Microsoft Corp. today announced the release to manufacturing of Office v. X for Mac, its latest productivity suite developed exclusively for Mac OS X version 10.1. In anticipation of Nov. 19 retail availability, Microsoft has been offering preorder sales of the Office v. X suite, generating excitement and anticipation in the Macintosh community. "The Nov. 19 release of Office v. X for Mac is generating tremendous excitement in the Mac community," said Kevin Browne, general manager of the Macintosh Business Unit at Microsoft. "We"re proud to say that we"ve been able to develop the best native Mac OS X application out there, in just about a year"s time. Our customers are going to be amazed at how well Office v. X runs on Mac OS X. With extensive support for Aqua, Quartz and Sheets, as well as the new features in all the applications, particularly Entourage X, this is an unprecedented release of Office for Mac."
Expanding on its history of commitment to and investment in the Macintosh community, between now and Dec. 31, Microsoft is offering a Technology Guarantee to customers who have acquired Office 2001 for Mac or an individual application such as Word 2001 for Mac. The Technology Guarantee makes these customers eligible for a free copy of Office v. X for Mac. For details and to download the coupon for the Technology Guarantee, customers can visit https://www.microsoft.com/mac/ or their nearest reseller.