Re: Windows Mail v Office Outlook 2007

I'm in agreement with you, Nicholas. I have my own client for email that is
simple and easy to use. I don't need Outlook; it hates me anyway, and I can
do nothing with it. As you said, it just takes up hard drive space and RAM.

If I had my "druthers," I'd take Outlook, Internet Explorer and Windows
Messenger out of the OS. I don't use them most of the time, and only use
Internet Explorer when I absolutely have to.

I'm struggling to learn to use Office 2007, and it's a chore. But I'll get
there. I just wish there were more selections of the suite. I'd gladly give
up Power Point in favor of Access.

--
Nancy Ward
MSN Messenger MVP


<Nicholas> wrote in message news:uTrWyZbPGHA.3508@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>I just want some comments from people, but already in my mind is MS is
>going to promote Windows Mail, Windows Contacts, and Windows Calendar as
>consumer products. If that's the case, since I'm a "consumer" more than a
>"businessman", I'm going to ditch Office Outlook 2007 for Windows Mail for
>the sake of simplicity. There's nothing more annoying than installing
>software that you don't use, and that it degrades your PC's performance and
>take up hard disk space.
>
> And this brings back to the integration blues. Outlook Express and the
> Windows Address Book are right now abandoned since I find Office Outlook
> to have much needed Task and Calendar features. MS just needs to keep
> working on integration, try to avoid duplicating their own products, and
> when duplication is unavoidable, differentiate them so people can pick
> which one they want.
>
> So say with Windows Mail, Windows Calendar, and Windows Contacts, I find
> all my needs are covered, and the much more friendly-looking UI will
> convince me to take the "consumer" side of intergration, and delete Office
> Outlook 2007 which a lot of features I find useless in a consumer's point
> of view. With Windows Live Messenger being the consumer IM-client, I can
> forget about Windows Messenger and Office Communicator. Isn't life so much
> better when things are simple?
>
> I would have ditched Office 2007 in favor for Works. Works looks so much
> "relaxed and easy-to-use". But since it doesn't seem to open and edit
> presentations (I might be wrong), I think I'll have to choose Office Home
> and Student 2007 over Works 2007.
>
> Do you see a pattern here? Simplicity and intergration is the key to
> enjoying computing. Too much duplicated programs just make you feel
> boggled down (unless you need them).
>
> So back to my question: do you think Windows Mail is designed for
> consumers or businesses? What would you pick: Windows Mail or Office
> Outlook 2007?
>

Interesting comment, Nancy. One of the things I find most amazing in the
age of high speed connections is that it doesn't occur to MS to offer an
"Office" package based on the number of programs. In other words, I want
Word, Excel, Power Point, Excel and Outlook so the price is $xx and I
download my version while someone else wants Word and Outlook so he pays a
different amount and downloads his "Office" package.

Am I weird or doesn't this make sense?

Tim

"NLWard" <nlraines@damspamhotmail.comnoneferme> wrote in message
news:u1p09MyQGHA.2156@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> I'm in agreement with you, Nicholas. I have my own client for email that
> is simple and easy to use. I don't need Outlook; it hates me anyway, and I
> can do nothing with it. As you said, it just takes up hard drive space and
> RAM.
>
> If I had my "druthers," I'd take Outlook, Internet Explorer and Windows
> Messenger out of the OS. I don't use them most of the time, and only use
> Internet Explorer when I absolutely have to.
>
> I'm struggling to learn to use Office 2007, and it's a chore. But I'll get
> there. I just wish there were more selections of the suite. I'd gladly
> give up Power Point in favor of Access.
>
> --
> Nancy Ward
> MSN Messenger MVP
>
>
> <Nicholas> wrote in message news:uTrWyZbPGHA.3508@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>I just want some comments from people, but already in my mind is MS is
>>going to promote Windows Mail, Windows Contacts, and Windows Calendar as
>>consumer products. If that's the case, since I'm a "consumer" more than a
>>"businessman", I'm going to ditch Office Outlook 2007 for Windows Mail for
>>the sake of simplicity. There's nothing more annoying than installing
>>software that you don't use, and that it degrades your PC's performance
>>and take up hard disk space.
>>
>> And this brings back to the integration blues. Outlook Express and the
>> Windows Address Book are right now abandoned since I find Office Outlook
>> to have much needed Task and Calendar features. MS just needs to keep
>> working on integration, try to avoid duplicating their own products, and
>> when duplication is unavoidable, differentiate them so people can pick
>> which one they want.
>>
>> So say with Windows Mail, Windows Calendar, and Windows Contacts, I find
>> all my needs are covered, and the much more friendly-looking UI will
>> convince me to take the "consumer" side of intergration, and delete
>> Office Outlook 2007 which a lot of features I find useless in a
>> consumer's point of view. With Windows Live Messenger being the consumer
>> IM-client, I can forget about Windows Messenger and Office Communicator.
>> Isn't life so much better when things are simple?
>>
>> I would have ditched Office 2007 in favor for Works. Works looks so much
>> "relaxed and easy-to-use". But since it doesn't seem to open and edit
>> presentations (I might be wrong), I think I'll have to choose Office Home
>> and Student 2007 over Works 2007.
>>
>> Do you see a pattern here? Simplicity and intergration is the key to
>> enjoying computing. Too much duplicated programs just make you feel
>> boggled down (unless you need them).
>>
>> So back to my question: do you think Windows Mail is designed for
>> consumers or businesses? What would you pick: Windows Mail or Office
>> Outlook 2007?
>>
>
>

I suppose that's got to do with the prodit margins MS wants to get.

You see, MS will make *more* profit out of your wallet if you buy 2 separate
programs than a package of just 2.

You said Word Excel PowerPoint and Outlook, that's Office Standard.

But I agree with more than 4 programs there could be room for customization,
instead of forcing you to buy Office Professional Plus which includes
everything (virtually) and then deselect the ones you *don't* want to
install - you pay more than you need.


"Tim Scott Mathews" <nospam@nospam.ca> :47qk7qFgtnoaU1@individual.net...
> Interesting comment, Nancy. One of the things I find most amazing in the
> age of high speed connections is that it doesn't occur to MS to offer an
> "Office" package based on the number of programs. In other words, I want
> Word, Excel, Power Point, Excel and Outlook so the price is $xx and I
> download my version while someone else wants Word and Outlook so he pays a
> different amount and downloads his "Office" package.
>
> Am I weird or doesn't this make sense?
>
> Tim
>
> "NLWard" <nlraines@damspamhotmail.comnoneferme> wrote in message
> news:u1p09MyQGHA.2156@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> I'm in agreement with you, Nicholas. I have my own client for email that
>> is simple and easy to use. I don't need Outlook; it hates me anyway, and
>> I can do nothing with it. As you said, it just takes up hard drive space
>> and RAM.
>>
>> If I had my "druthers," I'd take Outlook, Internet Explorer and Windows
>> Messenger out of the OS. I don't use them most of the time, and only use
>> Internet Explorer when I absolutely have to.
>>
>> I'm struggling to learn to use Office 2007, and it's a chore. But I'll
>> get there. I just wish there were more selections of the suite. I'd
>> gladly give up Power Point in favor of Access.
>>
>> --
>> Nancy Ward
>> MSN Messenger MVP
>>
>>
>> <Nicholas> wrote in message news:uTrWyZbPGHA.3508@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>I just want some comments from people, but already in my mind is MS is
>>>going to promote Windows Mail, Windows Contacts, and Windows Calendar as
>>>consumer products. If that's the case, since I'm a "consumer" more than a
>>>"businessman", I'm going to ditch Office Outlook 2007 for Windows Mail
>>>for the sake of simplicity. There's nothing more annoying than installing
>>>software that you don't use, and that it degrades your PC's performance
>>>and take up hard disk space.
>>>
>>> And this brings back to the integration blues. Outlook Express and the
>>> Windows Address Book are right now abandoned since I find Office Outlook
>>> to have much needed Task and Calendar features. MS just needs to keep
>>> working on integration, try to avoid duplicating their own products, and
>>> when duplication is unavoidable, differentiate them so people can pick
>>> which one they want.
>>>
>>> So say with Windows Mail, Windows Calendar, and Windows Contacts, I find
>>> all my needs are covered, and the much more friendly-looking UI will
>>> convince me to take the "consumer" side of intergration, and delete
>>> Office Outlook 2007 which a lot of features I find useless in a
>>> consumer's point of view. With Windows Live Messenger being the consumer
>>> IM-client, I can forget about Windows Messenger and Office Communicator.
>>> Isn't life so much better when things are simple?
>>>
>>> I would have ditched Office 2007 in favor for Works. Works looks so much
>>> "relaxed and easy-to-use". But since it doesn't seem to open and edit
>>> presentations (I might be wrong), I think I'll have to choose Office
>>> Home and Student 2007 over Works 2007.
>>>
>>> Do you see a pattern here? Simplicity and intergration is the key to
>>> enjoying computing. Too much duplicated programs just make you feel
>>> boggled down (unless you need them).
>>>
>>> So back to my question: do you think Windows Mail is designed for
>>> consumers or businesses? What would you pick: Windows Mail or Office
>>> Outlook 2007?
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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