No links. No pictures. No instructions on how or where to find it. Only my word that a beta version of Office: Mac 2008 is now available for download from "the usual sources". Oh, did I mention I saw a Demon and a PiG today?

Oh, and if you happen to get your hands on a copy, be sure to give us your take on the new Office. Thanks.

Source: The Reader News Forum

EDIT: Well ok, maybe one image won't hurt, as I didn't even make it.

Awesome! Thx for the heads-up1 I will wait for the final version though

I've dreamed about a Demon last night, too. And surprisingly I've seen him today, too. What will he tell me the next days? We will see...

Wow, this is great. Finally get to test it.

Thats damn hot!
I really git it a try on testing

thanks to tell

Now that iWork has Numbers bundled in I wonder how useful this will be. Without Access it's just another Microsoft application that does away with Apple design standards.

I guess we'll have to wait and see

Hmmmm...nice Splash Screens, nice loading times, nice interface, nice transitions (as seen in the "Ribbon"-Element)

The amount of ram use disgusts me.

is it faster that 04 version ?





~R

Someone had posted this day it on usenet (a.b.x group). Thanks to him.
Have a look on binsearch or newsleech to find it.

edit : Harmed. No recovery possible.

Can somebody please post Entourage screenshots? Also some shots where is shows connectivity to Exchange Server?

ok, i can delete the windows partition now

Hmmm...this is Entourage...and how it (does not) work(s)

Thanks!

Can you post a screenshot of Tools->Account->Add Email Source or something along those lines?
Also can you tell us Activity Monitor's CPU Usage for these apps?

-a

it can be downloaded from d e m o n o i d . c o m torrent. very nice, very fast, very good. Say hello to microsoft

It's insane. There's not even loading - you click on Microsoft Word, it's open. Obviously after the initial time you open it, which it sets up the whole app.

I'm downloading it now. I can wait for it!

Seems to work pretty well here!

hecker

Thank you MS, now I can get rid of Windows...

I love iWork, but I can't find a way to insert equations for my lab reports. Word and Entourage seem pretty fast and stable for being in beta. Haven't used the other two.

I just un-installed Office 2008, Word and Entourage seemed to be Ok for the most part although I was rather concerned to hear Entourage calls home (apparently) also entourage had some niggling issues (wouldn't remember to use month view on the calendar, my day wouldn't display all day events)

Excel seems to have a memory / cpu issue as it was using almost 100% cpu whenever I had it open and kept stopping while it thought about stuff before doing it.

I didn't try power point so I cant comment on that one.

Still it shows great promise for what we can expect in January assuming they stick to the current schedule! I am now even more impatient and excited!

Did anybody actually read the Software License Agreement?:



We need to start looking for a "fix".

OK, guys, I am in the process of writing a 3 page Office 2008 review and will post it as soon as it is done.

It's really fast, wow. Much more usable as 2004. Also, no iWork for me. I need the best compatibility with Windows Office documents for my school.

Finally Office 2008 for Mac is released!

I've been waiting for that for ages...

at last I can do Microsoft Office files properly in a Mac. Doing them in Office 2004 doesn't count (because office 2004 sucks compared to 2007).

lol, putting your clock back works...

What happens if one puts clock to oct 2009 and installs and then set back time to oct 2007. What will happen then?

I haven't used it yet, but I would assume it is faster. Mainly because Office 2004 was using only a PowerPC-based code instead of an Intel code/Universal binary.

Those with Intel processors will be up-to-date performance-wise with Microsoft Office.

Hopefully I'll be getting the beta soon but I think I will stick with iWork '08 in the end .

Somehow, I doubt that's gonna work.
It's probably a plst file somewhere...

20 minutes in to writing a 10 page paper, Crash -- Lost nearly all my work

Switching back to '04 

That's why you save, and often....

It is a beta!!! You have to be smarter than that... You are on the InsanelyMac Forum man!!!

Just joking, by the way

I laugh at thee.

I'm new to this. How can I get the download of office '08 for mac? Thanks in advance...

MacPassion

read the first post

If I had a serial number for my Office:Mac 2008, does that stop the timer?

..there is no such thing. I'm sure that when Office comes out and when you buy a serial, there will be no beta/demo timer. But there are no Office serials as of now. It's not even released yet. Hence the 'beta'.

Well, you need a serial to activate the trial. I'm sure the program is set to check a file somewhere (prob. a plst) that tells it how many days it's been running. It'll be that file that'll kill your programs, not what serial you use.

office 2008 does have serial as i used it at install and office is licensed to me as for timers no idea

Someone needs to go plst hunting.

So,

If someone did figure out what one need do in order to extend the working life of office 2008 beta, what would the forum rules be about posting instructions?

It wasn't easy to figure out, but it's definitely easy to reproduce... And don't waste your time in the plst's, it's not there.

-vu

Mine is expiring in 5 days :/

I did write a small review on Word 2008 on my blog

A friend of mine is working on a patch to stop the time bomb.

Im counting on your friend MrRogers

I'm new to this, but I do have a copy of OFF 08 w/ serial number, says it's registered to me. It just recently started giving me the same message-- I should contact MS before-- 6 days! Since I have it on a disk, do you think it'll let me reinstall? Would I have to uninstall the older one? Can you tell this is all new to me?!

I'm a convert and am just learning all of this. I got a copy of leopard and learned how to reinstall my software bundle from Tiger after a clean install of Leo, since Leo has no iweb or other goodies. I'm learning!! It gave me back trial periods of office 04, aperture, iwork... but no clue where to go from here. So does anyone think the same will happen w/ office 08?
Also, what will happen to all of my docs, etc.? I'm a little worried.

As for word crashes... same happened to me in the beginning. had to save every three SECONDS. I would move my finger on the tracking pad to move in the window and word would simply disappear with an error message. It happened repeatedly, every couple of seconds. Yes, frustrating, but it stopped as quickly as it started. who knows.

So where does this newbie go to learn the ins and outs?? Thanks!

I'm new to this, but I do have a copy of OFF 08 w/ serial number, says it's registered to me. It just recently started giving me the same message-- I should contact MS before-- 6 days! Since I have it on a disk, do you think it'll let me reinstall? Would I have to uninstall the older one? Can you tell this is all new to me?!

I'm a convert and am just learning all of this. I got a copy of leopard and learned how to reinstall my software bundle from Tiger after a clean install of Leo, since Leo has no iweb or other goodies. I'm learning!! It gave me back trial periods of office 04, aperture, iwork... but no clue where to go from here. So does anyone think the same will happen w/ office 08?
Also, what will happen to all of my docs, etc.? I'm a little worried.

As for word crashes... same happened to me in the beginning. had to save every three SECONDS. I would move my finger on the tracking pad to move in the window and word would simply disappear with an error message. It happened repeatedly, every couple of seconds. Yes, frustrating, but it stopped as quickly as it started. who knows.

So where does this newbie go to learn the ins and outs?? Thanks!

I'm new to this, but I do have a copy of OFF 08 w/ serial number, says it's registered to me. It just recently started giving me the same message-- I should contact MS before-- 6 days! Since I have it on a disk, do you think it'll let me reinstall? Would I have to uninstall the older one? Can you tell this is all new to me?!

I'm a convert and am just learning all of this. I got a copy of leopard and learned how to reinstall my software bundle from Tiger after a clean install of Leo, since Leo has no iweb or other goodies. I'm learning!! It gave me back trial periods of office 04, aperture, iwork... but no clue where to go from here. So does anyone think the same will happen w/ office 08?
Also, what will happen to all of my docs, etc.? I'm a little worried.

As for word crashes... same happened to me in the beginning. had to save every three SECONDS. I would move my finger on the tracking pad to move in the window and word would simply disappear with an error message. It happened repeatedly, every couple of seconds. Yes, frustrating, but it stopped as quickly as it started. who knows.

So where does this newbie go to learn the ins and outs?? Thanks!

woah triple post.

Yikes! Sorry! I did say I'm new to this.

C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!!11ONE

My friend seems to be suffering from a bad case of epic douchebaggery and has decided to keep the patch to himself. I'll be sure to talk to him about this last minute decision of his...