| Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Home & Student Edition | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $149.95
Buy New: $109.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  271 reviews
Sales Rank: 2
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Macintosh, Mac Os X
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Home & Student
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: GZA00006
Model: GZA00006
UPC: 882224526302
EAN: 0882224526302
ASIN: B000X86ZAS
Release Date: January 15, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Excellent April 19, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I would recommend the same for any MAC user who needs the basic office applications . The price is just right for three licenses. It does take some getting used to for veteran PC users ( myself included ) but once you get hang of it, it becomes second nature. I honestly don't know why you will need the full version unless you really need the missing applications from the complete suite.
Office 2008 with Leopard 10.5.2 April 18, 2008
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
I installed Office 2008 yesterday on my MacBook, keeping Office 2004 installed in case there were problems. So far all is working well and Word, Excel and Powerpoint files created with Office 2004 open and edit just fine. And I far prefer the user interface.
Reviews prior to mid-March may be overly negative. Update 12.0.1 080305 has been reported to make a big difference in loading speed and stability.
The new file formats of Office 2008 can be a problem for compatibility with other Office users. My first act was to use Preferences to have each program save to Office 2004 file format.
08 OFFICE REVIEW April 16, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Just bought the 08 office for Mac today and it was a let down, because there is no"ACCESS"program for the Mac.
I now have to go out and buy MS office 07 for my wife's computer so I can finish my college computer class.
overall seems to to work very well now that Mac has a new 08 office Mac update that will fix the problems that people are talking about, such as freezes, lock-ups, and so forth. I've had no problems so far with my 08 office Mac, but as soon as you install the new office it will instruct you to look for updates which you will need in order for it to run smoothly. when this laptop gives up the ghost I'm going back to MS system because that is mainly what the colleges are using.
 If using Excel, stick to 2004 April 13, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Allow me to state up front that the only Microsoft application I use is Excel. That said, I've been using Excel for Mac for as long as it's been on the market and use it quite intensely. I had hoped, after so many years of neglect, that it would get a worthy upgrade in 2008 in terms of taking advantage of the Intel processors in the latest Mac models, improvements in functionality, and overall bug fixes. For whatever reason, Excel 2008 fails to deliver on all counts and, in my experience, is a step backwards. Simple charts take an unacceptably long time to display, macros are gone, crashes happen after even the simplest tasks, and there are no discernible usability improvements to make this "upgrade" worthwhile. Perhaps the other Office applications in Office 2008 represent an improvement over their previous versions. Excel, however, does not and has, in fact, proven detrimental to my productivity.
Yuck! Keep your old office. April 12, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
As with the the 2007 PC version of Office, Office:Mac 2008 is in many ways a step backward - especially in productivity. While there are a few new useful features, you will find that many of the basic commands you routinely used have been made more difficult to find. While one could argue that I just need time to adjust to the new version - frankly, no, I don't. I routinely find myself loosing time while looking for commands I use all of the time.
The new Office is also not friendly to screen space. The new ribbon-like button feature at the top takes up much of my screen space so that I can see very little of what I am writing at once while providing a bunch of buttons I will likely never use. Not only does this ribbon seem to be permanent, if you want to add your old button toolbars, you lose even more writing space. If you do not add your button toolbars, you are forced to use the menus or the "toolbox". This, again, makes very poor use of screen space and overall efficiency.
It is truly sad that Microsoft has been allowed to squash all competitors in the Word Processor business. The recent Windows and Mac iterations of Office clearly show what happens in an industry when there is poor competition. Perhaps this leaves the door open again to new competiton - certainly, Apple's "Pages" has not attempted to fill that gap as this app seems only to appeal to those who want to send out those annoying family newsletters at Christmas time. Even more sad? The really annoying ribbon I referred to above seems to be MS's attempt to compete with Pages!
Two more quick cons. The program takes the better part of a minute to load on my G5 Mac, while the old version took only seconds. Also, this version includes 3 lisences. I have the software installed on two computers in my home. If one computer has Office open, then the other computer will not run Office. So, either I did something wrong, or there is really only one true lisence.
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