Mac - Open Office VS MS Office

[Samhain]

I run several Windows machines and several Macs at work and home. I spend most of my days in spread sheets so I'm comfortable with, and like Excel. I use Open Office on my Macs and I don't really have any problems with it but I've been thinking of purchasing MS Office for my Macs just to make things more streamlined and less of a pita for the other folks in my office.

Will those of you that have used both products chime in, please?

[Danny46]

I use office for Mac and have no problems. They offer a student discount if you have a student email.

[Samhain]

I use office for Mac and have no problems. They offer a student discount if you have a student email.

I was aware of the discount but unfortunately wouldn't be able to use it. While I don't mind paying for software, the MS Office option seems somewhat unreasonable concidering Open Office is free. Just want to make sure I'm not missing something here...

[danielhv]

We use open office at work. Not a fan of it. MS Office is much better. Corp uses ms office, and they make the field personally use open office. There is always some sort of compatibility issue.

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[Jose]

Only reason I would use Office for Mac would be for Outlook; which I don't believe comes with the Student Edition. Hard to beat Open Office, especially considering the price

[CexMashean]

Personal use: Pirated MS Office

Business use: Purchased MS Office


It's a no brainer.

[roliath]

Buy Office for Mac. /thread

[Ratt]

I run several Windows machines and several Macs at work and home. I spend most of my days in spread sheets so I'm comfortable with, and like Excel. I use Open Office on my Macs and I don't really have any problems with it but I've been thinking of purchasing MS Office for my Macs just to make things more streamlined and less of a pita for the other folks in my office.

Will those of you that have used both products chime in, please?

Depending on who you work for, you might get an employee discount with Microsoft office. Wouldn't hurt to check. My wife works for a company that gets a substantial discount on Microsoft software. I'm talking 15 dollars for full blown Windows 7/8 professional, etc.