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Customer Reviews
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Slow and doesn't solve the real sales issues
This product is Outlook with an add-on of "Business Contacts". They are not well integrated, but more importantly they don't really let you track sales opportunities, contacts, and the usual array of sales relationships in anything like an intuitive way. Do it the MS way or forget it.
On my computer it runs SLOW- I have an IBM x60S, a solid XP machine, but it is such bloatware that it slows the whole machine to a crawl.
Overall, best to try something else. I certainly will.
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No different than Outlook 2003
I really didn't see a difference with 2007 than 2003. The only thing MS has seemed to add was the use of RSS feeds - which is a cool addition if you like to have all your feeds in one place to read.
I didn't have any issues with upgrading from 2003.
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Outlook manages
I've been using Outlook for over 10 years, and every time Office upgrades it's difficult to figure out all the new tricks to the stuff you knew how to do backwards. This version is no different, but I have to admit the interface really has changed. You will spend a little bit more time looking for things that were more readily available before.
However, there are more ways to organize and save time in your email and calendar by color coding and linking to projects and personal/business. Inviting attendees is the same, and now publishing or meeting online is easier.
You are able to organize contact information in one place and then sub-divide it into work, personal, etc and also link this information into the other areas of your Office products.
I've always enjoyed using Outlook and the few times that I've had to work without it I've been lost. This new version takes some getting used to, but I've really enjoyed the calendar sharing and the meeting inviting abilities on top of the others that I use regularly, like calendar, task list, contacts, email, and mail merge with other programs. I did use it on Webmail, but our server didn't enable as many of the services as I would have liked.
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Decent features + Upgrade
This version is not very different from the current 2003 Outlook that I use. It's better to think of it more as an upgrade. The new features include:
1) Business Contact Manager
2) RSS Feeds
Also, this version is compatible with my older version of MS word so no problems there.
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Good tool but not for XP
I have years of experience with contact management software from ACT to Microsoft CRM. I was excited to try this version as it included many new marketing related tools.
I am running a fast XP machine as I am not ready to undertake the pain necessary to switch to Vista yet. Installation on my machine was simple yet time consuming. It took more than half an hour to install the product. That should have been a clue.
Once installed it configured easily and was very comfortable to use if you are used to working in Outlook. The contact lists and ability to schedule activities worked well. Virtually every aspect of the software worked as expected.
The biggest problem is that it used a huge amount of resources to run. Other applications slowed to a crawl when I would open Outlook. It took forever to load outlook when you opened it. Literally at least 1 minute to load the app each time.
The additional marketing tools worked well but ultimately I had to uninstall this as it was too much of a drain on my system.
I am certain my review would have been different had I been running a Vista machine. However there is noting on the MSFT website nor on the packaging that indicated I would have any issues at all running it on XP. Although there was some very helpful information on the product pages that assisted in setting up and using the contact manager functions.
Bottom line, if you're interested in CRM type functionality in Outlook, and are running Vista, you should take a look at Outlook with Business Contact Manager.
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