detlef Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Anyone who's been struggling through older Office versions with a newer Mac should know what I'm talking about, Things grind to a slow crawl as soon as you open up word, excel, etc. It was explained some time ago by the guys at the Mac store that they were working on a new Office built to work better with Intel based Macs so I was urged not to waste my money upgrading my old Office X to Office 2004. Rather, wait for the new stuff that was supposed to be released "fall 2007". So, yesterday I checked into it and, while it's not out yet, I discovered this bit of interesting info. If you buy 2004 and mail in a form, they'll upgrade you to 2008 when it comes out in January for $6.99. Allegedly, the new Office is going to cost $500, so that's a pretty massive savings. FYI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 I just ran NeoOffice. It's an OpenOffice project for Mac OS X. Free. It's had both a PPC and Intel version for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Cornelius Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 I just ran NeoOffice. It's an OpenOffice project for Mac OS X. Free. It's had both a PPC and Intel version for years. yup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman_Nick Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 I just ran NeoOffice. It's an OpenOffice project for Mac OS X. Free. It's had both a PPC and Intel version for years. I run this in my environment as well. Unfortunately, I do not find it to be 100% reliable with displaying data properly, or with displaying all the data. It is prone to issues in particular if you have a complex font environment. Be careful with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polksalet Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 linux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egret Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 I use open office and Google Documents unless someone else is footing the bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunning Linguist Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 In typical MS fasion, Office for the Mac has been bloatware since the first versions back in the day. For OSX, fonts seem to be the issue--the more you have active or in your system, the slower it goes. We'll turn off almost all (using FontAgent or Suitcase) except the base system fonts and then Word/Excel open and run much faster. Lucky for us we don't need Office except for an occasional conversion for layout and rarely have to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detlef Posted December 3, 2007 Author Share Posted December 3, 2007 I run this in my environment as well. Unfortunately, I do not find it to be 100% reliable with displaying data properly, or with displaying all the data. It is prone to issues in particular if you have a complex font environment. Be careful with it. I've tried it and NeoOffice but not without issue. Then again, I'm not as computer savvy as most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF409ers Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Get a PC for office apps. - Mac's are for coloring and music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detlef Posted December 3, 2007 Author Share Posted December 3, 2007 Get a PC for office apps. - Mac's are for coloring and music and not causing premature baldness due to pulling one's hair out. and not catching viruses and making doing things easier rather than harder. and... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF409ers Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 and not causing premature baldness due to pulling one's hair out. and not catching viruses and making doing things easier rather than harder. and... I know, I hit mine with a hammer at least once a week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 and not causing premature baldness due to pulling one's hair out. Coming from someone who shaves his head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detlef Posted December 3, 2007 Author Share Posted December 3, 2007 Coming from someone who shaves his head. Well, there's always genetics. I had a widow's peak in my HS senior picture. I just didn't want to delay the inevitable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polksalet Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 linux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detlef Posted December 3, 2007 Author Share Posted December 3, 2007 I'm sure there are more savvy solutions to the issue. For me, $150 plus another $7 is worth it. I mean, I may have to find something more to charge my waiters for, but I think I can manage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman_Nick Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 I'm sure there are more savvy solutions to the issue. For me, $150 plus another $7 is worth it. I mean, I may have to find something more to charge my waiters for, but I think I can manage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 I run this in my environment as well. Unfortunately, I do not find it to be 100% reliable with displaying data properly, or with displaying all the data. It is prone to issues in particular if you have a complex font environment. Be careful with it. To be fair... I've always had problems with document formatting when using Microsoft Office for Mac as well if the document came from a PC. Microsoft writes bad software. Even worse if they have to write it twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunning Linguist Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 To be fair... I've always had problems with document formatting when using Microsoft Office for Mac as well if the document came from a PC. Extended character sets are a pain, they never translate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Swerski Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Wow, good thing I'll be able to get a discount through my employer. For those interested, the Mactel version of Photoshop Elements should also be available sometime this coming Spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 What was this thread about again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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