Comments on: Mac Office 08 Pricing and “Flavors” Revealed

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:39:36 +0000

there have always been several different versions of office simply because it consists of a lot of individual programs. how would you like it if you only need word/excel/powerpoint, but are forced to pay the full price including other applications like publisher, access, exchange et cetera that you may never use, only because microsoft does not want to confuse you and only releases one version?

if iwork consisted of more than three apps, i’m sure you would like the choice of what to buy and what not.

By: krye

krye — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:13:35 +0000

M$ just doesn’t get it. Never has, never will.

The sad thing is a million people are going to go out and drop $400 because they don’t know there are alternatives.

By: Rick ONeil

Rick ONeil — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:51:15 +0000

Text Edit !! Oohhh Yeaaa!

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:45:38 +0000

I agree! I’ve used iWork since the ‘06 version and much prefer it to MS Office that I HAVE to use on my work laptop. I paid the $79 to upgrade to iWork ‘08 just to stay current. Like all of Apple’s software I find iWork to be more intuitive and easier to use.

By: Vlad

Vlad — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:06:05 +0000

How hard is it to understand the concept of releasing 1 version of everything? They did it with vista and its 7 different copies, and now with Office.