Macintosh cum Microsoft

With 81% organized businesses in the world powered by Microsoft Office, even to imagine a modern office setup without the Microsoft Office tools is impalpable. Since the first version release in 1990 for Windows, Microsoft Office has covered a long journey in revolutionizing the way people perceive an ‘Office’ to be. Interestingly, it was Microsoft Office for Mac which was launched in the shambolic World IT market of 1989, even before the debut release of Microsoft Office for Windows. Office for Mac created its own niche market segment in early 1990s and fostered a rapid market growth by the end of 20th century. Actually, MS Office for Mac operating systems was built primarily to incorporate applications which could support Macintosh software in performing optimally. Though this strategy fared well for both organizations, but, eventually microsoft office for Mac transformed into a permanent profit generating product group. Such is the rich history of ‘MS Office for Mac’, and the partnership in itself is a tale.

All the desktop applications such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Entourage, One note and Access are developed distinctly for ‘office for mac package’. Features like ‘Transparent Navigation’, ‘enhanced Tablet note making’, and ‘PDF support for DOCX files’ are integrated into Office for Mac 2011. In fact, all these features were a part of product suite 2010, but in a much compact proportion to what one would find in Office for Mac 2011 product suite. And, the Windows features for Microsoft Office are soaked on to Mac OSX to advance the functionality of Office for Mac 2011. Well, it does speak a lot about the ‘values’ an ‘Office for Mac 2011’ buyer would get from this product suite. If one scans through the details of Server applications developed for MS Office for Mac, there are 17 bugs which are removed and in a way, the whole product is renovated for giving its best performance. Indeed, Microsoft has set an epitome for businesses, about partnerships between two incongruent organizations bringing laurels.

Majority of Microsoft Office for Mac sales come from West, majorly from America and Canada. The sales figures for South-east Asia, which includes India, is gradually picking up. And why not, with exclusive Office for Mac features like Visual conformity, new font selections, and 7 more language support incorporated, knowledgeable corporates and people would grab ‘original’ software for themselves. ms office for mac created a huge stir in the software industry when the ongoing Office for Mac 2012 version preparation was made official. There is absolutely no competition for Microsoft Office for Mac considering the level of detail with which each component of the Office software is developed. There is not much to choose between Microsoft and Macintosh as distinct organizations and their individual performances. Be it for personal or professional use, Office has become a source of income for many. So much have been seen from both, that now people are habitual of demanding software which is a joint venture of Microsoft cum Macintosh.