Entourage (the app, not the TV show)

[wurm]

Okay, the company where I work has just changed over to Entourage for their mail and calendar program. We even had a two-hour training session on it to become familiar with how we'll be using it there. It's the first time I've really checked it out and it seems like a decent program. While I do have it at home, I have purposely avoided using it because I didn't really want another Microsoft app mucking up my Mac (silly, yeah). I've also just recently decided to start weaning myself off Palm and have started using iCal, syncing it with Google calendar using BusySync. That's worked out very well, but my trial is about to run out. So before I go ahead and pay for BusySync, I'm trying to decide if I ought to give Entourage a try. I'm already used to the email part of it using it at work, but I haven't played around with the calendar or contacts. I haven't even completely switched my contacts from Palm Desktop to Address Book, so if I'm going to switch, this would be as good a time as any. But that's a big "if".

So for those who have used (or do use) Entourage, in your opinion, how does it compare with the Mail/Address Book/iCal combo? Is Entourage a fairly stable app or are there quirks that drive you batty? What's the downside, if any? Thanks.