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        <title><![CDATA[Please give some more details.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Please give soe more details.For example, a link or 2 to the Amazon pages you refer to, and what do you mean, exactly? Are you saying that it appears to you that the author of the article in this thread has not used the product? Why do you say this? What (other) research should he have done, and how does it relate to the Amazon info? Etc.Thanks.Jim]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim-MN]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:27:35 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[It's the tone of the title]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I think the reason that everyone is so angry about this particular offering is the fact that the title suggests that there will be comparison. As such, readers feel cheated when only the features of the one program are touted, in such a shiny, brand-new way, too. This kinda rankles a bit. After all, all of those capabilities were available for a long time before.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[benjf5@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:21:40 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Universal, really?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The correct term is universal binary, not an universal application, meaning it runs on ppc cpus and intel cpus]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:38:36 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Microsoft Office for the Mac 2008: The Right Tool for the Job?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Watch out for the Student and Teacher Edition. This is commonly sold with new Macs. However, if you wish to use Entourage to connect to an Exchange Server, this version does not work]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[wjacomb]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:05:16 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Microsoft Office for the Mac 2008: The Right Tool for the Job?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I haven't used this software, but based on user criticisms posted on Amazon.com, I'm wondering if the author has used or even researched this article.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mlibrescu]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:53:32 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[LOL Not even the right tool for a PC]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[finally MS office caught up and can save pdf! Can't remember how long this option existed in OpenOffice.Bad articleBadBad]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ANARCHYMM@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:25:07 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Office 2007/2008... Experienced users beware!!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I made the mistake of upgrading my XP machine to Office 2007. What a bloated mess! It's filled with useless, pedantic tools designed for beginners. It actually reduced my productivity to the point that I reverted back to Office 2003. Sounds like the Mac Office upgrade is the same bloatware. Professionals/business users beware! You will be forced to unlearn what you've spend years mastering on previous versions of Word and Excel, and waste hours trying to figure out how to do the most simple tasks.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[pubs@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:56:29 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Microsoft Office for the Mac 2008: The Right Tool for the Job?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-255907-2448887]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[An update is already out.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948057]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[emxgarcia]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:15:35 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[So true - what a joke!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I just bought a new MacBook, and given the choice(s), I went with NeoOffice. How they can consider themselves respectable still publish something like this is AMAZING!&quot;Right for the job&quot; depends upon what the job is...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ambient@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:35:26 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[No Macro Support=No switch]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Every EXCEL workbook I have developed over the past five years has at least one Macro in it. I   did not switch to iWork because Numbers does not support macros-it is ironic that I will have to use Parallels and Windows 2007 to continue my Excel-based support for my clients!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[cvmichael]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:28:55 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Apple's usage of &quot;Universal&quot;]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Universal in this case is the way Apple uses the term &quot;Universal binary&quot; ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_binary]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[binh.lu@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:52:18 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[You are forgetting that there are compatibility issue with some smartphone]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I tried the 08 version of Microsoft office for mac, and well, it was not syncing with a blackberry.Upon looking on-line it seems that this is a frequent issue with smartphone.As far as I understood, Microsoft never supported officially syncing with entourage, but they &quot;removed&quot; what manufecturere (and third party application) where using to sync.S.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[sb9]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:32:48 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Better use of your time Kurt]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[would be to not bother reading articles that are clearly about MS products when you have already shown you have no desire or interest in MS solutions.Sounds like you need to learn something about time management and ask yourself why you came to this discussion in the first place.  Clearly the blame for wasted time was all yours because the subject was CLEARLY displayed.I pass many of these up myself, but it is because most MS solutions will not serve me.  I don't see my company EVER going to Vista.  Maybe the next incarnation when we are ready to throw out our old hardware.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jdclyde]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:18:21 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: New Interface]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The new interface is foolish, it does not improve anything and just makes the program harder to use until the new interface is learned.If the new interface made use of real UI design standards instead of what some software engineer though would be 'cool' then I might consider it an advantage.There is no interface that I have seen that is intuitive and works the way the average user wants to work.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[alicia@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:05:06 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Universal, really?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There are dozens of different architectures available, claiming universality because a product runs on 2 or 3 is just wrong!When Microsoft Office can claim, at least, 15 architectures, then it can claim universality!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[alicia@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:00:08 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Microsoft Office for the Mac 2008: The Right Tool for the Job?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Anybody who pays $400 odd  for Microsoft Office when Open Office is available for free has serious problems.Open Office offers everything Microsoft Office does along with using ISO standard document format as its native format.  Consequently, it is even more compatible with other products.Save your money and get Open Office at OpenOffice.org and put the Microsoft product in the trash.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:55:52 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Microsoft Excel 2008:  An Unmitigated Disaster]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Beg your pardon!  I run Excel 2004 on the Mac, Excel 2007 on the Mac under Parallels Desktop, and ran Excel 2008 on the Mac before I sent it back to Microsoft for a refund.  Excel 2008 is an unmitigated disaster!  When I tried to Sort a row of data, I got the wrong answer!  There is no VBA, so no Macros, so no re-use of analysis methods developed over the decades.  I deal with large datasets, 400 columns and 200,000+ rows.  Excel 2007 will read them,  Excel 2008 would say &quot;Not enough memory&quot;.  On the same computer, eh!The developers must have been running without adult supervision  ... not only doesn't it work, but it apparently was not tested with any discipline or rigor.RobLake]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[lake@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:53:58 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mactopia's Blog is more informative than this review]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[If you want to learn the good (and the bads) of Office 2008 mac, you should head to MacTopia.Incredibly, the discussions at Microsoft's MacBU website is much more informative than this review.For me (Microsoft Gold Certified partner, Small Business Specialist and Business Solutions Competency Dynamics GP &amp; CRM)the most important issues (good and bad) are:1) Bad. Lack of VBA. A crime for multi-platform compatibility in corporate environments, probably not that bad on Mac-centric or SOHOs2) Good. Much better Exchange support, near perfect considering that it's al done thru WebDAV - OWA.3) Bad. Not a native Outlook client.4) Good. Interface, a matured, clean interface that takes good stuff from Office 2004 and 2007.5) Bad. Pricey.6) Good. Better performance overall.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[emxgarcia]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:27:53 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I actually cared about this.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What a disappointing piece of nonsense.  We are currently evaluating the cost of upgrade vs. switch to OpenOffice.  I naively thought I was going to get some insight.  Shame on me for allowing myself to think this wasn't an advert.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[art@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:16:28 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[But Will  It?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In this instance, I do not believe so.  There are plenty of deficiencies noted in the responses to overshadow the two drawbacks mentioned.  I haven't seen my pet peeve 'PowerPoint' mentioned yet but even a low level user like myself can push it past its limits without much effort.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[knucklhead]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:03:23 -0700</pubDate>
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