“Microsoft Corp. said it will release three versions of its Office 2008 for Mac suite in January, with the most expensive of the bunch aimed at creative professionals overwhelmed by the task of organizing their digital media files,” The Associated Press reports.
“Office 2008 for Mac Home and Student Edition, which includes three licenses for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Entourage, an e-mail/calendar/contacts program, will cost $150,” AP reports.
“A $400 version aimed at professionals who use Apple Inc. computers, simply called Office 2008 for Mac, includes the same programs as Home and Student, plus the ability to connect to a Windows Exchange server,” AP reports.
“A third version, the $500 Special Media Edition, adds features to the $400 configuration, including Expression Media, a program that helps computer users organize and manipulate digital photos, video and other files,” AP reports.
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Ina Fried reports for CNET, “The new version is also the first to natively support Intel-based Macs, though it will also run on older PowerPC-based machines.”
“Microsoft is also launching a tech guarantee program under which people who buy Office 2004 between now and March 15 will be able to upgrade to the comparable version of Office 2008 for only the cost of shipping and handling, around $10,” Fried reports.
“The software maker does not plan to offer the public a chance to test out the code before the release,” Fried reports. “‘We’ve decided against that,’ Microsoft marketing manager Amanda Lefebvre said, adding that the company is doing testing internally and with a select group of external testers. ‘There will not be a wide public beta.’”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Adam W." for the heads up.]
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