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Microsoft Office Apps Top App Store Charts One Day After Release
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…and most of them quickly realized that they couldn't actually make any documents
That may very well be true but what about the positive feedback in the app store?
Because Apple would never charge $99 for an online subscription. Oh wait, they did and failed, it was called MobileMe. Only time will tell if Microsoft has a product people are happy to keep paying for.
IF I even had a tablet, no way I'd pay that much for a word processor on it that would be relatively useless. The MacBook exists for a reason.
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At least Apple's subscription actually provided something for the cost and was totally optional to use with Apple software. It was really flawed in many ways, but it was so easy to avoid that nobody cared. iCloud is still flawed, and we can easily ignore it if we want. I turned it off because Dropbox makes it pointless.
Microsoft, on the other hand, wants you to pay yearly or else your locally installed Word will stop working. And this forced "OneDrive" subscription thing reeks. Even if you forget the cost, it's tough to trust Google with your documents on their servers nowadays, let alone Microsoft.
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At least Apple's subscription actually provided something for the cost and was totally optional to use with Apple software. It was really flawed in many ways, but it was so easy to avoid that nobody cared. iCloud is still flawed, and we can easily ignore it if we want. I turned it off because Dropbox makes it pointless.
Microsoft, on the other hand, wants you to pay yearly or else your locally installed Word will stop working. And this forced "OneDrive" subscription thing reeks. Even if you forget the cost, it's tough to trust Google with your documents on their servers nowadays, let alone Microsoft.
No you are paying for a bundle of services which includes; desktop, mobile & web software, support, maintenance and cloud storage. It would be nice to be able to pick and mix just the bits you want but unfortunately this subscription bundle approach is the way all the major software companies are going.
Apple tried it but their bundle wasn't good enough. So now we pay for these services through the cost of the hardware whether we use them or not.
Huh? An office365 subscription is for 5 devices. So if you pay for the iPad version you get desktop as well. And vice versa. So if you already have office 365 on the MacBook, the iPad version is free.
UK Exchange rate issue
Once again, buyers in the UK are expected to pay a premium.
I understand in the US the subscription is $99, but in the UK it is £80. That is an exchange rate of 1.2375. If I were able to buy it from the US App store, my bank would convert the $99 to about £63.
Unlike for hardware, it doesn't cost anymore to sell this app over here, so why the premium?
I wasn't going to buy it anyway, but this really annoys me!
Once again, buyers in the UK are expected to pay a premium.
I understand in the US the subscription is $99, but in the UK it is £80. That is an exchange rate of 1.2375. If I were able to buy it from the US App store, my bank would convert the $99 to about £63.
Unlike for hardware, it doesn't cost anymore to sell this app over here, so why the premium?
I wasn't going to buy it anyway, but this really annoys me!
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For me it is a godsend. I'm able to have the latest and greatest version of Office on all of my machines for a fraction of the price of buying separate licences. I guess it all depends if you need Office or not. Most people here would be happy with the handful of features in iWork and have little use to subscribe. Business and users who use Office daily, Office 365 is fantastic deal.
Most people will most likely be downloading the apps so they can view their documents on the iPad rather edit them.
Yes, you get another 20gb and an additional 3gb if you install the iPad app. I now have a 48gb onedrive
I already had the family sub so the app is essentially a bonus. Only issue is no AirPrint functionality in word which is a bit puzzling.
If you buy a copy of Microsoft office 2013 home and business it costs £159 plus VAT. If you upgrade every release that's every 2-3 years that's £79.50 or £53 plus vat per year and you can only install it on 1 PC. Get the family premium subscription and it's £63 plus vat per year for 5 installs, 5 users can all have an additional 20gb on their onedrive accounts.
Bargain even for a single user let alone 5
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Haha.
Got to love the irony.
Spending $2000 on a Mac is somehow, okay. But $99/year for license to Office for 5 devices is to much for an Apple user.
Got to love the irony.
Spending $2000 on a Mac is somehow, okay. But $99/year for license to Office for 5 devices is to much for an Apple user.
What kind of stupid argument is that? Google Docs or TextEdit is fine for me for everyday use. I only need Word in certain cases for school, maybe once a month. Regardless what I paid for my computer (that I use everyday), $99/year for something I use once a month is tough to justify. I use Spotify everyday, and so I pay $99/year for that.
By your argument a regular and way cheaper dell, HP, Acer, Asus, lenovo computer should work fine for everyday use or Nexus or Samsung tablet.
My argument is valid.
Two weeks ago I was using the following combination of software and services:
I pay for that 99$/year. How much does Evernote Premium and Dropbox cost? If you think about it like that, then the 99$/year for Office premium is not a bad deal.
I use Office only professionally. My private documents are not that complex, and I use iWork for that.
That way I get the best of all worlds.
- Evernote premium
- Dropbox (100GB)
I pay for that 99$/year. How much does Evernote Premium and Dropbox cost? If you think about it like that, then the 99$/year for Office premium is not a bad deal.
I use Office only professionally. My private documents are not that complex, and I use iWork for that.
That way I get the best of all worlds.
I signed up for a month on office 365 to try it out, and I'm pleasantly surprised at what you get. I'm not sure I want to pay 100 a year but I see your point.
I too use office professionally and iWork for personal stuff, but given how Apple gutted iWork and the difficulty entering formulas and interacting with it as compared to excel. I'm now using Excel for my personal stuff and I'm heavily tempted for the year subscription.
Just a shame the dinosaur is generally better quality.
Convenience over quality is, for the most part where we are.
I hope your girl friend and close family like the birthday and Christmas emails you send them, as you won't be bothering to buy any physical media actual card dinosaurs for them.
Would you prefer tv screens in art galleries also? None of the dinosaur paintings to move around?
Add VAT to your conversion and it would be £75.60. Not too different after all. Depending on their ZIP code, they don't just pay $99, sales tax is added. It's never as high as 20% VAT but it's still not $99.
Many here probably spend more a day on their daily coffee
Blame iPhone software, low quality apps compared to desktop, buy hey they are cheap.
And if we use enough of them then we can pretty much just about get something done.
people on this forum dont want to acknowledge anything positive regarding microsoft.
yet again, a thread with a lot of butt hurt apple fans.
But for many people here, is it 5 devices. I think its viewed that they're renting an application for the iPad or their computer and they lose physical ownership of the application (and potentially their data).
I don't think many people own 5 macs and multiple tablets so that 100 dollars a year will go towards one computer and one tablet.
Relatively speaking, the Office license appears much more expensive to me. Do I really want to pay $1000 (or more - Microsoft could obviously adjust their pricing at any time) in order to be able to use Office on my iPad for the next 10 years?