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Considering a macbook for next work laptop, but what office application is safest?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jon Fitzgerald" data-source="post: 502750" data-attributes="member: 32220"><p>Hi</p><p></p><p>I have had an imac at home for a few months and I'm loving it. Great style, nice OS, funky extras.</p><p></p><p>I'm needing to change my current work PC and since i now need to do alot of mobile work i need a notebook.</p><p></p><p>I really love the idea of getting a macbook or macbook pro, however I'm not sure if its going to be practical for my office environment since nearly everyone at work uses Windows PC's. I have NeoOffice at home which is fine for basic tasks and my girlfriends uni work etc. The problem is at work I have to handle complex Excel spreadsheets regularly.</p><p></p><p>From what I can gather Office for mac is a more simplified version of Windows Office? </p><p></p><p>Will Office for mac 2008 have all of the same features as the current Office 2003 that iam using on my PC? </p><p></p><p>Also would neooffice be able to support complex business based spreadsheets with the same functionality as Microsoft software?</p><p></p><p>I'm really not sure whats safest, falling back on a horrible PC based notebook (Dell... URGH) or taking a risk with a mac book notebook. The problem is with the nature of my work I can't afford to not be able to open a file or do the same functions with it once I have it.</p><p></p><p>Another issue is persuading my boss to pay extra for office software ontop of the cost of the macbook (most PC's come with office already). </p><p></p><p>Any ideas or feedback would be great, thanks guys!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jon Fitzgerald, post: 502750, member: 32220"] Hi I have had an imac at home for a few months and I'm loving it. Great style, nice OS, funky extras. I'm needing to change my current work PC and since i now need to do alot of mobile work i need a notebook. I really love the idea of getting a macbook or macbook pro, however I'm not sure if its going to be practical for my office environment since nearly everyone at work uses Windows PC's. I have NeoOffice at home which is fine for basic tasks and my girlfriends uni work etc. The problem is at work I have to handle complex Excel spreadsheets regularly. From what I can gather Office for mac is a more simplified version of Windows Office? Will Office for mac 2008 have all of the same features as the current Office 2003 that iam using on my PC? Also would neooffice be able to support complex business based spreadsheets with the same functionality as Microsoft software? I'm really not sure whats safest, falling back on a horrible PC based notebook (Dell... URGH) or taking a risk with a mac book notebook. The problem is with the nature of my work I can't afford to not be able to open a file or do the same functions with it once I have it. Another issue is persuading my boss to pay extra for office software ontop of the cost of the macbook (most PC's come with office already). Any ideas or feedback would be great, thanks guys! [/QUOTE]
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