Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 Review

Tested on: 13” 1st Gen Unibody Macbook 2.4ghz, 4gb ram, 100GB OCZ Agility 2 SSD

Conclusion

It’s no exaggeration to say that Office 2011 for Mac is a gigantic improvement from Office 2008. I personally found Office 2008 for Mac to be unusable (having been accustom to 2007 for Windows). The toolbox was always disappearing, the menus and controls were confusing, and it was slow. iWork is usable, but lacked the features I’ve grown to rely on. Although Office 2011 may not have a consistent design with other Mac applications, it has an extremely familiar feel if you’ve ever used Office for Windows. Office 2011 is very fast and very powerful. It does not take a lot of effort to make eye-popping or mind-blowing presentations and documents. Everything can look professional-grade with a bit of effort. We couldn’t be happier that Microsoft has made Office 2011 very compatible with Windows and Windows Users. There are two versions of the Office Suite for purchase, and no upgrade prices. Microsoft Office for Home and Student includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for $119 for a single license or a $149 for the family version with three licenses . Microsoft Office for Home and Business includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook for $199 for one license or $279 for two licenses . If you have to wonder whether or not these prices are worth it, then yes, they’re worth it. If you don’t need Outlook then buy Home and Student; the only other difference is instead of a year of technical support, you get 90 days with Home and Student. You can purchase Outlook as a stand-alone application at a later date if necessary. My Mac finally feels complete now that it has these superior office applications.

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