| 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:
 I went back to Office 2004 March 20, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I am one of those people who buys new software and upgrades right away. But, with Office 2008, I uninstalled it after one day and went back to Office 2004.
Why? Because Microsoft changed something in Word and you can no longer cut from Word and paste into Dreamweaver. Adobe has said that it will be months before they change DW to accommodate this new Office.
Microsoft is working very hard at driving customers away. First Vista and now this little gem for us Mac OS X users.
 Works Well March 20, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
The only reason I purchased this product, was so I could convert my Word documents to Mac's Page. I am trying to get totally away from Microsoft since Mac has less problems and is much faster. Delivery was quick and I am satisfied with the service I got.
Buggy and Disappointing March 16, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I've been using Word since it came out on the Mac back in 1984 and have used Excel since it replaced Multiplan as Microsoft's spreadsheet offering. There have been some low points along the way (Word 3 and Word 6 really stick out as stinkers). When I saw Office 2008 demoed at Macworld, Word and Excel both seemed really appealing, so I bought the new version. What I discovered is that Word is exceedingly unstable on all three Macs where I've installed it (that's how many the license allows): a G4 with 1GB RAM, a dual G5 with 2.5GB, and a MacBook with 2GB. Excel runs on my dual G5 with only occasional crashes, but "unexpectedly quits" on the G4 and the MacBook quite frequently. Throw in the loss of cross-platform compatibility (mostly related to not supporting the VBA-based macros/toolbars that my publishers employ) and I find it exceedingly difficult to recommend this product to anyone trying to accomplish real work. I've gone back to Office 2004.
Disappointing March 12, 2008
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I have a brand new iMac 2.4 GHz, maxed out with 4 MB of RAM, and yet this program runs EXCRUCIATINGLY SLOW. Office 2004 ran much faster. Opening Word documents is like torture as the little spinning rainbow pinwheel appears for what seems like ever EVERY time I open a document. Every other program on my Mac runs superfast, and for this one to be so slow in what is supposed to be a native Intel Mac version, is unacceptable. Stick with the earlier 2004 release until they make improvements; this has the overall feel of a beta version and is more like a DOWNgrade than an UPgrade. A total disappointment.
Microsoft is the worst company ever March 11, 2008
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
In case there wasn't enough evidence in the world at large regarding Microsoft's failure to do ANYTHING right, Office 2008 for Mac is just one more solid example of the ineptitude and lack of anything resembling intelligence in Redmond Washington.
First of all, I have three macs and one PC, bought three licenses of this alleged 'upgrade' and have since uninstalled them and replaced them with Office 2004.
One mac is a iMac G5 with maxed out everything and it ran painfully slow. The other two are Intel based macs with 4GB of RAM and 256MB of Video RAM and to my surprise it loaded twice as long as Office 2004. This is not a random occurrence, every time on both computers it takes nearly 40 seconds just to load. My four year old PC loads Word in about .5 seconds.
Forget using the notebook layout. The interface is awful and the only way you can switch between levels is by setting your margins in 'Print Preview'. As a law student I am constantly outlining and the fact that I have to do my outlining in 'Print Preview' mode is just ridiculous. Office 2004 did the job just fine by hitting the 'Tab' button.
I know there are those of you who actually studied software programming who will argue that I don't understand anything about how the software works. You can even convince me that Office 2008 is faster and more stable etc... But as someone who spends about 12 hours a day in Word I can say this product really really, ridiculously sucks.
I find myself saving every time I type a period because the software is so unstable. One second you're typing, the next you are faced with a twirling umbrella for four minutes. Sometimes it just flat out crashes on you. Then you enter 'Recovery Mode'.... enough said.
Finally, why does Microsoft insist on making nothing backwards compatible. By that I mean why not stick with .doc? Why did Microsoft have to go out and invent something called .docx? Now when I E-Mail my work as attachments to friends, I have to convert it to .doc before sending it. I don't care what advantages .docx has, the fact is, Microsoft simply wants everyone to upgrade. As a business savvy individual, I can understand that, but wouldn't you rather make something that is easy to use and reliable?
Just like I downgraded my PC from Vista to XP I am downgrading back to Office 2004.
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