Microsoft unveils Office 2008 for MAC
Microsoft used the Macworld conference on Monday to release its much-anticipated Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac software suite. The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant promises the new suite will offer a unique and feature-rich Mac-like solution to Mac users for their personal, home office and business office needs. Han-Yi Shaw, lead program manager for Word in Microsoft’s Mac business unit, said the developers had four key goals in mind when developing the suite: discoverability, simplicity, professional output and compatibility. He added it was also important to Microsoft to create a product that would be Mac-like in its touch and feel.
Three different versions of Office 2008 for Mac are now available. The core suite is Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac and includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Entourage, plus Microsoft Exchange Server support and Automator tools, at $539.95 for the full edition and $319.95 for upgrades. Microsoft Office 2008 for MacHome and Student edition includes up to three licenses for $199.95. And for the professional enthusiast, Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Special Media edition is $629.95, or $379.95 for the upgrade. Much like last year’s release of Microsoft’s Office 2007 for Windows, the Mac edition boasts a new user interface developers promise will be more intuitive for end users,along with an abundance of new features and capabilities. The only thing which needs to be fixed is obviously the price – I don’t know many people willing to pay so much for software…
Source: PC World
Comments(54)
Is their a release for windows?? or not???
are you stupid?? did you see the title “for mac”
@1: You made me laugh…
BTW: What also makes me laugh: Apple users using MS products.
Windows has OFFICE 07.
@1 LMAO!!! You funny!
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Mac has a great office alternative!
It’ called Neo Office. Great software for the mac os.
oooh i;ve been waitin for this for aaaaaaaaages…been needing a universal office version for my mac! yeyyyyyyyyy
I think that no.1(Top_Secret) wanted to ask if there is Office 2008 for PC, and, of course it is(will be).
Office 2008 for OSX
Tested and working.
http://rapidshare.com/files/84078083/untitled_folder.zip.001
http://rapidshare.com/files/84086434/untitled_folder.zip.002
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http://rapidshare.com/files/84100942/untitled_folder.zip.004
http://rapidshare.com/files/84111394/untitled_folder.zip.005
http://rapidshare.com/files/84117301/untitled_folder.zip.006
@3: Other way around too, many MS users using Apple products
@9: Lol no :S Like Office 2003 was for windows and office 2004 was for mac. They dont make a new version every year.
Office for MAAAAAAAAAC
Why the uppercase for Apple Mac? MAC is Media Access Control on network adapters.
Always bugs me… ‘cos I’m pedantic git
WOW! apple…. Why do they keep making those things… Are there that many computer illiterate people in this world to keep them alive. Just buy a real computer and learn how to use it. Apple’s for MP3 players and thats all!
“Just buy a real computer and learn how to use it.”
Nice one, but I thought an OS based upon UNIX running in industry standard Intel hardware was a proper computer, or do you know something I don’t genius?
nah, us Windows users have to put up with horrible Apple bloatware such as Quicktime and iTunes – it’s tit for tat
lol @ 1. Rather u the funniest man alive or u don’t have 2 brain cells to rub 2gether (I’m betting on the later)
$539.95 for the full edition, kiss my shiny metal ass. For that price I could buy a PC and D/L Windoze version (thanx rlslog)
How many more ways can Uncle Bill and the house of no doors take our money off us. I remember reading he has a fair bit 2 spare. Must b time 4 him 2 buy a planet or something. Hear ‘URANUS’ is going nice n cheap this time of year!!! LMFAO
Oh, and side note Bill, fall out of 1 of your products 4 me, preferably from VERY high up.
If a Gate(s) goes splat does it still go clunk at impact???
Just curious lol
Have PHUN MAC users mwahahaha
OsT
Lol, I have both Mac and Windoze boxes, and I agree with you that iTunes and QT suck on PC. But they are good on Mac, I guess its the same with Ms Virtual PC…..oh no wait, that sucks on any platform
– VMWare anybody?
Mac sucks! The only reason I make products for it is for the $$$. Suckers! Learn how to use a real computer will ya?
lol @13 “Apple’s for MP3 players and thats all!”
I have both a PC and a Macbook….and i think all i use my macbook for is itunes…so yeh..its just one big mp3 player
LOL mac ppl using a hardcore pc thing
http://www.newtorrents.info/torrent/34828/Microsoft.Office.2008.Home.And.Student.MAC.OSX-HOTiSO.html
mac is really good for music applications and video editing. never fails .
Its Mac, not MAC.
I do not own a MAC but I may well one day purchase a MAC. On this MAC I will of course install MS Office for MAC. Thanks for this MAC iso.
“I have both a PC and a Macbook….and i think all i use my macbook for is itunes…so yeh..its just one big mp3 player ”
You spent £600 on a laptop just for ITUNES!
Stupid twat!!
for joe: Hi man, is it full version with crack? Are those files not password protected? Pls, reply in this discussion (so others can see it too
)
Thanks!
bah. why do pc users get so offended by the idea that people might want to spend a bit extra for a computer that works consistently? ive been a pc/windows user all my life, and always just put up with crashes and resultant corrupt files, not to mention viruses (i make music, so my comp gets very stretched and crashes quite often).
i borrowed a macbook for a week from a friend, to edit a big cubase project, and that week sold me completely – no crashes, no glitches, and only once did it stop me to say i was asking too much of it. if you just want a desktop for internet browsing, office crap etc, a pc is fine, and dirt cheap. if you want a games machine (why not buy a console) pcs are expensive, but workable.
if you want to do anything creative and processor-intensive, do yourself a favour and buy a computer with a decent OS, ie – a Mac.
just dont get the macbook air, because – lets face it – its purely style over substance, designed for ‘writers’ who want to write their next novel in a starbucks.
and @12 – Mr Aranofsky(!), were you really hoping to get a copy of MS Office running on your network adaptor’s media access control?
@ Joshua
the RS links from Joe are working and the files are valid. There is a serial inside. Its working. i just installed it
@27
It’s PC not pc.
Tried using stuffit to decompress files but receive error message any ideas. Anybody else had the same problem??
Cheers
@29, booya
LOL nice one!
PPL please open your pc config and chng you MAC to something else! They can tracert you !
Armando….
You need to download a app called split and concat.
Open it up and then press on the concat tab and find the first file untitled_folder.zip.001.zip
It should now be a document like the others. Then drag it onto split and concat. You should be left with a file called untitled_folder.zip.
Click on this file and you should be left with a folder of the same name with the office dmg and serial in it.
This is one of the reasons why i prefer pirating my software.
Cause they make its so goddamned expensive in comparison with games..
why can’t people with pcs get used to the fact that an intel mac can run both vista and os x? it’s a beautiful thing really. macs are no longer just for people who are infected with the apple bug.
The only way I would ever pay $500 to $700 for any piece of software is if it came with a free computer to install it on. I would not pay that much for ALL of the software that I use COMBINED (including OS). Remember that software is a recurring cost – you don’t buy it once but rather every year or so. With that in mind, it’s patently ridiculous to actually expect anyone to pay that much for a single suite of apps – EVER! I don’t care what said suite does, NOTHING would justify that price. Even if it was a one time cost it’s still mighty steep.
And they wonder why we pirate the stuff. Simple: we’re not all rich white american yuppies. Most of us wouldn’t be able to afford the software we use even if the price was actually worth it. I’m lucky enough to scrape together enough scratch for the computer itself never mind a couple of grand (per year) on top to put software on it. Ridiculous!
Z
@tjt5: Because it’s still a Mac. Unless you like the proprietary hardware business model (read $$$ and more $) steer clear. You don’t even get the performance edge any more since they ditched scsi and went with Intel processors. And as far as the operating system goes, just get a real version of *nix. For a lot less money (in many cases read FREE) you can have all the reliability, performance, and stability without the krApple restrictions. And don’t start spouting out that “too hard to use” junk – if you can’t find a version of *nix you can use nowadays you don’t deserve to use a computer.
Z
I would like to shift the topic from pc vs mac to everybody vs M$, where all wrath must be directed. Bleh. news flash: openoffice runs on every platform identically. Oh wait, not news? But this is? Look into the light people.
@Atlas: 100% correct on both statements. M$ is exactly to blame for the outrageous cost of their software (it is they who set the price after all). OpenOffice exemplifies this. It does *BETTER* for free what M$$-Office does for over half a grand bi-annually. No-brainer anyone?
Z
Thanks for FINALLY POSTING SOME Mac stuff.
Mac rules
but usually I prefer to use Pages and Keynotes instead of Word or Powerpoint.
hi dont suppose some can post the product key?
i downlaoded a version but no key attached:(
@Atlas: Openoffice is not supported in Leopard yet which is sad.
To all mac haters: are u simply mad be cause you can not effort it?
I have been a pc user for 10 years and just got me a macbook pro. I really like the laptop and the fact that i dont need to install 100 drivers for audio, graphic card, system drivers, etc etc.
Also there are so many nice things with macs like the system utiliy which gives me back possibility (like ghost for windows).
I probably will always have both pc and mac but i think each OS has its good and bad side.
It kinda pointless argument that i get tired of seeming time after time. Pretty much like the console trashing talks. Like Xbox 360 is better then PS3 or something like that. I have all the consoles cause i like games period. I mean if you do not like something just dont buy it!
Anyway thanks for the torrent. The price tag is kinda crazy.
@43: Your reasons for liking Macs are exactly my reasons for liking Kubuntu . . . which happens to be free
(and most of it is what OS X is based on, Safari for example is just a port of Konqueror). But I’m curious, is neither version of Open Office working on 10.5 yet? I would think at least the X11 version would work, although I guess they did change from XFree86 to X.org, but X.org is more widely used otherwise anyways so I wouldn’t've thought porting it would be such a problem . . . but then again I’m not a programmer in the OpenOffice.org project!
But yeah, as to the price tag; people pay it. I know people like us, frequenting sites like this, laugh at such prices. But, but but but, working at a retail store I’ve learned that people are brainwashed into thinking they NEED Microsoft Office, so they’ll pay whatever price Microsoft throws at them. It’s sad, but they’re a captive audience who thinks they have no alternative.
This version is fully functional but it’s the home & student version and I need the full version to have Exchange server support. Anyone got clues ?
Postponed.
mirror
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Microsoft Office 2008 Standard Edition. Fully Tested and Working (Not My Links)
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Pass: http://www.warezside.com/
The real statement should be made that it really isnt the computer, its what you use the computer for. Most PC and Mac users are ignorant the actual differences and shouldn’t voice their opinion unless they honestly know what they are talking about. Like the fact that Microsoft Office was initially created for Mac. Why does everyone seem to argue when no one really cares.
Curteousy of http://www.SinlessLinks.com/
Office 2008 for Mac Standard Edition:
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Alternate Set (interchangeable links):
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http://rapidshare.com/files/84899725/mo8.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/84899760/mo8.part6.rar
There is no serial 49 ^
sorry 49,
Found it and thanks
http://rapidshare.com/files/84293612/Microsoft.Office.2008.Home.And.Student.MAC.OSX-HOTiSO.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/84293429/Microsoft.Office.2008.Home.And.Student.MAC.OSX-HOTiSO.part2.rar
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Password: http://www.divxturka.net
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http://rapidshare.com/files/76892936/microsoft_office_small_business_edition_2003_LinksTree.com_.part1.rar
Password: LinksTree.com
@macbookair “home and student” links are gone
need the serial txt boys