After buying my Macbook and trying the free trial of IWorks (Apples version of office), I decided that i wanted to stick with Microsoft Office. As Microsoft Office is what was used on all the computers at school, I am familiar with this package and will be able to use it a lot better than I could use IWorks. I also prefer the way that this program looks, its all very formal and professional, and all the tools and functions are laid out very nicely. The location of many of the tools and functions is different in the Office for Mac. This can be quite confusing to start with, and you will have to hunt around for a bit to find the thing your looking for. There is ...  Read the complete review

Office 2008 is Mac's equivalent of Office 2007 (for windows), by the name of the software you can see that it was released about a year after it's window's counterpart, but despite this extra development time I feel that it still doesn't appear to be a completed product. I was lucky enough to be able to purchase my copy using an education discount, meaning it was only £35. Had it cost anymore I would not have purchased, since there are plenty of superior & free options out there (OpenOffice.org). Word is probably the application which I use most often, it is distinctly different from the window's version, so newcomers to it may initially be a bit put-off ...  Read the complete review

I've had my Mac laptop for nearly a year and was worried when I first got it how I would do my work. The programs on the laptop are not as easy to use, especially when you have only ever used Windows. Then I found that you can get Windows programs on the MacBook so I bought it. It was fairly expensive but the advantages definitely outweigh the cost. You can put the software on three seperate machines from the one package which is useful. All the main Windows programs are included, such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Powerpoint. As a student I use Word and Power Point and have no problems with using them. At first they are slightly different to ...  Read the complete review