Alex B. said:
Son of a-I just now have 2007.
2007 is fine. All the complains I hear the standard "it's new and I'm not used to it, therefore it must be bad" variety.
If it isn't broken, don't fix it. A new and almost completely useless revamp of the GUI only serves to confuse the current users of the old soft, and considering the office suite is used to work, that's not gonna make the companies who buy it happy.
I remember last semester my SoftEng teacher used Office 2007 as an example of what not to do, so this is fresh in my memory (same as me trying out the suite for a few weeks and being horrified with it).
And gods, the Excel changes alone merit a beating to whomever thought they were necessary.