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Microsoft to Deliver Office 2008 for Macs

Ever since Apple announced its intent to transition its entire Macintosh product line to Intel processors a year ago, speculation has abounded: will Microsoft continue to develop its version of Microsoft Office for the Mac OS X operating system, or, with the advent of Intel processors and Windows-running capabilities offered by Apple’s own Boot Camp and third-party virtualization solutions from the likes of VMWare and Parallels, simply decide that if Mac users want to run Office, they can darn well run Windows too.

Apple’s Intel Macs: iMac and MacBook Pro

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At his keynote at this week’s Macworld Expo in San Francisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the first Macintosh computers based on Intel processors “a little ahead of schedule,” and

Microsoft cuts Mac Office software price

Microsoft, which dominates the PC industry with its Windows operating system software but also develops applications for the Macintosh, reduced the price of the standard edition of Office v. X to $399 from $499.

Microsoft also introduced a new $499 professional edition of the Office software suite for the Macintosh, which lets users run Windows on the Macintosh, giving them access to other Windows-based programs.

“This will allow Mac customers to run any Windows-based application on their Mac,” said Roz Ho, general manager of Microsoft’s Macintosh business.

Microsoft launches MSN for Mac OS X

Users of Mac OS X in the United States can now boast a better Web experience, with top-requested features including a powerful junk e-mail filter with multiple layers of filtering; customizable parental controls that help parents protect their children from inappropriate online content and limit communication with strangers; and free, round-the-clock, Mac-specific customer support.

“The Macintosh Business Unit and MSN teams have worked closely to develop a custom version of MSN specifically designed for the unique needs and preferences of Mac consumers,” said Lisa Gurry, group product manager of MSN at Microsoft. “Take the thousands of research hours we’ve put into MSN 8, add the MacBU’s own research and expertise in developing cutting-edge online products and software for Mac OS X, layer that on top of powerful OS X technologies, and you’ll find MSN for Mac OS X makes the Web more useful.”

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