Vista and Office Released

Amid great fanfare and millions of ad dollars the new power players of Microsoft are released. Being in education it will likely be some time before these products trickle into our work flow. I have not experienced Vista yet, but judging by the reviews I can wait. Our district has informed me that they will likely wait for service pack 1 before upgrading district wide, which is likely a good rule to go by. Although there has been a great deal of testing prior to it's release it is still good to wait for a few of the kinks to be worked out before upgrading. Perhaps after I use it I may change my mind but this seems to be a wait and see product.

Office 2007 on the other hand is worthy immediate upgrade. It's new user interface provides powerful features that will instantly improve your productivity. Please see my earlier review for more information. To purchase either product avoid going to you retailer and spending way to much. As educators you are eligible for educational discounts. if you are on my site you can scroll down and on the left there are some links to some educational discount software vendors that can save you hundreds of dollars. For example Office Professional is $180 vurses the $500 retail price. The savings are huge, and if you click through this site it helps me keep this site up.