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Summary: THIS IS THE WORST!
Review: I bought this software 8 months ago. My hard drive went bad recently. I tried to install this software again on my NEW hard drive. YOU CAN'T!! I wasted hundreds of dollars on a product I can't use now! I called to have my registration trasfered to my new computer but Microsoft won't let me transfer my registration or have the software on two PC's. WHAT A BUNCH OF BULL! DON'T BUY THIS VERSION! Not only is there the above problem but there are many better programs available, with more advantages, cheaper price and no hassle. I'm not anti-Microsoft but this experience has shown me what this company stands for.
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Summary: Look at the Price! Give me a break...
Review: Get real! How does Microsoft justify charging almost $$$ retail for this suite of products? In my opinion, the updates and modifications in the XP versions of Microsoft's most popular Word, Excel, and Power Point programs are merely cosmetic. Patch your old versions and keep your money in your pocket. Most people will "borrow" a copy from work. Warning! Microsoft is cracking down on this. They are developing ways to get onto your system to find out if you have "borrowed" copies of their product.
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Summary: Be Careful What You Wish For
Review: Microsoft XP Pro, is remarkably amazing. The features on it, are so delightful to the modern consumer. Microsoft accomplished its mission in making a Windows package that is 100% user friendly.Sounds great doesn't it? Yes, and no. I am a huge fan of Microsoft XP Pro, I love being able to navigate through Windows with ease, and I like how everything is no longer complex, but really really easy. What I don't like is the security issues. Not, that I believe that it's wrong or right, but the digital security on Windows XP Pro is strict. Everything you install has to be digitally signed by Windows, meaning you the user will have endless nightmares trying to find drivers upon drivers, that match the Windows XP Logo. Even then, there still seems to be conflicts with Windows. My recommendation is that Windows XP Professional, is just that, keep it to the Pros. If you want to buy Windows XP, save money and time by investing in Windows XP Home Edition, even then there are digital signature problems, but less than you would have with XP Pro. On a larger scale, if all else fails stick with Windows 2000. Windows ME was rushed, and was a huge flop for the consumer; it was rushed onto the market leaving holes and flaws within itself. Windows XP had more time invested than ME, but for PC gamers, this purchase can result in massive headaches. Just be careful what you wish for.
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Summary: Not worth the money
Review: Don't use unless you are forced to. The price Microsoft wants for this package is too much for what it offers. For the most part it is no different than Office 2000, Office 98, Office 95 or for that matter Office 6 for windows 3.1. Features that were poorly implemented in earlier versions are still poorly implemented. Most of the functionality in Office XP is the same as it was in these earlier products, so it leaves the user with the question, what am I paying over "$" for? Even the upgrade price is ridiculus. My opinion, check out Staroffice or if you can't afford that then check out OpenOffice. I have gone back to Office 97 on the one PC I use Microsoft office on (the hard drive was reformatted and instead of hassling through MS's product activation, AGAIN, it was decided to just go with an earlier version). Staroffice and openoffice are used everywhere else.
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Summary: Worth the Money?
Review: I'm afraid I'm going to have to buy this thing. Let's face it, Office is an outstanding multi-task tool, however complicated it may be. My problem is having to pay so much damn money for it. I have tried Sun's StarOffice, but I found that it's not FULLY compatible with MS programs, especially if the file in question is remotely complicated. I'll bet that I'm like a lot of other people in that I already have so many existing MS Word, EXCEL, PowerPoint, and other Microsoft files that I need to work with, I am kind of forced into buying this program for my new computer. I would have no problem whatsoever switching to another brand if I weren't "locked in" to using Microsoft, especially considering the highway robbery. What ever happened to the anti-trust thing?
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Summary: Nothing Good About It
Review: I can not find one good thing about MS Office that I can't get from a cheaper alternative. MS Office tries to "read your mind" and ends up formatting your document in goofy ways. When it crashed it asks you to send an error report, the report contained data from my Excel file! It takes forever to load and to install and if you do not do the step by step (ugh!) install you end up having to put the disk in every other week to get the feature that was not originally installed. In short:
If you want to share personal info with MS
If you want your work to look like MS wants it to
If you want to "never" be done installing to software
If you think wasting $$ is good
Then
Buy this product. Other wise look at Star Office or another product.
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Summary: The rumors are unfounded
Review: Microsoft did not create Clippy, the irritating Word(tm) cyber-noodge, out of a digital imprint of Bill Gates' own personality. At least, we are fairly certain Microsoft doesn't have that technology...yet. Still, despite lawsuits and promises that he would go away, Clippy is alive and winking in Office XP. Despite that irritating Clippy-thing, Office XP is a good and powerful set of software, a "must-have" for anyone with a PC. If you bring work home, PowerPoint is useful. And if you don't work in an office, you still can use PowerPoint for all kinds of things, including presentations to your Amway downline, condo committee meetings, proposals for boondoggles at town meetings, and more. Excel is a worthy spreadsheet for doing financial calculations, building project estimates, and even for charting hobby needlework designs, using the cells as graph paper. While I am not generally an admirer of Microsoft software, this suite is rock-solid and extremely useful. And you can banish Clippy yourself, if you can't stand the sight of him.
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Summary: The Best Operating System I had Ever Used !
Review: Do yourself a Favor, and Upgrade from Windows 2000. Install "Microsoft Office XP Professional Upgrade, by Microsoft," and watch 98% of your computer woes vanish before your eyes ! Do the Updates, and watch the remaining 2% disappear, without a trace. I did a Format C:, installed Windows 2000, Upgraded to XP Professional & the PC is running Smooth. The Internet runs more smoothly than I have EVER seen, before. The package comes with a Firewall. Games run very, very smoothly. The computer is so quiet, you barely realize you are even online. I had a hard time getting standard software to run on Windows ME, but XP makes everything EASY, and makes it a joy to work on the PC. No more headaches. No more searching for patches on the internet. This package has it all. I work in IT and do troubleshooting all day. Now, I do not have to come home and work on MY PC, as well. XP is the answer to most of your PC problems. This software will more than pay for itself, within weeks (or minutes, if you are as frustrated with your O.S. as I was). Everything flows and runs with Great Ease. Just pick-up a "Windows XP For Dummies" ( ISBN # 0764508938 ) book and you will soon be raving to all your friends and co-workers to Upgrade to XP, ASAP. * Note: since writing this, I purchased the Windows XP Operating System and Office package, and I like it even better.
I have re-written this review, do to clarification issues. I was in a fun mood when I wrote it and now realize some of it could have been misinterpreted. Also, I have since noticed "issues" with running certain scanners on XP. However, by now, the upgraded drivers should be on the various company websites, to fix that problem.
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Summary: overpriced
Review: This software is incredibly over priced for ANY level of usibilty. There is No reason for you to pay this much for anything Microsft unless it will run a server, give you lifetime on site support, and make you coffee. Consider something less costly with the same useability like StarOffice or gobeProductive.
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Summary: You'll like it more than you think
Review: I've been a fan of the "Office Philosophy" as long as I've known of it. It's almost like software communism. One set of application to satisfy any and all of your needs, for both personal and professional environments. Everybody's got it, which, instead of meaning that it's "trendy," it means that it's nothing less than practical. It bridges the idea of operating system platforms. You know what I mean: sending files to a friend or co-worker, only to get a response of "I can't open that. Send it in ---- format." First, chances are, the recipient will have Office. Second, if you receive a non-Office file, your Office software will be able to read it, provided it wasn't created on some software from Mars. OK, enough argumentum ad populum. Besides being a great idea on a global scheme, it's also a great idea for a stand-alone system and/or stand-alone user. Office integrates your system. For example, consider running WordPerfect, Lotus 1-2-3, dBase, and Netscape for your word-processing, spreadsheet, database, and communication s needs, respectively. While individually, each application is perfectly adequate for its own job, a vast majority of the time one might want to integrate some amount of work done in one program into work done in another program. Good luck, buddy. These programs hate each other; each one believes that it can do the job of all these by itself, and rationality be darned. Office lets you do it all. Integration runs smoothly and you truly don't have to worry about losing functionality if you decide to switch over from your old program. In addition, the suite is extremely stable, and intelligent: it'll figure out how you - as an individual - like to manage your system, as well as fix any problems that won't come along. For example: try deleting msword.exe. Then go and double-click the Word icon on your desktop. Office will figure out the problem and reinstall the missing file. REMEMBER: you'll need your Office installation disks for any of the auto-fix features in Office. (My advice: when installing, provided that you have sufficient system resources, select "Run all from my computer" to avoid missing any features you might want to use further down the road.) As far as ease of use, YOU CAN'T beat Office. The applications not only work well, they also look good. The Help files actually do provide logical, coherent, and practical help for common questions or tie-ups. Office runs smoothly and doesn't use up an extraordinary amount of system resources (although Microsoft's "Minimum Requirements" tend to be a bit under-estimated, or is it over estimated...? Anyway, you need more than they say). I'm running 256mb RAM with a 1.4 Ghz Pentium 4, and I have no problems. Also, I am running Office XP Professional and Windows XP Home Edition. As far as I know, Windows XP is not a necessary upgrade from 2000 when moving from Office 2000 to XP. There are some licensing restrictions with XP that I'm sure most are aware. So here's my solution: DON'T BREAK THE LAW. You won't have problems then. Pricing is a bit steep, so save your pennies.
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