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Microsoft is currently offering (via select authorized resellers including Amazon) students up to 30 percent off Office 2008 productivity suites when purchased alongside any new Mac. The offer is valid from July 15, 2008 to September 8, 2008.
On August 12, 2008 Microsoft released updates to their Office for Mac product lineups. The updates take Office 2008 to version 12.1.2 and Office 2004 to version 11.5.1.
According to the Amazon Bestsellers in Software list (filtered by operating system), we can report on another Vista disappointment. Although Microsoft officially stopped selling Windows XP on June 30, 2008 retailers are allowed to sell any copies the have on hand. The Amazon rankings speak loud and clear as Windows XP is outselling Vista.
In a February 17, 2008 article posted at InfoWorld, Galen Gruman discusses if it's time to leave Windows for Mac OS X or Linux.
In his review following the latest update of Mac OS X Leopard (version 10.5.2), Edward Mendelson makes a compelling reason why the Mac operating system gives Windows users the strongest reason to make the switch. His review starts out by stating that Leopard is the best operating system available:
In a November 20 2007 review, CNet ranked Microsoft Vista tenth in the list of it's Top ten terrible tech products. Here's what CNET says:
Marketwatch's John Shinal reports that Apple's Steve Jobs and Microsoft's Bill Gates, will have a public conversation at the fifth annual "D -- All Things Digital" conference in Carlsbad, California on May 30, 2007.
On May 8, 2007, Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit (MacBU) released an update for Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac that upgrades the suite to version 11.3.5. According to Microsoft:
In his Personal Technology article dated April 19, 2007, Walt Mossberg of The Wall Street Journal outlines his suggestions for your next desktop purchase in his annual Spring buyer's guide to desktop PCs.
On Wednesday March 28, 200t Apple Inc. released an update to Boot Camp beta, its dual-boot solution that allows Intel-based Macs to boot into and run the Microsoft Windows operating system.
In an article posted at the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Online, Nick Wingfield starts off by stating, "Ability to Handle Microsoft Operating System May Help Macs Make Some Inroads"
Edward C. Baig states that you don't have to hold back on making the switch. His column starts off with the following statement:
BusinessWeek, a well respected business centric magazine based in the United States is out with a far from stellar review of Microsoft Windows Vista. In his article, Stephen H. Wildstrom starts by saying:
Chalk up another U.S. government agency banning Microsoft Windows Vista. InformationWeek reports that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has banned Windows Vista the agency's internal networks.
Columnist Andrew Kantor of USA Today outlines numerous problems with Microsoft Windows Vista in a Cyberspeak article titled, "Vista causes an array of problems."
In an speech at at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference in San Francisco, Computerworld details comments made by Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer, "We believe we have the superior OS". Computerworld begins the March 7, 2007 article with the following paragraph:
Paul McDougall, writing for InformationWeek highlights internal memos sent by the CIO (Daniel Mintz) of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) that forbids upgrades to latest versions of Windows, Internet Explorer, and Office. There's also a mention that Apple Macs are to be given consideration.
Brian Bergstein, AP Technology Writer reports that Microsoft is imposing restrictions on the ability of running the Home Basic and Home Premium versions of Vista with virtualization software.
In his review of Microsoft's new Vista operating system Thomas Greene of The Register makes the following conclusion, "Don't buy it, at least until after the first service pack is out. Don't pay to be a beta tester".
On January 10, 2007, Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit (MacBU) released an update for Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac that upgrades the suite to version 11.3.3. According to Microsoft:
On October 10, 2006, Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit (MacBU) released an update to Messenger for Mac that takes the software to version 6.0.1.
On October 10, 2006, Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit (MacBU) released an update for Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac that upgrades the suite to version 11.3.0. According to Microsoft:
Microsoft today released Messenger for Mac 6.0, Microsoft's instant messaging software for Mac OS X. The release marks the first Universal Binary application for Mac OS X from Mirosoft.
Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit (MBU) has released an update for Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac that upgrades the software to version 11.2.6. Microsoft states:
Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit (MBU) has released an update for Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac that upgrades the software to version 11.2.4. Microsoft states that the update addresses vulnerabilities and fixes issues with PowerPoint 2004 and Entourage 2004.
Macworld has published some recent benchmarks of the new Boot Camp enabled Intel iMac and MacBook Pro running Windows XP Service Pack 2. The tests had these system go head-to-head with a Dell Inspiron E1705 (Core Duo laptop), HP Compaq nx9420 (Core Duo laptop), and a HP Pavilion a1250n (Media Center Desktop).
Apple's new Intel based Macs have recently been hacked to allow native installations of both Mac OS X and Windows XP. Following this development, a post at Gearlog outlines recent benchmarks demonstrating that Apple's MacBook Pro runs Photoshop faster than Windows based notebooks.
Microsoft today released Messenger for Mac 5.1, Microsoft's instant messaging software for Mac OS X. Version 5.1 includes a new brushed steel skin and allows users to commiunicate with Live Communications Server 2005. This new release includes support for Public IM.
Microsoft today released an update for Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac. This updates Microsoft Office 2004 Standard Edition, Office 2004 Student and Teacher Edition, and Office 2004 Professional Edition to version 11.2.3.