bit-tech Shopping: Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student

• Note Taking
• Presentation
• Spreadsheet
• Word Processor

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64
• Microsoft Windows XP

Rating: 8

Time with product: 1 Month

Strengths: Compatibility with software at school.

Weaknesses: Compatibility with 2003 and earlier versions.

Summary: After years of using office 2003, moving to 2007 is quite an experience. Major changes were made to the basic layout of the home pages. The idea was to make things easier, but I'm not totally convinced that this is a good thing. Time will tell of this truly is an improvement in the ease of functionality.

Rating: 8

Time with product: 14 Days

Strengths: Ease of access to all formatting / editing functions for the document easily accessed with the tabular setup.

Weaknesses: Learning curve to find out how to formatNew format for saving - possible incompatibility issues with older versions

Summary: For the price I'm very happy with the product. Nice to have the 'latest and greatest' in a product to ensure having all of the features needed when creating a document, spreadsheet, or slideshow. It's just a matter of getting used to it and mastering the new interface.

Rating: 10

Time with product: 1 Month

Strengths: Faster & leaner than Office 2003.

Weaknesses: None yet.

Summary: I was concerned beforehand about dealing with the new ribbon interface, but after 5 years with Office 2003, I had no difficulty adjusting to the changes. Anything not readily apparent from working with the software was easily addressed by using the help function. I actually prefer the new interface to the old one.

Rating: 8

Time with product: 2 Months

Strengths: It's working great for my hobbies and home based business.

Weaknesses: A little awkward at first getting use to the new layout from the previous versions of Word/Excel.

Summary: I like the 3 applications to download instead of purchasing it pre-installed on the new computer I just purchased. I would definitely purchase them separatetly in the future. Thanks.

Rating: 10

Time with product: 30

Strengths: Windows VISTA compatible, full product with media, license to install on 3 computers, reasonable priced, compatible with Office at work.

Weaknesses: Not much especially with the included $25 rebate

Summary: I got this for my new home PC with Windows VISTA. It came with the CD media which made installation easy. I like the fact I can install this on 3 computers. This is the only reasonably priced Office version as I only needed Word, Excel and PowerPoint. I don't use the included OneNote and at home who needs Outlook when there are so many Web based email around like gmail and yahoo mail.