Microsoft Office 2008 for the Mac delayed until January 2008

However it seems that Numbers (as good as it looks on paper) cannot import even the most average of sized Excel spreadsheets. It looks like Apple have only provided a faction of what is required to displace Excel.

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Mark

I really think they just cut off their nose to spite their face. Now that iWork '08 has been released, people won't be as interested in buying the Office '08 in January. Apple is offering a free trial download of their new software - a smart move. A simple test drive of the application will keep Mac customers from buying the new Office.

I personally loathe Office for the Mac. As soon as iWork '08 came out, I bought a copy and ditched Office. The best $79 I've spent.

slightly different from the windows version of office which im using now...


perhaps windows' office will be updated and will look slightly like this as well.

Didn't some other company recently delay a certain OS for a similar amount of time but hey its

microsoft why dont we just hate them

maybe they shouldn't make office for mac at all i am sure that would be good for mac market share but hey dont think just bitch

UGHH.. Does anyone have a torrent for the private beta@???!?!?1!!one1!1

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The user interface looks much better in the screen shots. Its a good news they are upgrading the office for mac. IMHO , neo office is not as usable as let's say office in windows or even zoho online word processor.

I mean besides those business types who need every little function of Microsfot office, aren't free office suites like NeoOffice good enough? I decided as a college student without much money to just use the free NeoOffice and put the money towards getting my MacBook Pro instead of a regular MacBook


Also, for some reason on my mom's iBook G4, Microsoft office 04 has decided her computer dosen't have a keyboard, so she is completly unable to use the program. I should here some other free options and she's plenty happy with Bean so again, for most people I don't see the 300$ value in Microsoft Office for Mac.

I switched to the Mac at home about 1.5 years ago - never bothered with MS Office as NeoOffice works well enough for my infrequent needs. The way I see it, this delay could only work to the advantage of Apple, if more and more people get sick of Office 2004, and if Apple puts out a stellar iWork '08.

Please change headline to read:
" Microsoft pulls a Microsoft - Office 2008 for Mac delayed until January 2008 - No one surprised"

Mac newbs: don't worry, you'll get used to it.

As much as I hate having to do so, I need Office - because my clients work in "track changes" mode on their PCs (and Macs, too.) It is the one thing no other Mac word processor can do (I use Nisus for my initial writing.)

But with the new Office being delayed, with the incompatible and crippled feature set, I'm seriously considering buying the Windows version and running it on Parallels.

Which I hate to even contemplate.

But I bet MS doesn't hate that I'm contemplating it.