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 Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:28 pm Post subject: Microsoft Releases Office 2008 for Mac Trial and Updates |
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Microsoft Releases Office 2008 for Mac Trial and Updates
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Posted by: Glenn
Microsoft today began offering a downloadable 30-day trial version of Office 2008 for Mac. They also released software updates for Office 2008 and 2004. The Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.7 and Office 2004 for Mac 11.5.4 updates contain improvements to enhance security and performance. They also include fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer's memory with malicious code.
http://www.123macmini.com/news/story/1190.html |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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This is probably good news for Apple and iWork.  |
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I hope this update addresses slow startup time of Office 2008! I've been waiting for two years for MS to do that. Office 2004 actually starts up faster than 2008 on an Intel Mac. 
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| Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't notice any performance gains with Office 2008. It seems to open and run about the same as before. |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| This is fine with me. I've wanted to try Office 2008 for quite some time. |
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Cool!!!
And not so cool i was hoping that microsoft would not release a trial version it is now only a matter of time before someone figures out how to hack it.
Not really all that good.
Also remember that office 2008 communicates with the internet when you launch it the first time. |
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| Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:38 am Post subject: |
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I just applied the update to my Intel iMac. It seems to speed the startup a bit, but it still takes about 10 seconds the first time it's run after startup.
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| I'm not switching from iWork, but I shall give it a try. I just want to see how it compares with 2004 on my MBP. |
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