[X4U] MS Office 2004 Feedback

[Michael Burton]

>I am thinking about ordering Microsoft Office 2004 and was interested in
>feedback from those who are using it. I remember some comments some time
>back that it was slow and had other problems.

I've held off ordering Office 2004 for two reasons:

I haven't been able to find the End-User License Agreement online. 
Earlier versions of Office allowed me to install on a desktop machine 
and a laptop, so long as I didn't use Office simultaneously on both 
machines. I can't find out whether the new license still permits that.

Also, I've never been able to learn whether Microsoft has implemented 
"product activation" on this version of Office, as they have with 
Windows-based versions of their software. Product activation means 
that the software I paid for will not run fully until it receives 
permission from the vendor's servers. It sometimes means that the 
vendor can modify or disable the software at will.

I like to run current versions of software, but product activation 
got me off the upgrade treadmill for Macromedia products, and 
apparently it will soon prevent me from staying current with Adobe 
products, as well. I've been ready to upgrade to Office 2004, but I'm 
perfectly willing to settle for the previous version of Office while 
I look for better alternatives.

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