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Thinking about just giving everyone Macbooks instead of O-365? Think again. The Mac client is similarly limited vs the classic Windows fat client. Microsoft is
by technofiend 4y ago
Thinking about just giving everyone Macbooks instead of O-365? Think again. The Mac client is similarly limited vs the classic Windows fat client. Microsoft is balancing on a knife edge because if the non-Windows fat clients and O-365 had feature parity, there would be no compelling reason for many to run Windows. Unfortunately the user community is caught in the middle.
Even so to address the original question - it's been my personal experience that moving docs between MS users and LibreOffice also exposes lots of funny formatting issues, particularly in Word docs. If you're not exchanging docs with others that's one thing, but IMHO you don't want to submit your resume or any equally important document written in LibreOffice format even in compatibility mode. Better to print to PDF.
- Spooky23 4y agoHonestly, I don’t think that’s true anymore. Microsoft runs so many different release channels between Windows. Office, Office 365 and Mac wtf knows when new features arrive.
- technofiend 4y agoNot sure which part you don't think is true any more? So I'm switching from a Windows virtual desktop to a Macbook and the experience I'm talking about is as of the last few weeks. Hopefully MS will eventually catch up and gain feature parity everywhere, but as stated above, there's at least one disincentive for doing so; namely it'll impact Windows revenue.
- Spooky23 4y agoI don’t think MacOS is really a second class citizen anymore. Excel lags a bit but is greatly improved from a few years ago. I’d argue Mac Outlook is a better product. Microsoft’s revenue is driven by subscriptions and business users. Commercial customers have to pay Microsoft for Windows even if they run Macs. For individuals, losing the $60 in Windows revenue and getting a Office subscription on Mac is a win - Mac users spend more.