This is the third in a series of three reviews covering the major online office productivity apps: Microsoft Office Online (Word Online, Excel Online, and PowerPoint Online), Apple iWork for iCloud (Pages, Numbers, and Keynote for iCloud), and in this article, Google Drive (with Docs, Sheets, and Slides) aka Google Docs and Google Apps.
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Love it or hate it, Microsoft Office has torn up the competition, leaving all manner of software carrion in its wake
Apple's online productivity suite is exceptionally polished and easy to use, but lacking in word processing and spreadsheet features
Word Online and Excel Online are surprisingly capable, but PowerPoint Online and Office document compatibility are still half-baked
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Changes to default settings, dubious new features -- if you expect something amazing to turn you on to Windows 8, you haven’t been following along
Windows 8.1 Update brings a tiny handful of mouse-centric improvements and a hodgepodge of interface tweaks
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Windows 8.1 follows Windows 8 in typical Microsoft "version 2.0" fashion, changing a bit of eye candy and dangling several worthwhile improvements -- but hardly solving the underlying problem. Touch-loving tablet users are still saddled with a touch-hostile Windows desktop, while point-and-clickers who live and breathe the Windows desktop still can't make Metro go away.
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Microsoft's Windows 8.1 Preview does much to improve Metro, but little to make Windows 8 more attractive to either new or longtime Windows users