ITT we complain about Microsoft, Exxon Mobil, and everyone else's pricing decisions.

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So a while ago when I bought my Mac, I needed MS Office. I bought Office '04 Student Edition when it said "works great on Intel Macs LOL". Of course, it wasn't actually Intel native and thus was slower than god-knows-what. So, I was anticipating Office '08 since it was Intel native and yada yada yada.

So I got a welcome surprise today.

http://apcmag.com/7766/first_look_office_2008_for_mac

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Looks pretty nice, right?
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Pricing

Microsoft has applied some of the Vista version magic to Office 2008 with regard to pricing. Thankfully, however it's a bit easier to follow. There are two main options; a basic Office 2008 for Mac standard edition ($649 or $399 for an upgrade) or an Office 2008 for Mac Special Media Edition ($849, or $549 for upgrade) which comes with a full version of the Microsoft Expression Media (a digital asset management system that lets you visually catalog, organise and present all of your digital assets) and more advanced Microsoft Exchange Server support, for those that need to plug Entourage into an Exchange server.

Luckily, there's also a Mac Home and Student Edition ($229) that includes three user licenses for consumers and students at home, but doesn't include the added Exchange support.
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Not amused.

EDIT BEFORE
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http://www.macworld.com/article/131352/2008/01/office08preview.html?t=104
Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 doesn’t officially ship until the kick-off of this month’s Macworld Conference and Expo on January 15. But Microsoft has taken the wraps off the latest version of Office, showcasing its new features and capabilities.

“This is a really big release for us,” Geoff Price, Product Unit Manager for Office 2008 for Mac at Microsoft’s Mac Business Unit, told Macworld. “We are moving with Apple as it moves forward with its operating system.”

Office will be available in three versions: Office 2008 for Mac ($400; $240 upgrade), Office 2008 for Mac Home and Student Edition ($150) and Office 2008 for Mac Special Media Edition ($500; $300 upgrade).
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So basically my entire rant was shot down. I'm still hitting
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though because I just typed up this whole thread, and dammit, I'd like to whine and not have this entire thread wasted. So in this thread, you are allowed to complain about the pricing of Windows Vista, Xbox 360 and its accessories, Adobe Creative Suite 3, homes, Ferraris, gasoline, and every other thing under the sun.

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If Macs are sooooo good, why do you need MS Office?
 
I'd rather complain about Adobe. Whats their deal. Waaay to expensive for photoshop.
 
TopHat
I'd rather complain about Adobe. Whats their deal. Waaay to expensive for photoshop.
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Do you even understand how powerful photoshop is and the amount of time, knowledge, and money went in to make it?

Seriously people bitch about prices all the time but you know what? Companies would not charge that much for something if they knew they couldn't get it, as long as people keep paying companies will continue charging.
 
TopHat
I'd rather complain about Adobe. Whats their deal. Waaay to expensive for photoshop.
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It's nothing if you use it to make a living.
 
By far the worst is.
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I don't know if it's the same in other countries. But a couple of weeks ago it cost me 92$ to get from my place to the city, which is only 30km, (Almost all freeway, so about 20-25minutes) away. That would probably cost about 2$ in petrol. It's robbery.

And I'll add that the new version of Office is fantastic and hate going back to the old one now.
 
DIY. You don't need the corporate establishment. I want a new synth, and I mean, $400 is the lowest street price for a synth. $400! Expect to pay at least $900 for the really cool stuff. So what will I do? Build one on my own of course. An analog machine. (I'll probably end up buying an Alesis Micron anyway though. Nobody's perfect.) :lol:
 
Year.Zero
Then you must suck at photoshop.

Only someone who sucks with photoshop bashes photoshop. There's a reason it's on top.
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What "Bashing"? I didn't bash anything. I just said it was way to expensive for any sort of computer program.
 
No, it's worth every penny. It's a professional, industry-standard program that people use to make money with. There's a reason that Adobe have released Photoshop Elements. ;)
 
I don't see why you are complaining about the price of MS Office for Mac. It's for mac. Macs are expensive. That's what they do. And, you paid the extra for the computer, you should be able to pay for this.

If the price is too much, I would recommend something running XP.
 
F1GTR
No, it's worth every penny. It's a professional, industry-standard program that people use to make money with. There's a reason that Adobe have released Photoshop Elements. ;)
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Photoshop Elements (and Paint Shop Pro) is one of the few reasons I miss Windows. You guys already have PE6, but us Mac users? PE4. And it's not even optimized for Intel Macs. Options for photo editing apps are terrible on Macs if you're not a professional graphics designer or something and don't mind plopping down hundreds of dollars on CS3.

philly cheese
I don't see why you are complaining about the price of MS Office for Mac. It's for mac. Macs are expensive. That's what they do. And, you paid the extra for the computer, you should be able to pay for this.

If the price is too much, I would recommend something running XP.
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At the end of my post I said my argument is null. Iono, I might buy it now but maybe Google Docs is good enough.
 
Weren't Adobe products original FOR Macs, though?

You'd think they'd be a bit cheaper.

CS2 is still a good alternative to CS3, and it's much cheaper. Heck, even PS7 is decent—I know professionals who still use it. Plus, PS7 is floating around P2P networks. . . which, by the way, I totally condemn and urge you not to use. At all.
 
PS7 was very good. I was able to get that one through my mothers work. :D

But now I cannot because they will not let you have the disk twice. :indiff:
 
TopHat
I'd rather complain about Adobe. Whats their deal. Waaay to expensive for photoshop.
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By all means, start up Eboda, make a better program than photoshop, and sell it for less money, please.
 
Casio
By far the worst is.
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I don't know if it's the same in other countries. But a couple of weeks ago it cost me 92$ to get from my place to the city, which is only 30km, (Almost all freeway, so about 20-25minutes) away. That would probably cost about 2$ in petrol. It's robbery.
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Your paying:

The driver, to drive you to your destination, then later sit around the airport for an hour waiting for another fare, doing nothing is very common in the taxi driving business.

The owner of the car, which needs to updated for a later model every few years.

The owner of taxi licence fees, only a certain amount of taxi licences (not like driver licence) are issued and there are heavy fees involved, it's like a goverment privilege to get one and most often the driver doesnt own it.

The company that dispatches the work to the drivers, drivers are contractors.

Not to mention other overheads like high insurance (vehicle and liability), rego, fuel etc

Most often when you pay the driver two or more other people are also getting payed.



In the end, I still agree it is way too expensive.
 
I am now here to complain about Microsoft.

I just BSOD'd.


More than 5 times.


Why in the hell can't MS make a stable OS? They've been developing the damn thing for 5 years, and they can't make it work!


Good thing I'm not a retard. Windows 98, you have taught me well.
 
EWillis
So in this thread, you are allowed to complain about the pricing of Windows Vista, Xbox 360 and its accessories, Adobe Creative Suite 3, homes, Ferraris, gasoline, and every other thing under the sun.
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I like how you convieniently left out Apple anyway... here.



and here...

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APP...pod/ipod_accessories/headphones&nplm=MA662G/B

http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/602-5453384-3679846?ASIN=B000VRRZW8&AFID=Froogle&LNM=B000VRRZW8|Apple_iPod_Universal_Dock_Adapter_3_pk.__MB126GA&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=B000VRRZW8&ref=tgt_adv_XSG10001

http://ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-locks-tv-out-in-new-ipods-breaks-video-add-ons/
 
Ssshhhh, shhhshh.... It's okay little iPod... He didn't mean that. He owns one. He's a helluva hypocrite.
 
I'm going to complain about a group of us all having the same avatar. :crazy:

I use it as a major part of telling who posted what, and it's damn confusing at the moment!
 
TopHat
I'd rather complain about Adobe. Whats their deal. Waaay to expensive for photoshop.
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I've got the latest Photoshop, AutoCAD and ArchiCAD on our computer, you can never guess how much those last 2 cost...Compared with PS, PS is nearly free...

If you even know what those 2 are...
 

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