Originally Posted By: andy
Excel is currently pretty horrible on OSX, which is where Doug spends a fair amount of time. And no Numbers is not a replacement for Excel wink
I must admit I use very little Microsoft Office product or services these days.

I do maintain a Parallels virtual machine with full Windows 7 installed on my Mac laptop. Rarely use that either, but it is there and does work when I need something that requires 'real' Windows.

A friend is a travel agent and requires Windows to run the Sabre travel software (severe legacy stuff in there). There is a version for Mac but it is incomplete, so she runs Windows in a Parallels VM on her Mac. With the 'Windows desktop' window folded in behind the Sabre app window it looks almost like Sabre is running as native a Mac app. She just clicks the desktop icon to launch and the Sabre windows-only app appears on the Mac screen, no fussing about.

Copy and paste between Mac and Parallels apps, generally rather smooth in daily use.