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Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 (Home and Student Edition)

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8
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"Best product for long-time MS users"
I had used MS Office since the days of Win 3.1. When I switched to MAC a year ago, tried several... (read more)

by Florida Panther (see profile), January 25, 2008

15 out of 15 users found this opinion helpful

2
out of 10
Terrible

"Improved usability but serious, painful bugs found out of the box"
I bought this upgrade in the hope that I could do three things I couldn't do with Office 2004: 1)... (read more)

by vivideaux (see profile), February 5, 2008

11 out of 11 users found this opinion helpful

3
out of 10
Poor

"Reminds me why I support Apple"
I purchased Office 2008 as I consider myself an advanced user of productivity software and wanted... (read more)

by shoutj74 (see profile), February 16, 2008

5 out of 5 users found this opinion helpful

2
out of 10
Terrible

"Excel is a serious problem"
Excel is unusable; extremely slow, I'm using NeoOffice until it's fixed. Word is just OK. (read more)

by beng (see profile), June 5, 2008

4
out of 10
Mediocre

"kidding-me"
Office:mac overall is a joke, Entourage is pretty awesome, but besides that its productivity... (read more)

by mdhmarlon10 (see profile), May 16, 2008

3
out of 10
Poor

"Is Microsoft trying to harm apple?"
I don't like to see a product launched that is not ready. i am pretty sure these people are... (read more)

by mdapote (see profile), March 21, 2008

6
out of 10
Good

"Pretty good, but..."
I get a little tired of all the rants of the Anything-but-Microsoft crowd at times, but after... (read more)

by HuDu (see profile), March 21, 2008

3
out of 10
Poor

"Overall, yes Microsoft puts its name behind this product but it is not a..."
hi. Why did microsoft choose to go with on their web (located at)... (read more)

by cropguy (see profile), January 10, 2008

0 out of 15 users found this opinion helpful

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7.8

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Reviewed by: Elsa Wenzel

Reviewed: 1/7/08
Release date: 1/15/08
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