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01-15-2008, 10:14 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | I can't believe I bought a Microsoft product the day it was released...
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Lo and behold, I bought MS Office 2008 the day it was released. I get to the Apple store and am told it's not supposed to be released until noon, but the kid let me have it at 11:45 so I could make it to class.
Unfortunately, being a Mac user, I was in an unfortunate jam here at school, I got my Mac, then the school upgraded to Office 2007, which uses the new office formats, which aren't supported by anything for mac thus far. Then iWork '08 was doable, but as a business major, I need to know the ins and outs of Excel. Needless to say, I bought Office 2008 and am nothing but entirely impressed.
It looks great, works great, and I've yet to crash it. My only complaint is the lack of support for Exchange Servers on Entourage 2008 Student Edition... unfortunately, I'm all over campus, and I used to actually utilize this with Entourage 2004.
Anyway, thus far, my review for Office 2008... 
4/5 Jumpy Dudes
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01-15-2008, 10:35 PM
|  | A Hard Rockin Lover of GREENBURST Moderator | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Where I lay my head is home | | I buy Metallica records the day they come out. 
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01-15-2008, 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by MAJOR METAL  I buy Metallica records the day they come out. | Gasp! |
01-15-2008, 10:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Casselberry, Florida | | I buy Megadeth records the day they come out. |
01-15-2008, 10:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Prince Edward Island | | | I regularly buy milk the day it comes out, so that it lasts longer. IME.
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01-16-2008, 07:53 AM
| | Pat's the best! | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Northern Virginia, USA | | I bought "Master Of Puppets" the day it came out. 
Hope you enjoy Office 2008 as much as I've been enjoying Office 2007 under Windows. I love the new menu bar paradigm. |
01-16-2008, 08:04 AM
| | <- Not me I just like looking at her | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cable Wi | | | Psh I haven't found reason to upgrade since Office 2000. Of course thats just me. |
01-16-2008, 10:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Philbiker I bought "Master Of Puppets" the day it came out.
Hope you enjoy Office 2008 as much as I've been enjoying Office 2007 under Windows. I love the new menu bar paradigm. | I HATE the new menu bar paradigm... its great for new users, but people like me who have been using Office in excess of 10 years, it really just slows me down. Luckily, Office 2008 remained mostly menu based, and the ribbon is optional.
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01-16-2008, 10:27 AM
| | Pat's the best! | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Northern Virginia, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by tplyons I HATE the new menu bar paradigm... its great for new users, but people like me who have been using Office in excess of 10 years, it really just slows me down. Luckily, Office 2008 remained mostly menu based, and the ribbon is optional. | I've been using Office since version 4.1 for Windows 3.1. I find the ribbons to be a substantial usability improvement over the older menus.
They definitely take some getting used to though.
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01-16-2008, 10:28 AM
| | Pat's the best! | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Northern Virginia, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by BetterBottomEnd Psh I haven't found reason to upgrade since Office 2000. Of course thats just me. | Neither have I. Until now. The new UI really is much better. |
01-16-2008, 11:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tampa, FL | | | I got Office 07 Ultimate through school for $70. SCORE.
I can't remember the last thing I bought on the day it came out. Maybe Gran Turismo 4.
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01-16-2008, 01:15 PM
| | Pat's the best! | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Northern Virginia, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MoD_Scotty I got Office 07 Ultimate through school for $70. SCORE. | $70? You paid too much! It should have been only $59.99 www.theultimatesteal.com . |
01-16-2008, 02:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tampa, FL | | | LOL! I guess it was $60 then, that's where I got it. You ever see how much that crap costs retail? It's friggin highway robbery.
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01-16-2008, 03:58 PM
|  | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | | I buy hookers on the days they come out. |
01-16-2008, 05:42 PM
| | Pat's the best! | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Northern Virginia, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MoD_Scotty LOL! I guess it was $60 then, that's where I got it. You ever see how much that crap costs retail? It's friggin highway robbery. | Yes, I have seen how much it costs, and IMO as a software developer it is most definitely not highway robbery. |
01-16-2008, 06:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tampa, FL | | | $679.99, regardless of how many neat/useful features it contains, is IMO absolutely ridiculous. I understand there was a lot of R&D put into the making of this package, and that a lot of professionals will be able to increase productivity by using it, etc. But I have literally bought cars for less than that. You can buy an older version of pretty much the same programs for way less, especially used.
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01-16-2008, 06:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Millcreek Township, UT | | As a DoD employee, I get Microsoft Office for the price of shipping (about $7).
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01-16-2008, 08:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Indiana | | | I like money. Not MS money, just money. Oh, and OpenOffice. That is all.
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01-16-2008, 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Todd Stanley I regularly buy milk the day it comes out, so that it lasts longer. IME. | If you buy it from the store it is anywhere from 4 to 7 days old before it gets there. Sorry to break it to you.
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01-16-2008, 08:46 PM
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