Comments on: Microsoft updates its office of the future

The future of information technology gets a face-lift from Microsoft's Center for Information Work.
Photos: Microsoft's workplace of the future

[microsoft slayer]

MS updates their center with Mac's

Glad they finally got smart and use Mac's.

Really? And how so?

Could you be more specific? I'm curious.

[rcrusoe]

Forget the future, what about now?

Microsoft's FUTURE products are always amazing. But what they finally deliver, if the product shows up at all, is usually something much much less.

The world was promised Vista (aka Longhorn, aka whatever) years ago. And what do they plan to delivery next year? The OS they promised with WinFS and all the other goodies?

Nope. Looks like we're getting a service pack.

[microsoft slayer]

get Mac

forget vista, OS X is much better than the vaporware vista if they ever release it.

[pjdw]

You are correct

Usually all the new OS are merely fixing the flubs in the ones they put out before they were made to work well. AKA poor quality and non-secure. Then they take the finally working older OS off the market to force you to buy the new system on a newer computer. I am sick of business as usual after years of complaints from people who have a PC and actually USE it for something other than chatting in online chat rooms and email.
I so graphics and desk top publishing and get fed up with Error We Are Shutting Down Now when
two PC made graphic programs can not be opened on the desk top together. Multitasking? HA !

[pjdw]

The New Office - A Pain For Me I Will Bet

I anticipate that this new office will take me more time and decrease my own production. Why?
I think in defferent ways than most people and
I have have developed my own system of filing my work on my computer.
IF this cookie cutter office program files my work in a way someone else does, that does not know my system, it will take me HOURS to find the work and I may never fully learn how to do it their way.
Anyone who thinks and learned differently in school will understand, whether they have ADHD, functional autism or dyslexia or other form of
learning difference. We are NOT all cut from the same mold.
I certainly HOPE they have a way to shut off this automatic filing system. Of not I will may as well invest in a MAC product. At least they do not change their product every 18 months to force their customer to buy more and more and more to stay up to date!

Just sign me Getting Fed Up With Keeping Up With the Gates's

[kieranmullen]

Nothing New .. Apps are basically the same..

Ok so they come out with new features.

Who really knows all the features in excel? We might find one relly neat one and use it all the time. But not the hundreds that are there.

If they want to innovate incllude some dictation software in there or something...

KM