If Mac:Office 2014 requires a 99/yr subscription, I will continue to use Mac:Office 2011 until I no longer can. At that point, I will use Pages, OpenOffice, or MS Word web version within OneDrive.
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If Mac:Office 2014 requires a 99/yr subscription, I will continue to use Mac:Office 2011 until I no longer can. At that point, I will use Pages, OpenOffice, or MS Word web version within OneDrive.
I don't like subscriptions either, but it's way cheaper if you want to install on multiple devices. Plus you can upgrade to the latest version for free and there's 20 GB free cloud space.
For how long? Forever? The subscription may work for an enterprise customer, but for individual consumers? It's not a good deal.
Not if you want to install it on multiple devices and want to upgrade to the latest version for free. Do your math. (Keep in mind that, at least on Windows, Office 365 is the equivalent of Office Professional)
Of course if an individual consumer only uses it a few times per month he might be better off with iWork or the online Office.
i've never met a home user who paid attention to the one license one computer rule
And then you have the people who complain about those people, and OH GOD IT NEVER ENDS!
No, you can't convince me it's a better deal. Only an extreme minority would needs to have it on more than one Mac, and multiple iPads and need to have the latest version every time it comes out. It would be better for most people to just buy the desktop version and install it on how ever many Macs you need, and buy the iPad version, and then use those for several years before upgrading again. In this way, you would spend less money than paying $99/year for life.
You'll get an error message if you have only one license and try to active it on a 2nd computer/device.
You do how you want, but say you want Outlook in addition of Word, Excel and PowerPoint you'd have to buy the business version. That's $220 per Mac. Say you want to use it on just 2 Macs. (Remember you can install on 5 with Office 365!) That's $440 and how often does Microsoft release a new version? Every 3 years I believe: 440/3=147. $99/y is cheaper than $147 or isn't it? Even Home and Student on 3 Macs would cost $140/y if you'd like to always have the latest version.
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Well, theoretically it's illegal...
In practice, home users don't care or pay attention to that. And who buys and needs the latest version of Office every time it comes out? Hell even many enterprise customers don't do that.
So why do the people who buy one license, but use it on multiple devices do this illegal stuff instead of the other? And Office Business on 3 Macs still costs $110/y if you buy for 6 years if you skip one version.
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The 'free' section needs to be abolished. It is false advertising and simply used to con people into thinking something is free when it is not.
In the real world you can not do this, "here take this product it is free!" when you get home you have to pay $100!
Apple are obviously making a ton of cash from this so obviously they don't get about the devious nature of 'free' apps.
In the real world you can not do this, "here take this product it is free!" when you get home you have to pay $100!
Apple are obviously making a ton of cash from this so obviously they don't get about the devious nature of 'free' apps.
I wish you'd stop complaining about the people who are complaining about the people.
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So you think it's ok to go against the terms you agreed to and use the software on a second computer without paying, but Microsoft is robbing people by giving them what they pay for? Priceless.
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So that makes it legal?
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It is illegal.
And all the Freemium games
Hey shoot the zombies, but if you buy this extra gun for $xx then you can shoot them faster etc etc
Cancer of games
I wish you'd stop complaining about the people who are complaining about the people.
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So you think it's ok to go against the terms you agreed to and use the software on a second computer without paying, but Microsoft is robbing people by giving them what they pay for? Priceless.
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So that makes it legal?
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It is illegal.
Tell me you've never done it. I doubt it.
Who the hell needs Office on three Macs for personal use? You can come up with any kind of scenario, it doesn't mean it's a real world one. For the overwhelming majority of people, paying $99/yr for life is far more expensive. It's amazing you people are so willing to subscribe to software, and that's exactly what they want you to do, because it puts more money in their pocket. You become a never ending annual stream of revenue to them indefinitely. No way no how I will ever subscribe to software or ever find it a "value".
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You made the statement, not me.
I'd be willing to bet you're a liar.
I really dont see much value in the office ipad apps, owned without the the desktop application subscription. But I guess some do. OneNote is free--and its the most interesting app in Office.
It's isn't much different than digital rentals from iTunes, Amazon, etc. Or Spotify Premium, or any other digital rental model. As much as you are philosophically opposed to software rentals, I am that way about music. I buy my music I don't rent it. Go figure.
While I'm against subscription based sales, I took a closer look at my expenses in such a scenario.
$99/year isn't too much for businesses, self-employed or families with 1 kid or more. It's a great deal.
But I'm single, work for a mayor corporation that provides a pc with MS Office at my desk and while I don't open my MS Office a lot at home and almost never for work, I still need it from time to time being the industry standard.
So, if I only buy Mac:Office 2011 for $216 and let us say that you could buy MS Office for iPad at $20/piece (a resonable price) in combination that you use it for 3 years...
it would be (216 + (3x20))/3 = $92/year
Which is only $7 less and only on 1 Mac and let us say that you still get the 5 iPads option in the deal for arguiings sake. That's not really a big difference with the present $99/year subscription.
Now you can argue that skipping a version will bring the price down to $46/year, but the iPad version will maybe last in their present form for iOS 7, 8 and 9, but not for 10,11 and 12.
This would give you an additional cost of $60 after 3 years making your overal cost to $56/year for 6 years while rocking an outdated Mac:Office suit for 3 years.
Microsoft made a competitive pricing on their subscription based system.
I'm impressed!
$99/year isn't too much for businesses, self-employed or families with 1 kid or more. It's a great deal.
But I'm single, work for a mayor corporation that provides a pc with MS Office at my desk and while I don't open my MS Office a lot at home and almost never for work, I still need it from time to time being the industry standard.
So, if I only buy Mac:Office 2011 for $216 and let us say that you could buy MS Office for iPad at $20/piece (a resonable price) in combination that you use it for 3 years...
it would be (216 + (3x20))/3 = $92/year
Which is only $7 less and only on 1 Mac and let us say that you still get the 5 iPads option in the deal for arguiings sake. That's not really a big difference with the present $99/year subscription.
Now you can argue that skipping a version will bring the price down to $46/year, but the iPad version will maybe last in their present form for iOS 7, 8 and 9, but not for 10,11 and 12.
This would give you an additional cost of $60 after 3 years making your overal cost to $56/year for 6 years while rocking an outdated Mac:Office suit for 3 years.
Microsoft made a competitive pricing on their subscription based system.
I'm impressed!