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| Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Home & Student Edition | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $149.95
Buy New: $99.95
You Save: $50.00 (33%)
New (42) Used (3) from $99.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  320 reviews
Sales Rank: 6
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Macintosh, Mac Os X
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Home & Student
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: GZA00006
Model: GZA00006
UPC: 882224526302
EAN: 0882224526302
Release Date: January 15, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Office for Mac December 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Office 2008 is an upgrade for me, but that's not to say I was an expert on my old version. Office 2008 has so many options and features it would be impossible for me to delineate all of them in this review. Suffice it to say, if you are looking for an integrated office suite, look no further. I installed it on a 1.24Ghz Mac Mini with 512mb of RAM. Not the fastest computer in the world, but Office is running just fine on it. Work space and pallets all look very nice and are easy to navigate. There is a nice selection of fonts to choose from. I don't use Entourage (I use Mail and Gmail), so I can't really comment on that. I've never really used any other office suite, so it's hard for me to be objective. All I can say is that it all works, looks professional, and is easy to use.
 Great December 6, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was a PC user and switched to Mac. This product is making the switch that much easier!
Prettier, but functionally the pretty much the same as Office 2004 December 6, 2008
Office 2008 works great and is a little prettier than the 2004 version, but in terms of what it does, it's very much the same. The only substantial difference I can find is the My Day application. That said, My Day is GREAT - I love it. (It's basically a small application that sits on your desktop and is linked to your Entourage calendar.) I use Office mostly for Excel and Word and aside from a few graphics changes, I haven't noticed much of a difference. Hope that helps!
A Macintosh IT Professional Grudgingly Admits this is a Decent MS Product. December 5, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I had been needing a version of office for my home machine for some time and am glad I picked this up. I have tried the open source thing for a while with Open Office and also Google Docs, however there are some things neither of them seem to do (like format my Word document resume correctly.) My needs are not that great, I just need a basic word processor and Excel to lay out and edit MySQL databases at home so my needs are in line with this version of office.
I was a little leary of getting a limited feature version of Office, but I can't find anything about the Home/student version that limits me. Do be careful if you are power Excel user - some of the higher end scripting seems to be limited. The look of the interface seems a little more akin to an Adobe product than earlier version, with the floating menus, but I was able to locate the functions I was looking for quickly and intuitively.
I only have two issues with this version of office, Messenger on my mac has always had issues and since installing this version, it seems noticeably slower to log in. Second, I have some history with supporting Entourage and that has left me a little cold to that product so I don't expect to use it.
A pleasant surprise was to find out that the home/student version has three separate serial numbers so I can legally put it on two separate machines. Which is good because Word and Excel are still essential tools for my computing needs.
Really great December 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I read that this product wasn't worth the money, but I disagree!! I bought this because I have iwork and nothing formatted correctly to .docx or.ppt the right way for school and I was frustrated. This product is so much better than iwork and easier to use than regular office for windows. Great graphics and fonts too.
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