Anyone know when it is shipping? Some shops say "mid-july" - has anyone pre-ordered it and got an email saying estimated ship date?
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Microsoft Office 2004 Pro + Virtual PC
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Duff-Man says....I don't recall which site a read that at...it was a couple weeks ago - might have been at insanelygreat. Even M$ said it would be "second half of 2004" which in my mind does not mean a july release is very likely....oh yeah!jdogg707 said:
been looking around and apparantly Microsoft have said they are releasing VPC7 along with Windows XP Service Pack 2, which was meant to be out in May, then July, then January 2005 but two weeks ago MS have said that it DEFO will be out in August (SP2). Therefore, I'm guessing so will VPC7
According to the MSFT site, they were originally planning on a first half release but they adjusted their timeframe to "meet a more realistic quota." (I'm not sure that's a direct quote, but it's similar 
) Therefore, I get the impression that they just needed a little more time to make things perfect - not a half a year to finish.
JOD8FY
) Therefore, I get the impression that they just needed a little more time to make things perfect - not a half a year to finish.JOD8FY
I just recieved this E.Mail today, anyone else? Thoughts.
Microsoft Corp Order #
Item ID #Y15-00018 OFFICE MAC PRO 2004 EN CD TECH GUAR
The new expected ship date for your product is 9/13/04.
If you still wish to receive this product, if available by the new expected ship date shown above, please let us know by responding to this e-mail and placing an X in front of option #1 below, or by contacting our customer service department at 866-695-0778. If you do not respond to this e-mail or contact our customer service department within 30 days, your order will be cancelled and a refund issued, if applicable.
If you wish to receive the product when it becomes available, even if after the expected ship date, you may update your order by responding to this e-mail and placing an X in front of option #2 below, or by contacting our customer service department at 866-695-0778.
To respond to this e-mail communication:
Click the Reply button in your e-mail application
Place an X in front of either option #1 or #2
Click the send button in your e-mail application
Please choose from the following by placing an X in front of the desired action:
#1 ___ Please SHIP MY ORDER if the product is available by the new expected ship date.
#2 ___ Please SHIP MY ORDER when it becomes available, even if after the new expected ship date shown. I understand that I may still cancel my order at any time before you ship the product to me by contacting 866-695-0778.
This address is the SHIP TO address currently in our records. If your SHIP TO address has changed or is incorrect, please contact our customer service department at 866-695-0778 and a representative will be happy to update your order.
Microsoft Corp Order #
Item ID #Y15-00018 OFFICE MAC PRO 2004 EN CD TECH GUAR
The new expected ship date for your product is 9/13/04.
If you still wish to receive this product, if available by the new expected ship date shown above, please let us know by responding to this e-mail and placing an X in front of option #1 below, or by contacting our customer service department at 866-695-0778. If you do not respond to this e-mail or contact our customer service department within 30 days, your order will be cancelled and a refund issued, if applicable.
If you wish to receive the product when it becomes available, even if after the expected ship date, you may update your order by responding to this e-mail and placing an X in front of option #2 below, or by contacting our customer service department at 866-695-0778.
To respond to this e-mail communication:
Click the Reply button in your e-mail application
Place an X in front of either option #1 or #2
Click the send button in your e-mail application
Please choose from the following by placing an X in front of the desired action:
#1 ___ Please SHIP MY ORDER if the product is available by the new expected ship date.
#2 ___ Please SHIP MY ORDER when it becomes available, even if after the new expected ship date shown. I understand that I may still cancel my order at any time before you ship the product to me by contacting 866-695-0778.
This address is the SHIP TO address currently in our records. If your SHIP TO address has changed or is incorrect, please contact our customer service department at 866-695-0778 and a representative will be happy to update your order.
That's very typical of Microsoft - in fact, it reminds me of the constant delays of the Longhorn release. I don't use MS Office for Mac or VPC, but I can understand the reasons those that need them need them. I was looking forward to finding out benchmarks for VPC7 - looks like I'll have to wait until September.
Looks to be October
An e-mail sent to MacMinute by Microsoft notes that: "As you may know, Virtual PC 7 ships with Windows XP both in a box by itself as well as in the Office 2004 for Mac Professional Edition. We are waiting for the release of Windows XP SP2 in order to offer the most recent, most secure version of Windows XP to our Virtual PC for Mac customers."
http://www.macminute.com/2004/07/22/virtualpc
An e-mail sent to MacMinute by Microsoft notes that: "As you may know, Virtual PC 7 ships with Windows XP both in a box by itself as well as in the Office 2004 for Mac Professional Edition. We are waiting for the release of Windows XP SP2 in order to offer the most recent, most secure version of Windows XP to our Virtual PC for Mac customers."
http://www.macminute.com/2004/07/22/virtualpc