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Yes, I agree: Office ‘97, 2000, and XP were the high points of that lineage as far as my experience goes. But I stopped using Office when I switched to Mac in 2
by qubex 6y ago
Yes, I agree: Office ‘97, 2000, and XP were the high points of that lineage as far as my experience goes. But I stopped using Office when I switched to Mac in 2003 and have used Word and Excel occasionally since then (preferring the iWork suite’s analogues Pages and Numbers respectively).
- bombcar 6y agoMicrosoft finally did something with the new version of Office that makes it worthwhile - when tied to a Microsoft 365 account with some ungodly behind-the-scenes hack involving Sharepoint you get multiplayer PowerPoint - a gamechanger.
- forgotmypw17 6y agoAgree on all counts. I chose ME for size and startup time, but 2000 is even better. Truly the peak of Windows, IMO. XP is more compatible, but it also started down the road of candy-coating the native widgets and rejiggling Control Panel. You could opt out of both, but it was the beginning of the decline.