Sure, it'll probably render properly in Safari for Mac.
But, Safari 3.0.1 beta for Windows sucks BIGTIME. Over 50% of all sites I've tried have missing content although those sites work with IE/Firefox/Opera/Konqueror/Epiphany.
I've used every PC-version of MS Word since Word for DOS 4.0 and I've used Excel since v1.0 and after I read all about the new interface I thought it might be a problem.
But, after using 2007 for one day I became as productive as with Office 2003. One thing I really like is the keyboard support where one ALT-key press puts up all available options. I think this will make it easier for most people to use the keyboard rather than memorizing a lot of CTRL-SHIFT-ALT-DOUBLE-META-combinations.
There are lots of rational reasons for wanting a new machine with XP:
- If you own peripheral devices which haven't got working Vista drivers and you
don't want to pay to replace all of them.
- You run software that doesn't work in Vista.
- You run a business and want the same operating system on all machines to
make support cheaper/easier.
- You need a new computer NOW
Ok, so no Exchange interoperability may be partly MS' fault, but the customer doesn't care who is to blame. They just want a good working Office suite with email, word processing, spreadsheet, calendar and presentation.
The only decent alternative is IBM/Lotus Notes + StarOffice/OpenOffice, but that alternative is more expensive, has less features and doesn't handle legacy documents as well as the MS alternative.
The only advantage is that it works better for Linux-based clients, but since almost no one runs Linux on the desktop it isn't worth the time and money to switch.
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Or better yet - put the mouse in front of the keyboard which is more comfortable and makes transition from keyboard to mouse a lot faster.
Sure, it'll probably render properly in Safari for Mac.
But, Safari 3.0.1 beta for Windows sucks BIGTIME. Over 50% of all sites I've tried have missing content although those sites work with IE/Firefox/Opera/Konqueror/Epiphany.
I've used every PC-version of MS Word since Word for DOS 4.0 and I've used Excel since v1.0 and after I read all about the new interface I thought it might be a problem.
But, after using 2007 for one day I became as productive as with Office 2003. One thing I really like is the keyboard support where one ALT-key press puts up all available options. I think this will make it easier for most people to use the keyboard rather than memorizing a lot of CTRL-SHIFT-ALT-DOUBLE-META-combinations.
There are lots of rational reasons for wanting a new machine with XP: - If you own peripheral devices which haven't got working Vista drivers and you don't want to pay to replace all of them. - You run software that doesn't work in Vista. - You run a business and want the same operating system on all machines to make support cheaper/easier. - You need a new computer NOW
Ok, so no Exchange interoperability may be partly MS' fault, but the customer doesn't care who is to blame. They just want a good working Office suite with email, word processing, spreadsheet, calendar and presentation.
The only decent alternative is IBM/Lotus Notes + StarOffice/OpenOffice, but that alternative is more expensive, has less features and doesn't handle legacy documents as well as the MS alternative.
The only advantage is that it works better for Linux-based clients, but since almost no one runs Linux on the desktop it isn't worth the time and money to switch.