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Posted on December 18th, 2008 by Tim Danton
Wagon wheels
Now I’m a 100% signed-up, baptised, confirmed lover of Microsoft Office 2007 – it’s the software that’s made the most difference to how I work ever. But even I think that the latest advert (as featured on this very site, so please don’t tell our ads team I’m blogging about it) is going too far.
“A PC without Office 2007 is like a wagon without wheels.” Well, for starters, if Microsoft believes that’s so then why on earth isn’t it bundling Office 2007 with Windows?
And secondly, it really isn’t. Office 2007 is fantastic, but there are lots of different ways to create documents and crunch numbers without spending the extra money on Microsoft Office.
Perhaps the advert should read “A PC without Office 2007 is like a slightly awkward wagon that you won’t enjoy using quite so much as a PC with Office 2007.” Equally catchy, I’m sure you agree.
Tags: marketing, Microsoft, Office, Windows
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December 19th, 2008 at 11:14 am
If they made office for linux, I’d ditch windows without a second thought, maybe that’s why they don’t make it! There are massive numbers of people doing the things office does, without office, using anything from openoffice to microsoft’s very own Works. Speaking of Works, isnt this advert rather undercutting Works? They are implying that only Office is fit for purpose…
December 19th, 2008 at 11:34 am
A PC without Office 2007 is a lot cheaper.
December 21st, 2008 at 12:24 am
If Office Live creates enough revenue from subscriptions in the next few years, they might decide to burn your wagon.
December 29th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
I use a MacBook Pro and I installed VMWare Fusion so I could run a proper copy of XP and Office 2007. The Mac version is poor compared to the Windows version. I have found alternatives to all the software in Office except Word and Excel. Let’s be honest, those are very good products! On the Mac the Pages and Numbers software are ok compared to the OpenOffice versions, but lack the real tools for writing complex documents and doing really complex sheets. And please do not send me off to LaTex. I have used it and still use it, but it is ghastly to sit and do a bloody complete design every time you want to develop new course notes, etc.
On the MacBook Pro: I know this is a PC site, etc. , but I read the newest version of PC Pro that found that the machine is great, except that it is expensive and does not run Vista well. Without mature drivers, it would not and it was not intended to run Vista, Tim, Sasha and David! Before I am called an Apple fanatic, let me assure you that I use PCs of all sorts running Linux (two versions), OSX, XP, NT(!) and Vista and I have never been more delighted with the use I get out of a machine than with this laptop! I run 3 OSs on this machine wih no problem thanks to VMWare. My previous laptop was a Dell Latitude and it is still working, but the service in South Africa sucks, parts take ages to be delivered and the machine is rather mediocre for the price I paid (it was the case then and is still the case today). Anyway, I like the articles a lot – keep up the good work.
- Jan