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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / November 2007What work programs should I get
I'm getting a Mac Pro in January - I will install Parallels and Office 2003 in it. This is the version of Office I use at work with Windows. But I'm thinking I want either Office Mac or iWork. If I get Office, I should buy the cheapest version now and get the "free" upgrade. Waiting until I get the Mac will means that offer will expire. But I don't know enough. > I'm getting a Mac Pro in January - I will install Parallels and Office > 2003 in it. This is the version of Office I use at work with [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > But I don't know enough. I went ahead and purchased Office 2004 Mac Student & Teacher Edition now, and sent in the Microsoft Mac Office Super Suite Deal rebate form to get Office 2008 Mac Special Edition. I expect to get it in the mail shortly after it's released.  SignatureNote: Please send all responses to the relevant news group. If you must contact me through e-mail, let me know when you send email to this address so that your email doesn't get eaten by my SPAM filter. JR > I'm getting a Mac Pro in January - I will install Parallels and Office > 2003 in it. This is the version of Office I use at work with [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > But I don't know enough. Unless you need absolutely every quirk of MS Office, I prefer iWork. Much more fun to work, and does everything I need, in some places (Pages, Keynote) more and better than MS equivalents, in Numbers not more yet but much better. You will get an evaluation copy anyway for 30d. Instead of MS get OpenOffice or NeoOffice for free, and in some respects better. HTH Marc Signatureremove bye and from mercial to get valid e-mail <http://www.heusser.com> >Unless you need absolutely every quirk of MS Office, I prefer iWork. >Much more fun to work, and does everything I need, in some places >(Pages, Keynote) more and better than MS equivalents, in Numbers not >more yet but much better. >You will get an evaluation copy anyway for 30d. Which will be too late for the Office "free" upgrade. >Instead of MS get OpenOffice or NeoOffice for free, and in some respects >better. Each alternative is "in some respects better". > On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:04:13 +0100, Marc Heusser > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Each alternative is "in some respects better". I had NeoOffice on my iMac. Liked it. In article <43378164-ef93-4c2e-a052-843d37911c5d@r31g2000hsg.googlegroups.co m>, > > On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:04:13 +0100, Marc Heusser > > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > I had NeoOffice on my iMac. Liked it. I prefer Bean.app. (I know, it does not do everthing! But it does not require millions of updates practically daily, browsers firing up every time it launches to remind you, emails galore, and slow as hell. This is not a criticism of NeoOffice. It is me being fed up of anything fancier than Simpletext or Bean.app. When i become ruler of the world you will all make do with a plain text editor full stop, I will jail protesters. Signaturedorayme >Unless you need absolutely every quirk of MS Office, I prefer iWork. Or just need one particular quirk of MS Office. Trouble is - I don't know which quirk I need? I do have VB macros in Excel documents. Do they qualify? > Trouble is - I don't know which quirk I need? I do have VB macros in > Excel documents. Do they qualify? microsoft office 2008 won't support visual basic. >> Trouble is - I don't know which quirk I need? I do have VB macros in >> Excel documents. Do they qualify? > >microsoft office 2008 won't support visual basic. Ahh, then the big excuse to get Office - that it is the standard that works - doesn't apply. |
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