| 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: DVD-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:
 Unstable February 27, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought a new Mac with Leopard and Office 2008 because I dislike Vista. I expected greater stability and reliability than I had with Windows. On the third day of my using Word, it crashed and completely vaporized my document and did not provide autorecover. I have used Word for many years and never had anything remotely like this happen, even when there was a power failure at my house.
If the data is not secure, it's hard to be interested in anything else the software suite does.
 Bread and butter software for me February 26, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I use Word/PowerPoint/Excel regularly and have been doing so for a very long time. For the last 8 years, I have used Office 2000/2003 Standard on the PC platform. I bought Office 2008 for Mac to use on my new Mac. The look and feel is somewhat different from Office 2003 but closer to Office 2007 on the PC. All my negatives have to do with UI changes, so they are minor irritants.
I like the new PowerPoint templates, plus the PDF saver is very nice - although it is annoying that the PDF file gets split into multiple files if there is a change in page setup (i.e. one of the pages is oriented in landscape instead of portrait!) So I end up having to remerge PDF. Fortunately Apple has a nice little utility called automator that does the job.
I got Excel to run out of memory while moving some data around the spread sheet. But apparently that is a known problem: unknown if it is a Mac specific issue or a general MS Office problem! Use cut and paste instead of drag to work around.
I tried Entourage but prefer vanilla Mail/iCal on the Mac. On the PC, I had switched from MS Outlook to Thunderbird/Lightning because it was more reliable, provided better functionality and did not create legacy database problems that Outlook has. I really dislike the fact that Microsoft mail programs are not cross-compatible, reading old mail is a real pain.
 Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Home & Student February 26, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I absolutely love the 2008 version of Microsoft Office for Mac Home & Student version. Downloading was fast and simple. Improvements are significant both in operation and appearance. I have had no problems with any of the modules.
Faster but buggy February 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've used MS Office since the early 90s and so have come to expect a few bumps and frustrations with new features and UI changes however this version seems to be more problematic than previous releases. Specifically Entourage crashes 3-4 times per week, though I've not lost any data. Excel keeps loosing my menu bar customizations when it crashes once a week. The good news is that it is faster as advertised, which is a welcome improvement over the previous version. I'm anxiously awaiting the first round of updates to improve stability.
 This is an upgrade? February 24, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Upgrades are supposed to add features or enhance certain features of a currently-used product. This one does not. I frequently use the Solver add-in in Excel. The 2007 edition of Office for Windows has it. This one does not. After I had installed Office 2008 on my MacBook, I realized Solver was not a part of the package. My only alternative was to uninstall Excel 2008 and reinstall Excel 2004. Microsoft should have warned its customers that it was selling a product that was incomplete. I would not have bought this had I known it lacked what is an essential component for me.
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