Microsoft Office 2011 Vs 2016 For Mac Review
Along the lines of DeltaMac's comment: if going with Office, do you really need 2016? What feature in there that is a must need. I'm running with 2011.
It creates the latest MS formats (ie. Docx, xlsx, pptx, introduced in 2007[?]), just like 2016. And plenty of people/services can't handle these formats, so, you are creating files in the old formats, which 2011 handles just fine. Even then, 95% of the time, I'm using LibreOffice, which does a good enough job (for most of my scenarios) in doing these formats as well. Office is there for those situations where there's something 'off' with the MS file and can only be handled properly in Office. Then again, this is coming from a guy that used Office 2003 in an XP virtual-machine for 10 years, until Office 2013 was announced and Amazon dropped the price of 2011 to $70-80, getting me to get a more current version and for Mac.
Using Office 2011 on the Mac is like stepping back in time. Although Microsoft has done a good job updating the suite over the years, the overall look and feel of the apps just don't gel with the.
I have an Office 365 subscription. It allows me to install Office 2016 for Mac, which is the best version for Mac yet, but miles behind the Windows version.
I can also run Office 2016 for Windows on BootCamp/Parallels, which is the real deal. Plus, I have additional installations to use on other computers and I can also install it on smartphones and tablets. While Office 365 is expensive (US$ 100), it can be found cheaper. It is currently at US$ 85, and the keycard is US$ 82, at Amazon.com, for instance.
I get an Office 365 licence for free from my university and so upgraded to 2016 when it was released. 2011 Excel and Powerpoint were fine, but I found Word to be horribly outdated, laggy when handling larger documents and difficult to navigate using the Mac trackpad.
2016 Word is far superior to navigate and use, and looks much more clean. Meanwhile, I've found Excel and Powerpoint to be just as good as before. Another word for buttons.
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Never had any issues with it being slow, although I have a pretty beefed up 15 inch retina. Not heard any complaints from my class mates either. I have an Office 365 subscription. It allows me to install Office 2016 for Mac, which is the best version for Mac yet, but miles behind the Windows version. I can also run Office 2016 for Windows on BootCamp/Parallels, which is the real deal. Plus, I have additional installations to use on other computers and I can also install it on smartphones and tablets. While Office 365 is expensive (US$ 100), it can be found cheaper.
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It is currently at US$ 85, and the keycard is US$ 82, at Amazon.com, for instance. Click to expand.Since buying an iPad Air 2 last Fall, I've been giving the new version of iWork another chance. Primarily because of the solid file compatibility between the iOS and OSX versions. I do miss some of the more advanced features of iWork '09 (but keep THAT around too, LOL) I'm quite impressed with the ease of working on files on the iMac/Macbook and then switching to the iPad. And with splitwindow support in iOS 9, the Air 2 is becoming a viable option. I've been a bit frustrated with attempting to use MS Office across devices and platforms.