MS Office for Mac

[Sysman]

I use the standard Mac Mail application. Does everything I need.

I keep seeing problem reports with the Mavericks version so thought I'd try something else. Not happy with the discovery in the last few minutes that Airmail doesn't seem to be showing all my mails. problem fixed.

Only thing missing is a Visio replacement but that's work related and client co laptop has it installed anyway.

What Cojak says for OmniGraffle Pro.

Another useful product from the Omni folks is OmniDiskSweeper. While other apps that tell you where your disk space has gone are prettier, OmniDiskSweeper was the one that really told me where that 150+ GB had gone.

Not a dev so no real need for a dual boot or VM to run windows.

I haven't needed Windows for quite a long time now, but since I have it, it's parked in a VM (three actually) and kept up to date just in case.

Despite what the marketing blurb from Parallels and VMware would have you believe, Windows isn't the only reason to run VMs. I've got various flavours of Linux in 'em.

[DaveB]

Office 2011 Pro for Mac and no problems with it.

I use the standard Mac Mail application. Does everything I need.

Only thing missing is a Visio replacement but that's work related and client co laptop has it installed anyway.

Not a dev so no real need for a dual boot or VM to run windows.

[stek]

You was robbed. Only CHF 2.00 here :

For some reason Airmail won't come up with its App Store receipt in a search, in fact the last App Store receipt it shows is back in December, which ain't right.

Actually it was £1.49, my bad! There's a beta too but I still think I prefer Apple Mail...

[Sysman]

I got Airmail too, not bad for £1.99....

You was robbed. Only CHF 2.00 here :

For some reason Airmail won't come up with its App Store receipt in a search, in fact the last App Store receipt it shows is back in December, which ain't right.

[SimonMac]

Office for Mac is fine (I use it)
Outlook for Mac is fine (I prefer Mail but thats just a personal choice)
I have a VM running on VirtualBox for ClientCo that I have to use Windows for

[stek]

Airmail is good for me so far.

I got Airmail too, not bad for £1.99....

Office for Mac 2014 Bata is out there somewhere, nothing leaked on the net yet though....

[SpontaneousOrder]

Airmail is good for me so far.

[eek]

Gmail on a browser.

Outlook is tulip whatever version you use...

[cojak]

Hi all,

As a new Mac user, I want to run MS Office on a MacBook Pro.
However, I've heard bad reports regarding Outlook for Mac.
What mail packages do others use on a Mac? (FYI...I currently use Hotmail on a Windows 8 laptop)

Furthermore, should I also go for some kind of option that allows me to run windows software on the Mac?
However, I don't want to have to log in and out of each environment (OSX v Windows) to achieve this; i.e. I need the ability to easily switch between the Mac and Windows software speedily and with ease.

Any thoughts?

I'm using MS Office for Mac 2011 atm. No problems here.

And I use Codeweaver CrossOver when I need to use the odd Windows app. I use Omnigraffle Pro and Merlin Project instead of Visio/Project.

[craig1]

I've used the last few incarnations of Office for Mac. I think the Microsoft Mac people have a bit of a chip on their shoulder around proving they're better than the Windows teams as I've never had any of the problems with the Mac version that I've had with the Windows versions over the years. The 2011 version is good, stable and just as good as Office 2010, better in some ways. The only problems I have are that they didn't migrate Visio and Project to Mac as well, I need to have a VM for them, admittedly using the Unity setting so it looks just like a Mac app.

I use VMWare Fusion for running my virtual machines, Parallels is the other big player I've used. They're both about the same overall, I just prefer VMWare as I'm used to it now. All the VM products are very easy to install, very easy to use and have plenty of integration with the Mac host as needed. Any MacBook Pro of the last 3-4 years can easily run VMs without too much stress on the system.

[Pondlife]

Hi all,

As a new Mac user, I want to run MS Office on a MacBook Pro.
However, I've heard bad reports regarding Outlook for Mac.
- Never had any problems myself
What mail packages do others use on a Mac? (FYI...I currently use Hotmail on a Windows 8 laptop)
- I use Thunderbird under linux and it seems fine. But have a look here
Furthermore, should I also go for some kind of option that allows me to run windows software on the Mac?
- I use virtualbox and just fire up the windows box when needed
However, I don't want to have to log in and out of each environment (OSX v Windows) to achieve this; i.e. I need the ability to easily switch between the Mac and Windows software speedily and with ease.
- I would think running this is pretty easy with a VM
Any thoughts?

HTH

[Bunk]

Can't help with the email apps but for Windows have a look at VMWare Fusion, Parallels, or VirtualBox (free).

[BjornMorg]

Hi all,

As a new Mac user, I want to run MS Office on a MacBook Pro.
However, I've heard bad reports regarding Outlook for Mac.
What mail packages do others use on a Mac? (FYI...I currently use Hotmail on a Windows 8 laptop)

Furthermore, should I also go for some kind of option that allows me to run windows software on the Mac?
However, I don't want to have to log in and out of each environment (OSX v Windows) to achieve this; i.e. I need the ability to easily switch between the Mac and Windows software speedily and with ease.

Any thoughts?