Office 2016 for Mac Now Available as One-Time $150 Purchase

[MacRumors]

Microsoft has announced that Office 2016 for Mac is now available as a one-time $149.99 purchase without an Office 365 subscription. Office Home & Student 2016 includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote for home use on one Mac. Office 2016 for Mac requires OS X 10.10 or later.

The standalone version of Office 2016 for Mac features offline storage and 15GB of OneDrive cloud storage, but lacks Outlook, Publisher, Access, tablet and phone support, 60 minutes of Skype calling, instant updates and technical support included with the Office 365 version.

Office Home & Business 2016 for Mac is also available for $229.99 and includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Outlook on one Mac. Comparatively, subscription-based Office 365 Personal and Office 365 Home cost $69.99 per year and $99.99 per year respectively.

Office Home & Business 2016 for Windows is also now available through Office 365 for between $69.99 and $99.99 per year, or as a one-time $229.99 purchase. Office Professional 2016 for Windows is also available with Publisher and Access for $399.99. Windows 7 or later is required.

Article Link: Office 2016 for Mac Now Available as One-Time $150 Purchase

 

[macintologist]

I'm really glad they are moving to a hybrid model where the people who don't know how to budget and save can do the low cost monthly option, and those of us who know how to spend a little more in the present to save a lot over the long term can buy the one-time purchase option. Best for everyone. Adobe on the other hand is forcing everyone to subscribe to software.

 

[tomtendo]

No subscription. That's nice. But.... Google Apps is free and just as good.

 

[Nimrad]

When's the update for El Capitan coming? I'm having massive bug problems.

 

[Nimrad]

No subscription. That's nice. But.... Google Apps is free and just as good.

Google apps is faar from just as good. For very basic use, maybe, but I can't even do half of what I use excel for in google apps.

 

[0007776]

If I already have the previous version is there any really reason to upgrade? The only thing I can think of is this might end up being the last version available as a standalone purchase so it might be a good idea to keep compatibility with new OS's as long as possible, but I was wondering if anyone else who used it might know of other reasons to upgrade.

 

[sfwalter]

Microsoft's description is a little misleading as Access and Publisher don't run on the Mac.

 

[napabar]

Since when does Office for Mac have Access and Publisher?

 

[tomtendo]

Google apps is faar from just as good. For very basic use, maybe, but I can't even do half of what I use excel for in google apps.

Somewhat true, but it does 95% of what most users want. Sure, Excel can do more intense work, but let's be honest here... not many people need that.

 

[furi0usbee]

Adobe.... you reading this?

 

[neuropsychguy]

No subscription. That's nice. But.... Google Apps is free and just as good.

Maybe for what you need. I use Google Apps regularly but it's far inferior to Microsoft Office (especially Excel) for technical work.

 

[Nimrad]

If I already have the previous version is there any really reason to upgrade? The only thing I can think of is this might end up being the last version available as a standalone purchase so it might be a good idea to keep compatibility with new OS's as long as possible, but I was wondering if anyone else who used it might know of other reasons to upgrade.

Massive upgrade in excel. It now has the analysis tool pack(solver, etc.) which was not in excel for Mac before. If you only need it for basic stuff then you're upgrading for the looks. But, remember, 2011 is a long time ago. The new version will last you much longer and probably not going at a much lower price in the future.

 

[MTW]

I'm really glad they are moving to a hybrid model where the people who don't know how to budget and save can do the low cost monthly option, and those of us who know how to spend a little more in the present to save a lot over the long term can buy the one-time purchase option. Best for everyone. Adobe on the other hand is forcing everyone to subscribe to software.

This is an incredibly stupid post. You are ignoring that a newer/better version will be out next year. If you want to run out of date software, just pirate it....

Also, the tier that's '150' is missing a lot of functionality. You have to step up to $229 for the full package. Making even less sense, seeing as the next version will be out in a year's time.

There is merit to disliking subscription software, but 'know how to budget'/'more in the present, save in long term' is nonsense.

 

[tomtendo]

Maybe for what you need. I use Google Apps regularly but it's far inferior to Microsoft Office (especially Excel) for technical work.

And like I already shared with another user, that's true, but 95% of people do not need the power of excel.

 

[firedept]

One time cost is the best thing! Yahoo! Nice to see it has finally arrived. Little costly (price you pay for all the work they do and far better than subscription) and overdue, but I will have to update to it sooner or later. Will be nice to see what they have done to it.

 

[AtheistP3ace]

I hope this means its available on MSDN. I shall check!!

 

[Apple_Robert]

Nice to see it has finally arrived. Little costly (price you pay for all the work they do) and overdue, but I will have to update to it sooner or later. Will be nice to see what they have done to it.

I agree about it being pricey. In my opinion, $125.00 would be better.

 

[vreedy76]

Microsoft's description is a little misleading as Access and Publisher don't run on the Mac.

I wish Visio and project ran on the mac as well. I would have zero need for a windows machine if that were the case.

 

[AtheistP3ace]

And thats a big fat resounding no on the MSDN front people. Blarg.

 

[ugahairydawgs]

No subscription. That's nice. But.... Google Apps is free.

Fixed it for you.

The free stuff that you get with Google Apps may be sufficient for many people, but it's not even close to being just as good.

There's a difference.

 

[mattopotamus]

I'm really glad they are moving to a hybrid model where the people who don't know how to budget and save can do the low cost monthly option, and those of us who know how to spend a little more in the present to save a lot over the long term can buy the one-time purchase option. Best for everyone. Adobe on the other hand is forcing everyone to subscribe to software.

The only reason I prefer the subscription service is I never have to "buy" office again. It seems like they are updating the suite often. Why buy office 2016 just to have to buy office 2017 or 2018. I personally would rather pay $7 a month and always have the new version

 

[gnurf]

It's been so long since the last version that they don't even offer upgrade options :/

 

[AtheistP3ace]

This is an incredibly stupid post. You are ignoring that a newer/better version will be out next year. If you want to run out of date software, just pirate it....

Also, the tier that's '150' is missing a lot of functionality. You have to step up to $229 for the full package. Making even less sense, seeing as the next version will be out in a year's time.

There is merit to disliking subscription software, but 'know how to budget'/'more in the present, save in long term' is nonsense.

Not that I agree with the original poster but Microsoft does not seem to release yearly versions of office on Mac. Unless they have commented that this is something they are going to change.

 

[MTW]

Not that I agree with the original poster but Microsoft does not seem to release yearly versions of office on Mac. Unless they have commented that this is something they are going to change.

That changes with Office 2016. Office now gets refreshed yearly on both PC and Mac. It has previously been announced.

 

[KdParker]

No subscription. That's nice. But.... Google Apps is free and just as good.

Not just google docs. There is so much freeware that does the same thing, that I can't justify the price personally.