Microsoft Office 2007: Is it worth getting?

[RokSki]

Just got a new system, and it has the trial version of Microsoft Office 2007 on it.

I think the last system I was using has Office 2001 on it.

Any thoughts/recommendations? Any reason(s) to get the latest version?

 

[Big Buckin' agate_monkey]

Re: Microsoft Office 2007: Is is worth getting?

I'm not sure if "is" is work getting.

 

[RokSki]

Re: Microsoft Office 2007: Is is worth getting?

I'm not sure if "is" is work getting.

Ha ha. Let me fix that.

Note: My original thread title was "...: Is is worth getting?"

 

[RokSki]

I'm already using PowerPoint and Publisher 2003, so those upgrades would only be 1 version, unlike Excel and Word. Never used OneNote before, so I don't know what, if anything, I'm missing in that regard.

 

[OnTheRiver]

I'm already using PowerPoint and Publisher 2003, so those upgrades would only be 1 version, unlike Excel and Word. Never used OneNote before, so I don't know what, if anything, I'm missing in that regard.

If you've already got a version of Office XP or something like that, don't bother. You're going to have to re-learn a bunch of stuff, and the improvements aren't worth it.

 

[RokSki]

I'm already using PowerPoint and Publisher 2003, so those upgrades would only be 1 version, unlike Excel and Word. Never used OneNote before, so I don't know what, if anything, I'm missing in that regard.

If you've already got a version of Office XP or something like that, don't bother. You're going to have to re-learn a bunch of stuff, and the improvements aren't worth it.

Thanks, OTR. That's what I have, yeah. I'm switching from Windows XP to Windows Vista, so I'm not sure if I'll be able to use the old software, but if I can, I will.

Thanks for the info.

 

[OnTheRiver]

I installed Office XP on my Vista machine. It's fine.

 

[wickedwritah]

Got my Vista upgrade CDs a few weeks ago, but it seems to be a massive pain in the ass to install. They want me to wipe the entire hard drive clean. Egads to backing everything up.

 

[OnTheRiver]

The only reason I have Vista is because I bought a new machine ... it ain't worth upgrading from XP.

 

[RokSki]

The only reason I have Vista is because I bought a new machine ... it ain't worth upgrading from XP.

You're right. I'm going through the upgrading/transferring hell right now just to be done with it, once and for all. It really sucks @ss, to say the least.

 

[OnTheRiver]

The only reason I have Vista is because I bought a new machine ... it ain't worth upgrading from XP.

You're right. I'm going through the upgrading/transferring hell right now just to be done with it, once and for all. It really sucks @ss, to say the least.

Vista's not BAD, really, it's just not necessary. It seems like a Microsoft money grab. It eats a ton of RAM, and other than being prettier than XP, it has no apparent "qualities" to make someone think, "Man, I really need to upgrade to Vista."

Now, upgrading from Windows ME to XP? That was like going from carving on cave walls to using a laptop.

Windows ME was the all-time winner of "OS That Sucks Biggest ****."

 

[RokSki]

The only reason I have Vista is because I bought a new machine ... it ain't worth upgrading from XP.

You're right. I'm going through the upgrading/transferring hell right now just to be done with it, once and for all. It really sucks @ss, to say the least.

Vista's not BAD, really, it's just not necessary. It seems like a Microsoft money grab

Typical Microsoft BS.

My mom was a systems analyst back in the day, and she used to wear that t-shirt around that said "Windows '95 = Mac '86."

Microsoft's stuff sucks ass. It's really too bad that they became the market standard. It's so ****-poor how they have designed their stuff

 

[leo1]

The only reason I have Vista is because I bought a new machine ... it ain't worth upgrading from XP.

You're right. I'm going through the upgrading/transferring hell right now just to be done with it, once and for all. It really sucks @ss, to say the least.

Vista's not BAD, really, it's just not necessary. It seems like a Microsoft money grab. It eats a ton of RAM, and other than being prettier than XP, it has no apparent "qualities" to make someone think, "Man, I really need to upgrade to Vista."

bingo. my brother works for microsoft. he's in marketing. this is exactly what he told me. in fact, he offered to get me the stuff to upgrade for free but said it's a bad idea.

he says basically no one should pay to upgrade unless you identify a crucial feature of vista that you need that XP doesn't have. for 98 percent of users, there is no such crucial feature. when your computer eventually dies, you'll get vista on the new machine.

 

[RokSki]

The only reason I have Vista is because I bought a new machine ... it ain't worth upgrading from XP.

You're right. I'm going through the upgrading/transferring hell right now just to be done with it, once and for all. It really sucks @ss, to say the least.

Vista's not BAD, really, it's just not necessary. It seems like a Microsoft money grab. It eats a ton of RAM, and other than being prettier than XP, it has no apparent "qualities" to make someone think, "Man, I really need to upgrade to Vista."

bingo. my brother works for microsoft. he's in marketing. this is exactly what he told me. in fact, he offered to get me the stuff to upgrade for free but said it's a bad idea.

he says basically no one should pay to upgrade unless you identify a crucial feature of vista that you need that XP doesn't have. for 98 percent of users, there is no such crucial feature. when your computer eventually dies, you'll get vista on the new machine.

Thanks for the help, leo.

 

[Mayfly]

Why not just go after Open Office? It's free and works the same.

 

[RokSki]

Why not just go after Open Office? It's free and works the same.

What is it? Is it Linux or something?

 

[leo1]

The only reason I have Vista is because I bought a new machine ... it ain't worth upgrading from XP.

You're right. I'm going through the upgrading/transferring hell right now just to be done with it, once and for all. It really sucks @ss, to say the least.

Vista's not BAD, really, it's just not necessary. It seems like a Microsoft money grab. It eats a ton of RAM, and other than being prettier than XP, it has no apparent "qualities" to make someone think, "Man, I really need to upgrade to Vista."

bingo. my brother works for microsoft. he's in marketing. this is exactly what he told me. in fact, he offered to get me the stuff to upgrade for free but said it's a bad idea.

he says basically no one should pay to upgrade unless you identify a crucial feature of vista that you need that XP doesn't have. for 98 percent of users, there is no such crucial feature. when your computer eventually dies, you'll get vista on the new machine.

Thanks for the help, leo.

no problem rokski.

 

[wickedwritah]

Why not just go after Open Office? It's free and works the same.

Google also has its Web-based Office programs.

I only got the upgrade disks because they were part of the deal when I purchased my laptop late last year.

 

[shotglass]

Rok, the keyword is "prettier." That's what Office 2007 gives you. I've had it for about a month now, and that's about all I can see.

 

[Lamar Mundane]

If you get Vista, here's a step-by-step installation guide: