Shoutbox

Office 08 isn't better than Office 07 wtf it's missing HEAPS of features 07 has. (there was a list somewhere on google). And your computer CAN actually restart itself after installing updates without your consent in both Vista AND XP. It does it after a set period of time after installing an update and you don't restart. I wish someone had told me that before I was up late installing and downloading stuff and went to bed leaving the download going. As for people who go around knocking the ribbon in office 07, they clearly haven't tried it out too well. It's so awesome! Takes a second or two to get used to, but sweet none the less. There are so many options there just standing in front of me sure I could go through and click them all but it's more fun seeing what you find by accident. The other day my friend and I found out we could insert EQUATIONS!! How crazy is that?!?

I agree some of Microsoft's products could be a lot better. In general I'm quite satisfied with their range of software solutions, just the operating systems that need a bit more attention before release. Such as Vista. Everyone said Vista needed one more beta (making that beta 3) before it went into release candidature. That never happened of course and so when Vista was announced it was completely premature. But Microsoft were rushed for time. They had deadlines and everything. Sure I understand it's a business you've gotta have deadlines but it's these deadlines that can and DO limit how good a product is. Just compare this with Ubuntu. How often is each new version released? Oh, every six months or so. This ranging amount of time allows the job to be done properly, without the various time constraints held by larger companies. Sure I'm sure that within the development teams of projects such as Ubuntu they have their own internal schedules, but this doesn't have the wide spread media attention and pressure that a larger business such as Microsoft does.