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Saying goodbye to Microsoft Office for Mac

Before I made the switch to Apple OS X I was a heavy user of Microsoft Windows. Windows was the standard at work and Microsoft Office was the standard office application package. it was easy and safe for me to follow this same standard at home.

Then came the Apple Mac.

One of my main concerns with making the switch to the Mac platform was document compatibility. Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac was the software application that for me made the hardware switch to Mac feasible.

Now, I find myself at the point where I’m uninstalling Microsoft Office for Mac. My reason’s:

I find I only use it as a case of last resort;
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac is not a universal application and runs slow on Intel Mac’s;
I’m tired of the application feature bloat that has become part of most Microsoft applications; and
I don’t want to spend the big bucks($) to upgrade to Office 2008 for Mac when they finally release it.

For me, Microsoft Office for Mac has went from being a critical piece of software to being not required. My taste in software has progressed to more natural applications both from a cost and a function perspective.

I now use NeoOffice (free) for heavy duty document creation and editing and Apple iWork ‘08 ($79) for everyday/normal work.

Good-bye Office 2004 for Mac.

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Posted on: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at 11:33 am
Posted by: Earl Moore
Filed Under: Apple Mac, MS Windows, Software
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One Response to “Saying goodbye to Microsoft Office for Mac”

Paul on August 29th, 2007 1:41 pm

Here! Here! We made the switch at home from M$ Office to Open Office, which is free and compatible with most versions of Office. I, too, was happy to see it go! I would agree that most M$ products have way too much bloat. They’ve gone way past what they were supposed to do and have become too much of a ‘good’ thing.

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