Hopefully this version comes back to the Microsoft Home Use Program. I've used that through my employer to get standalone versions of Office 2004, 2008, 2011, and 2016. All for $10 each time. Still using 2016 on my Macs at home, works fine.
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New Version of Microsoft Office Coming Next Year That Won't Require a Subscription
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It sounds to me like you’re forming your opinions based on what Office 95-2003 looked like.
You can be sure the next version will be the same. In any case, Microsoft currently sells a standalone version of Outlook which is all that’s missing from the non-subscription version of Office for Home and Student.
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While superficial Mac users complain about color themes and ugly icons in Office, Microsoft will point to their postings as "proof" that Mac users don't care about feature parity with Windows versions of Office, so it's ok to continue releasing crippled versions of Office applications for Mac.
When I needed to use these newer µ$-office apps, I was shocked that there's no option to have local auto-save.
I still use also an old mbp, that has 10.11 and oneCloud does not work with it anymore, so there's no auto-save, which was there about 30 years!
Also with big files and sometimes slow internet connection mandatory saving to cloud is cumbersome.
I really don't understand why people accept this...
I still use also an old mbp, that has 10.11 and oneCloud does not work with it anymore, so there's no auto-save, which was there about 30 years!
Also with big files and sometimes slow internet connection mandatory saving to cloud is cumbersome.
I really don't understand why people accept this...
I recently got the education version of Mac Office 2019 and it installed a copy of Outlook on my Mac.
Office 2019 won’t be native to ASi.
Look on Microsoft’s website yourself. A Subscription license offer more features and collaboration compared to a Perpetual license.
You do realise you could’ve bought a perpetual license, just like the last 30 years?
I am against rent-a-software but when it comes to these mega ones its worth it.
1)Subscription gives you the app on any platform, purchasing is tied to a single platform.
2)Unlike an e-mail app, these huge programs cost a ton and I won't be surprised if Office costs $200-300 so subscription is like buy it on installment but you always get the latest and not stuck with old software.
3)In this age old software doesn't work, OS developers have almost a rolling release and with every release you need to update the software. Its not like you buy Windows 98 and Office 98 will forever work on it until XP is released.
1)Subscription gives you the app on any platform, purchasing is tied to a single platform.
2)Unlike an e-mail app, these huge programs cost a ton and I won't be surprised if Office costs $200-300 so subscription is like buy it on installment but you always get the latest and not stuck with old software.
3)In this age old software doesn't work, OS developers have almost a rolling release and with every release you need to update the software. Its not like you buy Windows 98 and Office 98 will forever work on it until XP is released.
I don't think it's an accident on Microsoft's part that so many people are getting away with selling "lifetime Office 365" and Windows to consumers on the likes of eBay for just a few dollars a pop. It's only on the enterprise side where they are strict on protecting revenue.
To further expand up 3# - on occasion, OS updates nerf some functionality of the MS Office suite. With M365, you can count on a fix coming in a matter of days, if not proactively ahead of time. When I used the perpetual licenses, they sometimes never got patched.
The thing with iCloud is that you are paying Apple for storage on their servers which they maintain. Photoshop and Office are software that will work forever (without their DRM, obviously)
Microsoft 365 also includes OneDrive cloud storage. If a user has a need for Office apps and cloud storage, the subscription is actually a pretty good deal.
Kudos to Microsoft for keeping with the perpetual license mode. I honestly don't believe they will ever abandon it just because they reach an entirely different segment of consumers (mainly businesses that can approve a tech budget one year but "slim down" the next). They're also big enough so they can withstand the time delay in payments, assuming everyone upgrades eventually.
Never again will I be sucker punched by Microsoft... I bought Office a few years ago. I did an OS upgrade and the Office needed to be reinstalled. I have the damn install CD and a serial number but the installer still needed access to a Microsoft server which they had shut down. So I called their 800 phone number and just got a recorded message that you are no longer supported.
Microsoft will next year offer a new perpetual release of Microsoft Office for Mac and Windows that doesn't require a subscription to use, according to the software giant (via Windows Central).
"Microsoft Office will also see a new perpetual release for both Windows and Mac, in the second half of 2021," said Microsoft in a blog post announcing the next version of its Exchange server, confirming that a new version of Office available as a one-time payment purchase is coming next year.
In recent years, the company has pushed its subscription-based Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) bundle as a way to get access to its productivity suite, which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, as well as servers such as Exchange, SharePoint, and Skype for Business.
Some of these apps can be used free online with a Microsoft account, but users can't install them on their computer, like they'd be able to with a Microsoft 365 subscription.
The growing tendency for software to be offered on a subscription basis had left many users concerned that Office 2019 would be the last perpetual release available for a one-off payment, but today's development should allay those fears.
Microsoft has yet to share any other details on the next perpetual release of Microsoft Office for Mac, so we don't yet know the price or the exact date of release in 2021.
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I hope they start letting people cherry pick apps again too. Recent versions are all or nothing.
If I can do all the basic things within their apps, it wouldn't bother me personally - more advanced features (which I don't use), could easily justify the added monthly subscription.