- Average user rating: 1.5 stars out of 47 reviews Back to product review
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7 out of 30 people found this review helpful
1.0 stars
"Why Bother?"
Pros: If you really need it for a Mac, you now have one.
Cons: Proprietary lock-in, Better apps exist for cheaper (and free).
Summary: Seriously... for most documents, even those written in MS Office format, you already have the ability to open them without spending $360+ to open, create, and edit them. OpenOffice is free, and can open 95% of the MS Office-generated files you will ever encounter without distortion of missing data at all. If you only use Word Documents, OSX' built-in Text Editor can open, edit, and save .doc files with ease.
Personally, the only thing MS Office is good for these days is to bulk-comvert office files into an open format, such as ODF, so you're not trapped in any sort of vendor lock-in. After all, MS Office 2003 recently released a service pack that renders old MS Office formatted files unusable. Why would you want your company or home docs to suddenly be unusable 10 years down the road?
- 3 replies to this review
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Absolutely correct. But even as a file converter, Office pales to Apple's inexperienced-computer-user-to-smug-self-important-fanboy converter. Works 100% of the time.
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You gotta love his consistancy! Nothing but pure politics from this one. Technology is about what works, and as of yet I have not seen you speak in terms of real use. Why bother with this? Are you some kind of masochist?
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Dont kid yourself on this review. Penguinisto has never owned a single piece of Microsoft software. So why is he even close to someone knowledgable? If you read his background, you'll see that he hates MS on principal. So take this criticism with a HUGE grain of salt.
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Microsoft Office for Mac 2008:
$186.20 - $399.95
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