Microsoft Sweetens Office 2008 Upgrade Deal

I'm looking forward to kissing another Rosetta app goodbye. But what's this different version? Why oh why do MS love so many versions. I have an aversion to their versions:p

hmm...interesting...:apple:

Too late...I found Neo Office.

The price was right, it works great and it is up to date.

Who cares! They were slow and now they're gonna miss out on my business because of it. Maybe they'll be able to sell me once iWork 08's gets old and I'm looking to upgrade productivity suites again.

Why even use MS Office though? Since iWork '08 came out, I've only used MS apps at work where I'm forced to. Just seems to me like MS can't deliver a true competitor, so they have to sucker people in with deals.

well, for those of us that have to use MS Office, this is actually a cool deal.

I can get the Student/Teacher version for very cheap right now ($39 through my university) and I'll only pay $7 to upgrade to the newer version that will no-doubt cost much more.

This is not so unlike Microsoft's current academic deal to buy Office Ultimate for Windows, which retails for $679, for $59 (see http://www.microsoft.com/education/ultimatesteal.mspx). It seems like they'll do anything to increase the install base these days.

This is not so unlike Microsoft's current academic deal to buy Office Ultimate for Windows, which retails for $679, for $59 (see http://www.microsoft.com/education/ultimatesteal.mspx). It seems like they'll do anything to increase the install base these days.

Wow, that's a pretty good deal (if you must use it, that is)

Wow, that's a pretty good deal (if you must use it, that is)

Which is probably exactly why it's so cheap. I use Office 2000 and Office 2003 on various computers, and the functionality differences are minimal for my use. And I'm not aware of anything new in Office 2007 that has made me want to run out and buy it.

At a certain point, it's really just ridiculous. Who on earth would pay almost $700 for Office these days? I just don't think of Office as being on par with other software suites in that price range for video editing or graphics, for instance. When you've got free open source options, Google developing free online office apps, and things like iLife for $79, where's the market? It seems like Microsoft realizes they should drop the retail price $500 but doesn't want to devalue the suite that much...so instead they find all these reasons to run insane 90%+ discounts.

Just wondering... how good is the Automator support in Office 2008 standard and special media editions? Is it worth getting it over Office 2008 student&teachers?