Mobile menu toggle

Microsoft Office - page 14

Get MS Office for Mac 2011 for Less on Black Friday and Cyber Monday

By

post-70272-image-ae0e7e99d801d2c2cb92ae9381fe48fc-jpg

Microsoft’s official Office for the Mac blog has announced a list of places where you can buy Office for Mac 2011 at discounted prices during Black Friday and Cyber Monday weekend. The prices are pretty good during the US Thanksgiving holiday weekend at various retailers, but Amazon has the best price of all.

  • Best Buy and MacMall (US): $20 off Home & Student 1-pack for $99 (regularly $119 ERP) and $20 off Home & Student Family Pack for $129 (regularly $149 ERP).
  • Amazon (US): $40 off the Home & Student 1-pack for $79 (regularly $119 ERP) and Home & Student Family Pack for $109 (regularly $149 ERP).
  • OfficeforMac.com (US): $20 off Home & Student Family Pack for $129 (regularly $149 ERP).

Office for Mac 2011 has gotten favorable reviews and performs better than previous versions. If you are interested in upgrading from an older version Thanksgiving weekend will probably be your best opportunity to get a good deal.

7 Weeks Later: Life Without MS Office

By

iWork vs. Microsoft Office: An image woman works with a laptop on a beach.
Just how possible is it to use iWork instead of MS Office?

Back on May 11, I promised to try and live without Microsoft Office in a “corporate setting” for 30 days. It’s been seven weeks in my iWork vs. Microsoft Office challenge now. And I’m none too happy to report that a copy of MS Office must go with me to the desert island.

However, in an interesting twist, it turns out I can’t live without iWork either.  Follow me after the jump to discuss what worked and what — surprisingly — didn’t.