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| Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Upgrade | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $239.95
Buy New: $165.00
You Save: $74.95 (31%)
New (34) Used (1) from $165.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 158
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Macintosh, Mac Os X
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Upgrade
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
Model: 73101769
UPC: 882224543170
EAN: 0882224543170
ASIN: B000WR2F3G
Release Date: January 15, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 License allows an additional laptop install March 7, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
The Office 2008 Upgrade license allows installation on both a desktop system and a laptop. It also allows you to transfer the license to new systems, over time. Unlike the Windows version, there is no product activation requirement.
From the license:
* "You may install another copy on a portable device for use by the single primary user of the licensed device."
* "You may uninstall the software and install it on another device for your use ..."
OK, But Still Way Overpriced Compared to Alternatives February 29, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Although Microsoft designed this for the Mac, it seems Microsoft can't quite make software for the Mac, "Mac Like". Microsoft just can't get it right , in my opinion. A few notes:
- It looks OK, if form is more important than function
- Still no database on the Mac (a la Access).
- Programs, like Word for example, load very slowly even for a 2008 3.2 Ghz Mac Pro w/ 6 GB of RAM
- Typically bloated with features which could account for the slow load time
- After all these years, you'd think Office should install and uninstall like a typical Mac program, but still requires it's own uninstall routine
- Strange mix of Inspectors and Menu items. For example, Word uses inspector panels like many Mac programs, but includes a Windows style detailed Menu bar at the top. It's as if they feared going with an "all Mac" approach. The result of this is that previous Windows uses will have a hard time finding some features and functions, the same may generally be true for previous Mac users, although to slightly less of a degree.
- Compatibility with Office 2007 seems OK, but if you share documents with prior versions (esp. Office 2003 & 2000 for some reason), you may find oddities appearing on their own, especially when using the Comment and Review functionality.
- I don't think it's as usable as something like iWork. iWork has less features and functions, but you only use about 10% of Office on average anyway. iWork is very focused on the key features you'll use in an Office suite and surly lacks some features of Office, but Office makes you feel like you've just had too much functionality dumped on you at once - and it's your responsibility to wade through it finding the features you need at ay given time (which can be extremely frustrating). It's feels like a half-baked attempt at the Mac interface conventions.
- I've used Office since the very early days (transitioned from MultiMate if you remember that one), and I have never been able to shake the "it's about to crash or lock-up one me" feeling that makes me save a document every 10 seconds. Stability is questionable, but so far it has seemed better than before.
- Still way over priced in IMHO. It makes iWork worth a close look and tough to beat.
In my opinion, if you already use Office for Mac, the upgrade isn't really necessary for early iMac, PowerBook and PowerMac owners, unless you really need compatibility with the newer file formats.
For MacIntel owners, you'll get a universal Binary program, which technically should speed things up a bit but so far I have failed to see it. I have the fastest desktop currently available and it's frustratingly slow to open by today's standards.
If you use about 10% of Word, as most of us do, Pages may be a better option for you and iWork's price is tough to beat. Word seems to average about 1 to 2% more CPU requirements when typing a plain blank document than Pages does so older systems could see better performance with iWork (although I did not test this fully).
Bottom Line: Office remains over-priced for a nominal feature-set and upgrade.
Still has rough spots February 26, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this to update my existing Office suite to run better on Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5), which is does much better. The downside is it is filled with annoyances as the suite uses many keystrokes that do not match all other Mac applications, nor are simple tasks (like copy and paste to match style) easy to perform (I remember this being much easier on previous Office versions). I used to be a heavy Entourage user, but the inability to easily drag and drop contacts or dates between Entourage and iCal and Address Book (as it used to), which all non-Office applications use and integrate with easily, makes me use Entourage much less. This may be my last upgrade of Office.
 a great upgrade, worth it and works fine February 16, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Great and easy upgrade across the board, a welcome addition to the Intel Mac native family of apps.
Leopardishly, I wish Entourage supported data detectors the way Apple Mail and the iPhone does (identifying dates and numbers in emails as objects that can be added to Address Book or iCal), but that could easily appear in an update.
I'm slightly troubled by the lack of macros in Excel (though honestly it hasn't come up in my day-to-day life ever), and the single-file (and therefore easily corruptible) nature of the Entourage mail database still seems unwise and often causes my coworkers problems, but those are my only quibbles.
Got what I was looking for: Speed, Stability. Not much else. February 16, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Buy this if: you want a speedier, more stable version of office for your Intel-based Mac.
I ordered this update not because I was looking for new features, but because I was desperate for a Universal Binary that would run natively on my MacBook. It fits the bill in this regard.
Don't but this if: you're looking for stellar new features.
Although some things are improved, the software is underwhelming - mostly stuff that should have been fixed in Office 2004. That said, I'm happy with the improved OS X integration, search and most importantly, Exchange support.
Overall: A worthy upgrade.
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