Comments on: $100 Rebate on Mac Office http://www.handcoding.com/archives/2006/12/04/100-rebate-on-mac-office/ Refenestration Daily. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:19:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Alex http://www.handcoding.com/archives/2006/12/04/100-rebate-on-mac-office/#comment-69956 Alex Tue, 05 Dec 2006 05:10:07 +0000 http://www.handcoding.com/archives/2006/12/04/100-rebate-on-mac-office/#comment-69956 Good work Watson! Indeed, I hadn't considered the Intel/Mac angle. Hmm.. In that case, maybe I'll hold off after all :-/. Good work Watson! Indeed, I hadn’t considered the Intel/Mac angle. Hmm.. In that case, maybe I’ll hold off after all :-/.

]]> By: M-D http://www.handcoding.com/archives/2006/12/04/100-rebate-on-mac-office/#comment-69954 M-D Tue, 05 Dec 2006 05:03:02 +0000 http://www.handcoding.com/archives/2006/12/04/100-rebate-on-mac-office/#comment-69954 Office 2004 is actually an excellent package (even if it is missing an Access-alike), but the one area in which it really shows its age is the fact that it's a PPC-only app, which means Intel-based Macs have to run Office applications in the Rosetta emulation layer. If you're coming from an older model PowerBook (TiBook or earlier, like I did earlier this year), then you probably won't notice any net gain or loss with regard to speed. But if you're used to a faster G4 or G5 processor, you're sure to notice the difference. Among major applications, it's surprising that Microsoft (along with Adobe) are so late to release Universal Binaries. All that said, the general concensus on the net is that unless you're dipping into Word's deeper featureset (and you absolutely have to have a spreadsheet app), Apple's iWork suite might be worth a look. (There's also a good chance that iWork will get an overhaul just in time for MacWorld SF.) Office 2004 is actually an excellent package (even if it is missing an Access-alike), but the one area in which it really shows its age is the fact that it’s a PPC-only app, which means Intel-based Macs have to run Office applications in the Rosetta emulation layer. If you’re coming from an older model PowerBook (TiBook or earlier, like I did earlier this year), then you probably won’t notice any net gain or loss with regard to speed. But if you’re used to a faster G4 or G5 processor, you’re sure to notice the difference. Among major applications, it’s surprising that Microsoft (along with Adobe) are so late to release Universal Binaries.

All that said, the general concensus on the net is that unless you’re dipping into Word’s deeper featureset (and you absolutely have to have a spreadsheet app), Apple’s iWork suite might be worth a look. (There’s also a good chance that iWork will get an overhaul just in time for MacWorld SF.)

]]> By: Alex http://www.handcoding.com/archives/2006/12/04/100-rebate-on-mac-office/#comment-69927 Alex Mon, 04 Dec 2006 21:38:48 +0000 http://www.handcoding.com/archives/2006/12/04/100-rebate-on-mac-office/#comment-69927 Oh, ok. Then again, considering that MS Office was pretty much feature-complete as of Office 97 (<acronym title="ha-ha only serious">HHOS</acronym>), I don't think I'll lose sleep over having to wait for Office 2007 ;). Oh, ok. Then again, considering that MS Office was pretty much feature-complete as of Office 97 (HHOS), I don’t think I’ll lose sleep over having to wait for Office 2007 ;).

]]> By: Jeff Adams http://www.handcoding.com/archives/2006/12/04/100-rebate-on-mac-office/#comment-69925 Jeff Adams Mon, 04 Dec 2006 21:34:32 +0000 http://www.handcoding.com/archives/2006/12/04/100-rebate-on-mac-office/#comment-69925 Unfortunately it looks like the new mac version of Office won't be out <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2006/10/office_2007_for.html" title="Office 2007 For Mac Will Be Late. I Care." rel="nofollow">until the second half of 2007</a>. Unfortunately it looks like the new mac version of Office won’t be out until the second half of 2007.

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