I think this is great news, as I truly miss using OneNote, and that's the only thing you'd hear me say wistfully regarding Windows. It was never enough to get me to stay, but now I don't have to mourn it any longer, hopefully. Yes, I knew there's the web app, but its nothing compared to the Windows version of the software. I find OneNote to be far superior to Evernote for my needs. I don't care if it's Microsoft, it just works for me and what I wanted it to do and I will very enthusiastically welcome OneNote for Mac... hoping that it's Mac version is as good as the Windows one. That remains to be seen.
I think this is great news, as I truly miss using OneNote, and that's the only thing you'd hear me say wistfully regarding Windows. It was never enough to get me to stay, but now I don't have to mourn it any longer, hopefully. Yes, I knew there's the web app, but its nothing compared to the Windows version of the software. I find OneNote to be far superior to Evernote for my needs. I don't care if it's Microsoft, it just works for me and what I wanted it to do and I will very enthusiastically welcome OneNote for Mac... hoping that it's Mac version is as good as the Windows one. That remains to be seen.
100% with you. It suits my needs better than Evernote, and don't care who makes it, if it is good? That works for me.
[quote]I honestly think Microsoft can keep it ! Microsoft has been trying to take down Apple for years with their inferior product offerings for the Mac. No-one on here can truly claim to support Apple if they use Microsoft products. If it were up to Microsoft, there would be no Apple ! Don't be so fickle by using One Note, support other note-taking applications instead [/quote] Support? I beg you don't support anyone. Not Microsoft, Google. Facebook or even Apple. They all have great products and they all have awful products. Use and buy the products you think are the best, don't just use something because company X made it or exclude it because of company Y.
To do so just means you've become another point on the marketeers chart of "creating fans rather than customers". Who really wins in that scenario? You or the marketing guy who's proved that you can make more money by making a fan rather than the best product.
[quote] Another: MS realizes the OS wars are over, and the new battle ground is to control the 'connected self' suite. Apple focuses on Content (ITMS), Amazon on buying, Google on, well, they have no focus, and MS... well their strength can and should be on personal productivity (The Office core). OneNote on the Mac pretty much assumes that an iPad/iPhone/Mac user ain't gonna switch... but they are quite capable of buying SW if it fits their life needs, and not be biased against any particular vendor.[/quote] I agree with this. I think Microsoft realized a few years ago that to win in the software market your products need to run anywhere. We've seen it with Xbox Music, sky drive, dev tool offerings, Azure even has Linux and Oracle offerings.
Its now also my one big complaint with Apple. I don't want to use software that only runs on one vendors products. What if I want to switch? iCloud and Facetime are technologically great products which then become useless and irritating if you ever want to step outside the Apple ecosystem.
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I think this is great news, as I truly miss using OneNote, and that's the only thing you'd hear me say wistfully regarding Windows. It was never enough to get me to stay, but now I don't have to mourn it any longer, hopefully. Yes, I knew there's the web app, but its nothing compared to the Windows version of the software. I find OneNote to be far superior to Evernote for my needs. I don't care if it's Microsoft, it just works for me and what I wanted it to do and I will very enthusiastically welcome OneNote for Mac... hoping that it's Mac version is as good as the Windows one. That remains to be seen.
100% with you. It suits my needs better than Evernote, and don't care who makes it, if it is good? That works for me.
Support? I beg you don't support anyone. Not Microsoft, Google. Facebook or even Apple. They all have great products and they all have awful products. Use and buy the products you think are the best, don't just use something because company X made it or exclude it because of company Y.
To do so just means you've become another point on the marketeers chart of "creating fans rather than customers". Who really wins in that scenario? You or the marketing guy who's proved that you can make more money by making a fan rather than the best product.
Another: MS realizes the OS wars are over, and the new battle ground is to control the 'connected self' suite. Apple focuses on Content (ITMS), Amazon on buying, Google on, well, they have no focus, and MS... well their strength can and should be on personal productivity (The Office core). OneNote on the Mac pretty much assumes that an iPad/iPhone/Mac user ain't gonna switch... but they are quite capable of buying SW if it fits their life needs, and not be biased against any particular vendor.[/quote]
I agree with this. I think Microsoft realized a few years ago that to win in the software market your products need to run anywhere. We've seen it with Xbox Music, sky drive, dev tool offerings, Azure even has Linux and Oracle offerings.
Its now also my one big complaint with Apple. I don't want to use software that only runs on one vendors products. What if I want to switch? iCloud and Facetime are technologically great products which then become useless and irritating if you ever want to step outside the Apple ecosystem.