Should I get Office 2008?

K

kevs

I have 2004 and am fine with it. Any reason bother with 2008?
Review in NY Times says not much really new and can't do Macros, and I think
word/excel documents I create, I will have to make and "old" version to send
to friends etc who don't have 2008 correct? If I'm not on INtel Mac yet,
should I stick with 2004? thanks.

Kevs
OS 10.4.11
Office 2004
 
T

Tobias Weber

kevs <[email protected]> said:
I have 2004 and am fine with it. Any reason bother with 2008?
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The only reason I went from Office *X* to 2008 was serious bugs I had
lived with for too long. If you're fine with 2004 and none of the well
published new features sound compelling, leave it be. After one week the
only new thing I'm really happy about is that Phonetic Guide for
Japanese now makes suggestions. Even Intel isn't a reason: it's just as
slow.
 
W

wndrdog

So far I find PowerPoint 2008 frustrating and kludgy - I've just wasted my entire day trying to find answers to why simple tasks like setting up guides in PowerPoint which used to work in 2004 (lame as it was, as least it worked).

Entourage seems virtually unchanged, with a pretty new face. No reason to upgrade there, as far as I can tell so far.
 
K

kevs

So far I find PowerPoint 2008 frustrating and kludgy - I've just wasted my
entire day trying to find answers to why simple tasks like setting up guides
in PowerPoint which used to work in 2004 (lame as it was, as least it worked).

Entourage seems virtually unchanged, with a pretty new face. No reason to
upgrade there, as far as I can tell so far.
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If I got Intel, would this upgrade be significant?
OS 10.4.11
Office 2004
 
J

JE McGimpsey

Diane Ross said:
It will be faster.
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Not so much, if you're talking about Office overall.

Entourage searches are faster (thankfully!). XL, Word and PowerPoint are
slower in many benchmarks, a little faster in others (but don't blink,
or you'll waste the advantage).
 
K

kevs

Not so much, if you're talking about Office overall.

Entourage searches are faster (thankfully!). XL, Word and PowerPoint are
slower in many benchmarks, a little faster in others (but don't blink,
or you'll waste the advantage).
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John: I respect you so much, I'd like to get your verdict:
Wait for 2012 and stay with 2004, or get 2008.


OS 10.4.11
Office 2004
 
J

JE McGimpsey

kevs <[email protected]> said:
I'd like to get your verdict:
Wait for 2012 and stay with 2004, or get 2008.
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Can only give you the same advice I give everyone:

If Office 2004 is doing everything you want, stick with it.

If Office 2008 offers features that you want (and hasn't removed
features that you need or want), and you can afford it, buy it.


Everyone who uses Office uses it differently, and the criteria used for
that decision will be unique to the user.
 
K

kevs

Can only give you the same advice I give everyone:

If Office 2004 is doing everything you want, stick with it.

If Office 2008 offers features that you want (and hasn't removed
features that you need or want), and you can afford it, buy it.


Everyone who uses Office uses it differently, and the criteria used for
that decision will be unique to the user.
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Thanks thing JE:
Is Office 2004 on Intel's clunky and slow compared to 2008?



OS 10.4.11
Office 2004
 

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