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jethro10
July 25th, 2006, 11:26 AM
Hi,
I'm not an apple user, never even seen one so I have no idea what they use.
On Windows we have MS Office, and now on Linux we use Open Office mainly.

But what is all powerful on Apple's for Office type software.

Just curious.

J

philippe_carlo
July 25th, 2006, 11:31 AM
Since apple runs on BSD these days, you can use most open source options, being
- Run OpenOffice
- Run MS Office on Wine
- ...

Alternatively you can use MS's stripped down MacOS version of Office.
Naaah, let's not consider that an option.

prizrak
July 25th, 2006, 12:06 PM
Since apple runs on BSD these days, you can use most open source options, being
- Run OpenOffice
- Run MS Office on Wine
- ...

Alternatively you can use MS's stripped down MacOS version of Office.
Naaah, let's not consider that an option.
Actually according to a mac dude I used to know MS office for Apple is better than it is for PC and there is an actual department dedicated to nothing but the Apple version.

Stormy Eyes
July 25th, 2006, 02:41 PM
Actually according to a mac dude I used to know MS office for Apple is better than it is for PC and there is an actual department dedicated to nothing but the Apple version.

IMHO, MS Office 2004 for Mac sucks. Maybe it's because it was running under emulation, but it was slow as hell on my 1.83GHz MacBook. I tried to use it for an hour, junked it, and started using Apple's iWork '06 suite.

jethro10
July 25th, 2006, 03:55 PM
So by this do I assume there isn't a dominant office package on apple and the two main competitors are Open Office and MS office?

J

GuitarHero
July 25th, 2006, 04:08 PM
I would say most use ms office.

Kimm
July 25th, 2006, 04:43 PM
GuitarHero, even if I have never used a Mac (or seen one running for that mather), I would probably have to agree. People just know to little about the great products that are available free of charge

apollo1900
July 25th, 2006, 06:04 PM
I used Open Office for OSX. Works fine.