Microsoft Office XP Standard [OLD VERSION]

As long as there was no actual choice, if one had to create Word files, then at least it made sense to use MS Office.

However, now there is no reason to continue with the money flushing. StarOffice is a great deal cheaper, works generally the same way, reads and creates Word Excel and PowerPoint files, and is all in all an entirely adequate product.

And yes, StarOffice runs on Windows too.


Costs twice as much as my first car. Get OpenOffice.org.   November 17, 2002
 24 out of 28 found this review helpful

My first car in 1990 cost $$$ and was worth every penny. Microsoft Office, XP or other, not so much. It's good, but not compared to its price, and therefore not a good choice. If you haven't tried StarOffice or OpenOffice.org yet, or haven't tried the latest release, just do it. Unless you're a turbo macro user, or create feature-length animations in PowerPoint, you're spending a month's rent for nothing by buying MS Office.

Plus, as other reviewers have mentioned, with this version you have to register and activate it before it expires. No more MS Office sharing.

So anyway, be forewarned about the registration issue, and think about whether it's really worth twice as much as a rusty but dependable Datsun.


To expensive for what it is   November 6, 2002
 42 out of 45 found this review helpful

I was about to buy this product since its the one I use at the office, but when I looked at the price I did some research first.
Why would I buy it, when I can get very similar alternatives for much less like StarOffice? of even for free (OpenOffice). It does have nice features but most of them I have never used. I have been using OpenOffice for the past 3 months and I haven't missed a feature yet. If you are buying this office suite I would recommend you try OpenOffice first, it could save you a lot of money.


Why pay $$$ for a new version of Office?   November 4, 2002
 30 out of 34 found this review helpful

I mean have you ever used more then a fraction of Office features? When my wordpad at hope stopped to recognize office xp file format (which was not a problem with previous version of the office) I lookd for an alternative and I found one, for free: an application package from openoffice.org. 50 MB file reads md .doc format and doeas it all for free and very well.


THIS IS THE WORST!   November 2, 2002
 36 out of 39 found this review helpful

I bought this software 8 months ago. My hard drive went bad recently. I tried to install this software again on my NEW hard drive. YOU CAN'T!! I wasted hundreds of dollars on a product I can't use now! I called to have my registration trasfered to my new computer but Microsoft won't let me transfer my registration or have the software on two PC's. WHAT A BUNCH OF BULL! DON'T BUY THIS VERSION! Not only is there the above problem but there are many better programs available, with more advantages, cheaper price and no hassle. I'm not anti-Microsoft but this experience has shown me what this company stands for.