There are 2 products I’m going to discuss here: the Microsoft LifeCam VX-5500 and Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac. ![]() There are no fun and games here…at least until I started playing around with a couple of Microsoft products that were more geared toward family and less so business. So, even in my household, Microsoft means business, serious business. (I’m just waiting for her to bust out a copy of Microsoft Project…if that happens, we are all doomed.) But she is all business and armed with her Blackberry syncing to her Microsoft Outlook, there is rarely a play-date or doctor appointment that is missed. Of course I keep her supplied with the latest and greatest Microsoft software and every few years we upgrade her laptop (I get her old ones to monkey with). She’s been on a Windows box for a long time. But, while I may be the family CTO, our family CEO (my wife) doesn’t want a Mac. I believe that Macs are really great computers for kids, with solid parental control. Personally, I run a fairly heavy Apple household, with the majority of my Macs being hand-me-downs or computers I have refurbished. The Media Center Editions of XP and Vista now present compelling family-oriented products as well, especially with the convergence of the TV and Computer. I mean sure, there are LOTS and lots of PC’s in American households and many of them are running some version of Windows, Office or even Works. ![]() I hadn’t really equated anything Microsoft (other than the Xbox 360, which I don’t have, btw) as being very common within the family environment. So when I was approached to write about how great Microsoft products are for the family, I actually blinked a few times before my brain shifted gears. Microsoft has done quite well in securing the business space from desktop productivity tools like Office to BackOffice systems that get your email through your corporation (like Windows Server and Exchange Server). If you are like me, Microsoft software rules your computer at your office and runs the infrastructure there as well. When you think about Microsoft, the first thing that comes to your mind is probably not Family.
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