Microsoft Office: Mac 2008 Home and Student
$108.99 to $162.36 from 34 sellers
Full Product, Mac
Rating:
7.34
Office 2008 for Mac features a leading suite of applications that Mac customers rely on to get their work completed with Word 2008, Excel 2008, PowerPoint 2008, Entourage 2008 and Microsoft Messenger for Mac. Mac users can simplify their day by using powerful new tools and easily located classic Office for Mac features. Office 2008 for Mac is designed to help users get more from their Macs by making key functions accessible through a more intuitive design and by introducing smart features such as Ledger Sheets in Excel 2008, My Day with Entourage 2008, Publishing Layout View in Word 2008 and SmartArt graphics in PowerPoint 2008 that are simple to use and yield powerful results. Office 2008 for Mac Home and Student Edition provides the basics of Office 2008 for Mac for home and school users. This version includes three user licenses for use by consumers and students but does not include connectivity to Microsoft Exchange Server or support for automated workflows.
| Summary |
| Description |
Office: Mac 2008 Home and Student |
| Manufacturer |
Microsoft |
| Lowest Price |
$108.99 |
| Available at |
34 Stores |
| MPN/UPC/SKU |
GZA00006 |
| Product Specification |
| Software |
| Program Type |
- E-mail/Contact Manager
- Presentation
- Spreadsheet
- Word Processor
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| License Type |
Full Product |
| Version / Edition |
2008 Home & Student Edition |
| Media Format |
DVD-ROM |
| Min License Size |
1 user(s) |
| Max License Size |
3 user(s) |
| System Requirements |
| Required Operating System |
- Mac OS X v10.4 (Tiger)
- Mac OS X v10.5 (Leopard)
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| Required Processor Class |
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| Required Processor Speed |
500 MHz |
| Required Memory |
512 MB |
| Required Disk Space |
1.5 GB |
| More Info |
| URL |
Click here
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| Review Date: 18-Jun-08 |
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dormammu
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Rating: 6
Time with product: 1
Strengths: Word and Excel XML file support (XML is also used for Office 2007 for Windows)
Weaknesses: Excel no longer has Visual Basic.
Summary: Excel no longer has Visual Basic. Everyone complained, so Microsoft has committed to bringing it back in the next version. I think this was a calculated way to cut-down on Office 2008's development time and to use the reinclusion of Visual Basic as a seling point for the next upgrade! While the Mac Business Unit is better than the rest Microsoft, they still are just a part of Microsoft. Switch to Apple's iWork '08 which has full Word/Excel/PowerPoint support and is cheaper. You won't be sorry.
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| Review Date: 26-May-08 |
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compcons
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Rating: 6
Time with product: 5
Strengths: Native on Intel Macs, support for XML based file formats
Weaknesses: Loss of Visual Basic (though doesn't affect most home users), still buggy
Summary: I've been using this version of Office for almost half a year now, and there are still many times when I'm dissatisfied with it. I've used Office on Windows for years (up to version 2003, still can't warm up to 2007) and when I migrated to Mac a few years ago, I of course had version 2003.My biggest impetus for upgrading was to be the performance improvement by making it a Universal Binary/Intel native piece of software. I was sort of wrong as the apps don't seem that much faster or improved, in fact, sometimes even crash more than the previous version of Office for Mac, most notably in Excel.I'm not a heavy user of any office apps, but do need to constantly use the apps to share files with others. Excel and Word are my strongest points, and the former definitely lacks features compared to the Windows version. Microsoft is simply trying to make the product Mac pretty more than "office" pretty. I am glad they didn't use the ribbon from Office 2007 on the Macs, but that also basically means they didn't add a whole lot new features from Office 2003 either. In fact, many will complain about the lost feature of Visual Basic support.I've recently installed the recent Service Pack 1 and hoping it resolves many of the stability issues I've seen. I don't ever expect this to be a revolutionary product, however.
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| Review Date: 20-May-08 |
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pyc103
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Rating: 10
Time with product: 60 Days
Strengths: Familar Office Suite, inexpensive price, 3 licenses
Weaknesses: None
Summary: If you're going to buy Mac Office for your Mac, which I think is essential, because who doesnt use Word or Excel, then Mac Office Home Student / Teacher Edition is the best value! It's cheaper than the other versions, and you get 3 licenses to use! There's no crippled software here folks! Full versions, plus exchange support for email in case you use (Entourage - I dont). I will admit, I am coming from as a Windows user, and it's not as intuitive as the toolbar isnt as prominent as it is in Windows. Nevertheless, everything is there that you need.
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| Review Date: 06-May-08 |
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macsgirl01
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Rating: 8
Time with product: 1
Strengths: very easy to use and has everything you could possibly want.
Weaknesses: none
Summary: Was skeptical about this software because I was not familiar with it. Daughter needed it for school and we just bought a macbook. Price was right at officemax on sale for 129.99 and also had a discount coupon for another 20 dollards off. Decided to try it.She likes it so far!
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| Review Date: 23-Apr-08 |
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tokamkoto96
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Rating: 4
Time with product: 1 Months
Strengths: Powerpoint (the only solid improvement) has a lot more bells and whistles
Weaknesses: Entourage (Home & Student) does not support exchange server accounts. Overall Office 08 uses more resources so it is slow on machines that are older than negative 1 year old.
Summary: Excel is so-so. It has A LOT more space to work with, but it's meaningless without a powerful computer. Even Excel 04 is slow on my MacBook Pro (purchased new 8 months ago). It also does not appear to have a solver, which is very frustrating when working on statistics problems.Word is word. How complicated can you get with word?
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