FYI Office 2013 is RTM and you can get it in November.

[techs]

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9232310/New_Microsoft_Office_hits_39_RTM_39_milestone

-- Volume licensing customers with Software Assurance will be able to download Office 2013 by mid-November, along with other Office products such as SharePoint 2013, Lync 2013 and Exchange 2013.

-- Developers and other IT professionals will be able to download Office 2013 through their TechNet or MSDN subscriptions by mid-November.

In addition, as Microsoft has said, people who buy tablets running Windows RT -- the version of Windows 8 for Arm-based processors -- will get some of the new Office applications included with those devices. They're due out later this month, along with Windows 8.

Microsoft said it will give more details about Office 2013, including presumably the pricing, later. The preview version is still available for testing at office.com/preview.


Just a heads up.

 

[amdhunter]

Microsoft will be paying for their Windows 8/Office 13 mistakes for the next 10 years.

 

[techs]

Microsoft will be paying for their Windows 8/Office 13 mistakes for the next 10 years.

I haven't seen Office 2013 yet. Is it bad?

 

[GT1999]

I haven't seen Office 2013 yet. Is it bad?

I heard the new version of Excel is good but that's it so far.

 

[amdhunter]

I haven't seen Office 2013 yet. Is it bad?

Not really I guess. I just hate the flat look of everything. It's like looking at a piece of paper or something.

I couldn't imagine how horrible it will be when the touch screen interface is used.

 

[PottedMeat]

any reason to upgrade from OfficeXP? :awe:

 

[PokerGuy]

any reason to upgrade from OfficeXP? :awe:

Actually, there really haven't been a whole lot of compelling reasons for most people to upgrade from older versions of excel. I recently had to work on an older computer that had office 2003 on it and everything worked just fine. Unless you really need one of the new specific functions, the old versions are just fine.

That's probably why MS wants to switch to a newer subscription model, there's no good reason to keep buying newer versions now.

 

[waggy]

any reason to upgrade from OfficeXP? :awe:

lol that's what i am still using. does everything i need so see no reason to spend $300 to upgrade.



LOL oops: i am not using office XP. i checked and i am using office 07

 

[hclarkjr]

i will download and install it as soon as it hits technet

 

[PingSpike]

I was using Office 2000 until I found that Office 2010 for $20-30 hot deal. I only got one myspace email to work though before they shut that down.

Honestly, I still don't really have any complaints about 2000. It works fine if you don't mind how old the icons look.

 

[TwiceOver]

The licensing is all fucked up now. Poor setup for individuals. HORRIBLE licensing for small business. Of course great licensing for big business.

 

[Puddle Jumper]

I haven't seen Office 2013 yet. Is it bad?

Functionally I have been very happy with it and the interface layout is close enough to 2010 that there isn't much of a learning curve. I'm not a fan of the new color scheme though, it's basically all white which looks really terrible on your average washed out laptop screen and is downright blinding on a bright display.

 

[ultimatebob]

Now that LibreOffice is actually pretty good now in terms of both performance and Office compatibility, what is point in paying for an office suite?

 

[lupi]

I upgrade but only because I get the complete suite for $10.

 

[gorcorps]

Now that LibreOffice is actually pretty good now in terms of both performance and Office compatibility, what is point in paying for an office suite?

Depends on what you mean by "pretty good". When I was in school just a couple years ago, open office would open the MS files fine but after they made a couple changes and saved, the formatting was completely screwed up. If you're going to be going back and forth between software I don't trust anything that's seemingly "compatible".

 

[DesiPower]

Microsoft will be paying for their Windows 8/Office 13 mistakes for the next 10 years.

crawl back into your iHole and stfu

 

[JimKiler]

So the consensus is not to upgrade to Office 2013 if I already have Office 2010? I can buy it through the eHUP deal so it would be $10 but if it wants to save everything to my skydrive that will annoy me.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

If it's only $10 i'd do it. AFAIK you can easily change the default save location to a folder on your drive instead of skydrive.

 

[RampantAndroid]

So the consensus is not to upgrade to Office 2013 if I already have Office 2010? I can buy it through the eHUP deal so it would be $10 but if it wants to save everything to my skydrive that will annoy me.

It wants you to log in to live I think, but you can save locally?

 

[Raincity]

You can save locally and select a new default save location. I like Office 2013 but the lack of color on the interface is killing my eyesight.

 

[taq8ojh]

Whoa, new Office? I never understood the rate at which they "supply" us with new versions. I am still using Office 2003 (or even XP, I am not sure) and see exactly zero reasons for getting anything newer.

I installed Office 2010 last year and instantly was amazed by two things:
1) Man it's SLOW. And I mean WTF slow. When I start say 2003 version of Word or Excel, it immediatelly shows up. 2010? Haha! I didn't time it or anything, but I'd guess good five seconds before I can do anything. Excuse me?...
2) The size. I always use minimalistic install: no optional components for either of the programs, and no damn tools and all the other useless junk. Well... Only Word and Excel installed that way, version 2003: about 100MB. Version 2010 of exactly the same: ~700MB.
The best comment I can think of is a quote from Falling Down: Fuck you Microsoft, fuck you very much.

 

[JimKiler]

Whoa, new Office? I never understood the rate at which they "supply" us with new versions. I am still using Office 2003 (or even XP, I am not sure) and see exactly zero reasons for getting anything newer.

I installed Office 2010 last year and instantly was amazed by two things:
1) Man it's SLOW. And I mean WTF slow. When I start say 2003 version of Word or Excel, it immediatelly shows up. 2010? Haha! I didn't time it or anything, but I'd guess good five seconds before I can do anything. Excuse me?...
2) The size. I always use minimalistic install: no optional components for either of the programs, and no damn tools and all the other useless junk. Well... Only Word and Excel installed that way, version 2003: about 100MB. Version 2010 of exactly the same: ~700MB.
The best comment I can think of is a quote from Falling Down: Fuck you Microsoft, fuck you very much.

If you use excel and like pivot tables and formulas Office 2007 & 2010 were worthwhile upgrades and the ribbon is very useful. But if you do not use excel then Office 2003 is fine and dandy.

 

[FeuerFrei]

IIRC, Office 2013 requires Windows 7 or above. Something to keep in mind when pondering upgrades.

I just bought and installed Office 2010 a couple weeks ago, then applied all 33 updates from Windows Update. Word & Excel open in 2 seconds - not slow at all. (Core i3, Windows 7)

 

[RampantAndroid]

IIRC, Office 2013 requires Windows 7 or above. Something to keep in mind when pondering upgrades.

I just bought and installed Office 2010 a couple weeks ago, then applied all 33 updates from Windows Update. Word & Excel open in 2 seconds - not slow at all. (Core i3, Windows 7)

Yeah, I just started word and it was up in under a second...the people talking about install size and launch time I think are just dinosaurs who want their 1GB hard drives back or something. Processing power, drive space and physical memory have grown many times over what they were in 2003 and far outpaced the demands of Office...

 

[taq8ojh]

the people talking about install size and launch time I think are just dinosaurs who want their 1GB hard drives back or something. Processing power, drive space and physical memory have grown many times over what they were in 2003 and far outpaced the demands of Office...

Excuse me, are you for real?
Just because computing power and storage capacity skyrocketed in last ten years doesn't justify bloating programs and possibly even "unoptimizing" code.