Comments on: It’s Happening – Office 2007 for Mac http://paulstamatiou.com/its-happening-office-2007-for-mac Tech News, Reviews and Guides Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:52:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Damien http://paulstamatiou.com/its-happening-office-2007-for-mac#comment-23637 Damien Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:12:36 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/09/17/its-happening-office-2007-for-mac/#comment-23637 Office's XML support is a marketting ploy, just because its XML doesn't mean its usable XML. All of their formats since o'2000 have been lauded as XML, when they were really just the same old binary-stream junk. If you are going to upgrade at all best to upgrade to an open standard, e.g. open document. Now we just need Apple to start supporting it... Office’s XML support is a marketting ploy, just because its XML doesn’t mean its usable XML. All of their formats since o’2000 have been lauded as XML, when they were really just the same old binary-stream junk. If you are going to upgrade at all best to upgrade to an open standard, e.g. open document. Now we just need Apple to start supporting it…

]]> By: Daniel http://paulstamatiou.com/its-happening-office-2007-for-mac#comment-23595 Daniel Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:17:42 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/09/17/its-happening-office-2007-for-mac/#comment-23595 I'm hoping they update Microsoft Messenger to the level of Windows Live Messenger, seeing as it's the number one IM app in Europe. I’m hoping they update Microsoft Messenger to the level of Windows Live Messenger, seeing as it’s the number one IM app in Europe.

]]> By: Josh Pigford http://paulstamatiou.com/its-happening-office-2007-for-mac#comment-23551 Josh Pigford Mon, 18 Sep 2006 04:47:45 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/09/17/its-happening-office-2007-for-mac/#comment-23551 The only thing I use from Office on my Mac is Excel...and you better believe I'll drop it as soon as Apple drops a spreadsheet app. I hate everything about Microsoft Office on Mac and absolutely love Pages. The only thing I use from Office on my Mac is Excel…and you better believe I’ll drop it as soon as Apple drops a spreadsheet app. I hate everything about Microsoft Office on Mac and absolutely love Pages.

]]> By: Dimitry http://paulstamatiou.com/its-happening-office-2007-for-mac#comment-23549 Dimitry Mon, 18 Sep 2006 03:56:38 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/09/17/its-happening-office-2007-for-mac/#comment-23549 They said they'll be making next Office as a universal build at the keynote where Jobs announced Intel chips in Macs, but I'm not really excited to hear that it's still only going to be available a year from now. Oh well, I'm using Pages for school (just wrote first few pages this week in it since I got my Mac and it's very nice). The only downside is that being a finance student I have to use Excel a lot and it's laggy as you can imagine running in Rosetta. Oh well. Dimitry They said they’ll be making next Office as a universal build at the keynote where Jobs announced Intel chips in Macs, but I’m not really excited to hear that it’s still only going to be available a year from now.

Oh well, I’m using Pages for school (just wrote first few pages this week in it since I got my Mac and it’s very nice). The only downside is that being a finance student I have to use Excel a lot and it’s laggy as you can imagine running in Rosetta. Oh well.

Dimitry

]]> By: Kyle http://paulstamatiou.com/its-happening-office-2007-for-mac#comment-23543 Kyle Mon, 18 Sep 2006 03:20:03 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/09/17/its-happening-office-2007-for-mac/#comment-23543 I thought, in my limited testing and fiddling, that iWork blew Microsoft's Office out of the water on many fronts. And to think it's basically their first attempt at competing with the Office Suite. I thought, in my limited testing and fiddling, that iWork blew Microsoft’s Office out of the water on many fronts. And to think it’s basically their first attempt at competing with the Office Suite.

]]> By: Ronald Heft http://paulstamatiou.com/its-happening-office-2007-for-mac#comment-23540 Ronald Heft Mon, 18 Sep 2006 03:09:49 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/09/17/its-happening-office-2007-for-mac/#comment-23540 Wow, that's a long way off. I was hoping we would see something at the latest around June. Looks like I'll be putting up with Rosetta for at least another year. :-( Wow, that’s a long way off. I was hoping we would see something at the latest around June. Looks like I’ll be putting up with Rosetta for at least another year. :-(

]]> By: Devin Lussier http://paulstamatiou.com/its-happening-office-2007-for-mac#comment-23538 Devin Lussier Mon, 18 Sep 2006 03:00:27 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/09/17/its-happening-office-2007-for-mac/#comment-23538 I think Microsoft is really going to have to fight to regain control of the Mac productivity suite market. NeoOffice development is turning out really well and they're making advancements very quickly, plus Apple's iWork seems to have become quite popular. I haven't seen anyone running Microsoft Office on their Mac in ages - I know I don't being a NeoOffice guy myself. I also know I probably won't even give Office 2007 a second look, since I think NeoOffice does everything I would want Office to do and then some. I think Microsoft is really going to have to fight to regain control of the Mac productivity suite market. NeoOffice development is turning out really well and they’re making advancements very quickly, plus Apple’s iWork seems to have become quite popular. I haven’t seen anyone running Microsoft Office on their Mac in ages – I know I don’t being a NeoOffice guy myself. I also know I probably won’t even give Office 2007 a second look, since I think NeoOffice does everything I would want Office to do and then some.

]]> By: Glenn Wolsey http://paulstamatiou.com/its-happening-office-2007-for-mac#comment-23537 Glenn Wolsey Mon, 18 Sep 2006 02:39:13 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/09/17/its-happening-office-2007-for-mac/#comment-23537 The all new UI sounds good, looking forward to seeing some screenshots and playing with this. Maybe it might force it's way back into my dock in place of Apple's iWork? The all new UI sounds good, looking forward to seeing some screenshots and playing with this. Maybe it might force it’s way back into my dock in place of Apple’s iWork?

]]> By: Derek Punsalan http://paulstamatiou.com/its-happening-office-2007-for-mac#comment-23533 Derek Punsalan Mon, 18 Sep 2006 02:19:05 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/09/17/its-happening-office-2007-for-mac/#comment-23533 Or, make use of your student discounts. *cough* kids, cousins, sisters, brothers discount... You get the idea ;) For some odd reason I'm itching for an Office release where users can purchase single applications rather than the entire bundle. Or, make use of your student discounts. *cough* kids, cousins, sisters, brothers discount… You get the idea ;) For some odd reason I’m itching for an Office release where users can purchase single applications rather than the entire bundle.

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