Entourage:
What I wanted
(1) and easier interface and (2) an office preview feature like I have in Office 2007 with Outlook
I did not post a movie of my email because — not that its visible, but the prospect of spam, not fun. My comments should suffice
What I got:
(1) nicer interface — it actually lets me put my Exchange email above the “folders on my computer” stack which (for me) is a good thing because I thought my main exchange email was more important (2) no office preview (3) “My Day” I am not really “wowed” on this but its the Mac equivalent of the “Outlook Today” screen found in the last few versions of office.
I had to re-set my fonts for writing and receiving, but all in all, it was great and I never lost anything.
Word.
What I wanted:
(1) *.docx capability and (2) the smart art and super effective smart art and graphics capability of Office 2007
What I got:
(1) was not a problem and (2) was there but in a different way from Office 2007. The floating “inspector” facilitates most of the same functonality I’ve experienced in Office 2007.
Surprise: Great Charts (i.e. charting data in bar-graphs and the like) ! The charts were great and their 3-d and coloring capabilities are heads and shoulders above 2004. Not as good as Numbers or Keynote in iWork 2008 but good
Power Point
What I wanted
(1) *.pptx capability (2) smart art, and (3) some better transitions
What I got:
(1) and (2) and (3) is not enough to write home about. However I echo the “Charts Surprise”
Excel:
What I wanted
(1) *.xlsx capability (2) great charts
What I got:
(1) and (2) and I got some great templates for spreadsheets that I was not expecting. Thanks!
Sorry for the video quality. This was a quick and dirty.
Net, net, get it when you can
Later,
V
