Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Student and Teacher [OLD VERSION]

Office isn't the best design product ever, but if you have to use it you have to use it. Their is not real substitute for OS X.

After getting my new MAC laptop for student and Mac computer for office, found that I could not communicate with business world with attachments for e-mails as well as the fact that the Professors would only accept homework in a word format. So I went to PC magazine did investigations there for the Microsoft Office 2008 and found many big problems MAC users were having with 2008 version. Went to the great Apple Support Chats with users and found huge amount said they wish they would have stayed with their 2004 version because the computer with 2008 was constantly crashing and slowing down and nothing but problems. So I can say fabulous 2004 version, no problems, hasn't slowed down computer. And attachments with my e-mails are so easy. This product you can't live without if you are a student or business person.

Recently moved to the Mac after years of the other guys. I like the look and feel of Office and bought it to make it easier to share documents from my previous system. The software installed quickly and correctly the first time. It has worked perfectly ever since and has opened every Office document I have thrown at it. I am upgrading to the 2008 version, because the price was right, but the 2004 version does everything that one would need it to do.

I've only used office products on a pc before so this is all brand new for me. I do multiple powerpoint presentations on a regular basis and I must say that the speaker tools for this product are amazing, I am getting the upgraded 2008 for $5.00 with this purchase as well, good value play. If you do presentations and aren't using this (powerpoint) or keynote w a mac you aren't tapping your full potential. I don't use the other applications enough to review them fairly.

Let me start off by saying I love my MacBook; it's the greatest computer. I have had several PC's (a couple of Dells and a couple of HP's - including notebooks and towers), and they don't "hold a candle" to any Mac.

I had to purchase Microsoft Office in order to submit schoolwork online. I don't have a beef with MS Office in general, but it does slow my MacBook down significantly. If I'm not working in any MS application, it's business as usual on my Mac - quick Safari (so much faster than Explorer - even pages with lots of graphics load up in seconds), quick mail, etc. But if I am working in MS, then everything operates like a turtle, like a PC. Quite annoying. Hence, the 3 stars.