 dellsweigExtreme AerobaticsPremium,MVM
join:2003-12-10
Campbell Hall, NY
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| $100 a year to USE MS Office - lol »money.cnn.com/2013/01/29/technol···id=HP_LN
I have been using OpenOffice which works fine.
There are some power users that might use SOME of the Office features but 99% just use basics available in ANY word processor
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 FreddyPremium
join:2005-05-17
Arlington, VA | I've been using Abi Word.
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 natedjElectedPremium
join:2001-06-06
Columbia, SC
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I think this is a good deal, for the simple reason being, it lets you install on up to (5) computers. So basically you're paying $20 a year to have the latest MS office suite on a computer. This would be better if you can only pay $20 per PC in lieu of the $100 minimum for five.
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dellsweigExtreme AerobaticsPremium,MVM
join:2003-12-10
Campbell Hall, NY
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| said by natedj:I think this is a good deal, for the simple reason being, it lets you install on up to (5) computers. So basically you're paying $20 a year to have the latest MS office suite on a computer. This would be better if you can only pay $20 per PC in lieu of the $100 minimum for five.
I have the out of the box version of Office 2011 installed and activated on 3 personal computers with no problem. Not sure what the EULA says but Its at least 2 installations allowed
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I'll be using Office 2003 for the next decade or longer. Does all I need. |
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 dandelionPremium,MVM
join:2003-04-29
Germantown, TN
kudos:4 | reply to dellsweig
It came on this computer.. but I would never pay for a subscription. |
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OZOPremium
join:2003-01-17
kudos:2 | reply to OverBurn
said by OverBurn:I'll be using Office 2003 for the next decade or longer. Does all I need.
Concur 
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 mozerdLight Will Pierce The DarknessPremium,MVM
join:2004-04-23
Nepean, ON | said by OZO:said by OverBurn:I'll be using Office 2003 for the next decade or longer. Does all I need. Concur I'll be using Office 2010 for a long time perhaps until my EOL and I for 1 will never subscribe to an Office Subscription --- NEVER! |
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jl747
join:2005-03-24
Mount Prospect, IL | reply to dellsweig
If you use Office 365 then you have save all your docs in the cloud.
You can not directly ave them to your computer.
You probably have to email yourself a copy then save it to your computer.
Plus. the box version only allows you to install one copy per PC per user.
See '»online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142···446.html'
I am going to use LibreOffice in the future. |
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OZOPremium
join:2003-01-17
kudos:2 | reply to mozerd
said by mozerd:I'll be using Office 2010 for a long time perhaps until my EOL and I for 1 will never subscribe to an Office Subscription --- NEVER!
And now they perhaps realized that it's time to develop a new, incompatible Windows OS, that will not run old products on it. An put that OS on DRM infested (with UEFI/"Secure Boot") new computers. Making sure that those computers won't boot anything, except the "new and improved" OS. And that's why they're pushing UEFI with "Secure Boot" now... 
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said by OZO:said by OverBurn:I'll be using Office 2003 for the next decade or longer. Does all I need.
Concur Indeed, I never gave into the Ribbon BS Microsoft pushed into 2007 and newer versions. Now with Windows 8 they're really going over the cliff. |
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 DustynPremium
join:2003-02-26
Ontario, CAN
kudos:10 | reply to dellsweig
PASS.
I've got Office 2000 SP3 on Windows XP SP3, and Office 2010 64-bit on Windows 7 64-bit. |
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said by dellsweig:I have the out of the box version of Office 2011 installed and activated on 3 personal computers with no problem. Not sure what the EULA says but Its at least 2 installations allowed. I'm not 100% sure, but I think retail version of Office 2010 allows up to 2 installations: one for a desktop and one for a laptop machine. Although I'm not sure how MS can tell apart desktop from laptop, so IMO it will activate up to 2 HWID's per product key online; after that you will get an error message and will have to use phone activation past that.
I also think that MS phone activation allows some leeway, as long as you are being reasonable. After all, per EULA terms you are allowed to install it on another machine as long as you remove/stop using it on the old machine. So if you call their activation hotline once every few months with a different HWID and answer that it's only installed on one machine, I'm sure that giving you a second set of numbers to activate won't be a problem. However, if that product key leaks online and they start getting hundreds of calls per day about the same product key, it will sure as hell get blacklisted.
By the way, Office 2011 refers to the Mac version. The previous PC version before the one that just came out was 2010.
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I don't much like the idea of subscription based software. |
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 CylonRedPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | reply to natedj
Do you buy Office every year? I use Office for several years - paid $150 for a student version (3 licenses) - don't really need 5. In 2 years via the subscription and I have spent more than the student version I will use for 5+ years.
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 OctaveanPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-31
New York, NY
kudos:1 | reply to BillRoland
said by BillRoland:I don't much like the idea of subscription based software.
Nor do I,.....
I've got a TechNet subscription so I still have access to a number of different versions of MS Office,....
I actually don't need more then what is given for free with a Hotmail / Skydrive setup though and that is free,... |
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| said by Octavean:said by BillRoland:I don't much like the idea of subscription based software.
I've got a TechNet subscription so I still have access to a number of different versions of MS Office,.... Isn't Technet only a yearly subscription too now, where it wasn't before? It seems Microsoft are aligning with other software makers to earn extra dollars, it is only a matter of time before the O/S is the same.
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 DavidNow accepting new patientsPremium,VIP
join:2002-05-30
Granite City, IL
kudos:78 | reply to dellsweig
I have a cracked copy of office 2010 on a virtual Win7 starter machine. if I need Office 2010 that bad I will use it. Otherwise, Libreoffice for me.
free and can be installed on as many machines as I care to. |
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DustynPremium
join:2003-02-26
Ontario, CAN
kudos:10 | said by David:I have a cracked copy of office 2010 on a virtual Win7 starter machine. if I need Office 2010 that bad I will use it. Otherwise, Libreoffice for me.
free and can be installed on as many machines as I care to.
Why would you use a cracked copy?
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 digitalfuturSees More Than ShownPremium
join:2000-07-15
BurlingtonON
kudos:2 | reply to dellsweig
Office 365 is Microsoft's answer to Google Docs, which isn't free for business or universities. Qualified educational users can buy a 4 year Office 365 license for $79.99, good for 2 machines. Cloud, like mobile computing, is here to stay. The days of desktop-centric apps are numbered. If you use Office on multiple computers at home or work and upgrade every other release, Office 365 is a better deal than Office 2010 and earlier.
One great feature is Office On Demand, a service that temporarily installs a full copy of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, or Publisher on any Windows 7 or 8 machine, lets you open or create documents on your cloud-based SkyDrive, and then deletes the app from the system after you close it. Office On Demand doesn't use up any of your five full installs.
Great review from PC Mag.
»www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2383731,00.asp
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