needs. |
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| "Excellent office suite" | 2008-09-15 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1EUYV1OL52EWJ |
| We bought Office '08 for our Macs several months ago (right after it was released) and as of the latest update, it's been stellar.br /br /Before I begin, we own and use iWork '08 (Pages, Numbers, and Keynote) on all our Macs; we use it side-by-side with Office 2008. We also own and use Office 2003 and Office 2007 on our PCs as well.br /br /Office 2008 is probably 95% as good as Office 2007--what I mean by good is all the "good stuff" that Office 2007 includes. Backward compatibility is excellent, fast on Intel chips, and comes w/ a slew of useful tools (esp. for writing in Word). Powerpoint '08 is a welcome refresh of the old '04 version--new everything, but it still is not Keynote by any stretch (Keynoters know what I'm talking about). Excel is fine, nothing exciting, but VBA script is noticeably absent from the old version. I don't use Excel a lot and have unofficially switched to Numbers (iWork '08) for 90% of the spreadsheeting I do (which is very little anyway).br /br /I don't use Entourage at all (Mail.app primarily) so I couldn't tell you how well it works, or what it does for me. If you're a Mac user, you're probably using Mail.app w/ iCal and Address Book. However, there are a few die-hards that swear by Entourage as "Outlook for the rest of us". I've tinkered w/ it in previous versions of Office (Office X) and it was decent, but not anything groundbreaking.br /br /Word '08 is still the king of desktop word processing. I use Pages '08 a lot but Word is still the king when it comes to doing anything more than letters. Granted, Pages is very powerful and allows you much more creative freedom when designing documents that include text and illustrations/graphics--I think this is where Pages outshines Word. However, Word has 10x more templates and is designed more for heavy word processing (the bibliography tool is awesome!).br /br /When I am taking notes for classes, I am usually using Pages b/c I like how it effortlessly handles texts compared to Word. However, when I am writing a paper or report, I still use Word. The reference library in Word is 'right there' at your side w/ dictionary, thesaurus, language translation tools, grammar checker, etc.etc.etc. Pages does a very minimal version of grammar checker (Proofreader they call it) and it does a C+ job compared to Word (B+, A-).br /br /iWork '08 is an excellent suite of office tools, but Office '08 is still the gold standard.br /br /4/5 Stars!br /br /NOTE: I would've rated it 4.5/5 but Amazon doesn't let you rate in 1/2 stars. I deducted 1/2 a star b/c of all the bugs Office '08 had when it was released, and how SLOOOOOW it was to startup. The latest/greatest updates have resolved this and it loads within an adequate amount of time now (Word takes 5-6 sec on Macbook 2.4 w/ 4GB RAM). |
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| "Office 2008 for the Mac" | 2008-09-14 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1YAL5SBYULMA |
I really wavered between between buying a license to iWork 08 or Office 2008 they're both so good. Although much easier to use, iWork 08 just didn't have all the features I needed, plus I get a lot of Word and Excel docs from colleagues on PC's (you can easily import MS Office docs into iWork 08 but then you have to continually export to return them back).
Office 2008 is very polished and I really like it. Although the price is almost twice the price of iWorks you actually get three licenses in the pack which is a major bonus.
If you are a professional user, need all the MS Office features you had on the PC, need to exchange MS Office documents with other Mac and PC users, or you have at least 3 Macs in your household I would say that Office 2008 is the right choice. Otherwise iWorks is more than adequate for the casual and less demanding user. |
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| "A big dissapointment" | 2008-09-09 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2F6M0KBDM621S |
I write for a living. I have used Microsoft Office for years and years. Even though I use Macs exclusively these days, I actually like Microsoft products (you'll pry my Xbox 360 from my cold dead fingers).
But this edition of Office is a turd. Slow to open on a machine with 4 gigs of ram. Crash prone when doing something as complex as search/replace. Irritating interface choices all around. Installing Office even managed to break another bit of software: Final Draft. Office:Mac is just bad news from start to finish.
Last night I gave up, uninstalled Office and switched over to iWork '08. My only gripe with that software while testing it has been the lack of an autosave. But I've tolerated Office:Mac's crap for too long, and I'm willing to train myself to command-s every few lines if it means knowing I won't be irritated while working. |
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