|
I'm looking for goon opinions on what I should be getting, I recently did a fresh reformat/install and realized afterwards that my Office 2013(?) was a student version bought years ago with my old student email and as a result I have no way to re-download it. I need Word, Excel, Powerpoint for sure. I am debating doing a small amount of online e-book publishing and wonder if Publisher would be useful for that? My wife does all of her stuff on a Mac and for her needs pretty well gets by with Google Docs. But would the 5 user 365 license be perhaps useful? Mainly my question on this is does the 1TB of OneDrive storage have to be exclusively MS office file formats or can you use it like a dropbox type storage solution? What positives does 365 have that I am missing? Why should I go with regular office? Currently I'm looking at: $69.99/year for the 1 person, 365 plan. $99.99/year for the 5 person, 365 plan. $130.99 one time cost for standalone MS Office on Amazon. Leaning towards just buying the standalone.
|
#
?
Sep 23, 2016 00:51
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 20, 2024 00:06 |
|
|
Just get the stand alone. Unless you actively and aggressively use office (few do in a home environment) or have a few kids that need office to do homework on just get the perpetual. At least the Serial number will be linked to your email address going forward.
|
|
#
?
Sep 23, 2016 00:54
|
|
|
only positive is you get all the extra "professional" programs, Outlook, etc If you need word, excel, and PP, just get perpetual non subscription. redeyes fucked around with this message at 02:19 on Sep 23, 2016 |
|
#
?
Sep 23, 2016 02:00
|
|
|
Totally TWISTED posted:I'm looking for goon opinions on what I should be getting, I recently did a fresh reformat/install and realized afterwards that my Office 2013(?) was a student version bought years ago with my old student email and as a result I have no way to re-download it. Buy the subscription, you can generally find it for cheaper for the Office 365 Home version on eBay. That subscription gets you and your wife the up to date current version of office, you each get 1TB of OneDrive storage, which yes, is like dropbox. The Office 365 version will always get new features first and always be up to date. The perpetual version is a point in time copy that will likely only ever get security updates.
|
|
#
?
Sep 23, 2016 04:16
|
|
|
Thanks for the opinions I will be checking out ebay to see what sort of pricing I can find and if that also translates to renewal pricing. Also will chat with the wife about how much she would benefit (or not) from having access to the office suite on her comp.
|
|
#
?
Sep 24, 2016 01:33
|
|
|
Totally TWISTED posted:Thanks for the opinions I will be checking out ebay to see what sort of pricing I can find and if that also translates to renewal pricing. Also will chat with the wife about how much she would benefit (or not) from having access to the office suite on her comp. If you find a good deal you can stack subscriptions out for at least 3 years as well. I end up using the licensing for other folks like mother in law, etc who benefits from cloud storage space for photo backups, etc. as well as the occasional office use.
|
|
#
?
Sep 24, 2016 02:04
|
|
|
I've been getting my 365 subscription through ebay for a couple of years now, both times I paid $25 for a year of Personal.
|
|
#
?
Sep 24, 2016 02:35
|
|
|
I see eBay auctions offering Office 365 Home, but the catch is you have to use a new account the seller provides and it's a "lifetime" subscription. So how exactly does this shady sale work?
|
|
#
?
Sep 24, 2016 04:02
|
|
|
PUBLIC TOILET posted:I see eBay auctions offering Office 365 Home, but the catch is you have to use a new account the seller provides and it's a "lifetime" subscription. So how exactly does this shady sale work? They are selling Volume license keys. No Bueno.
|
|
#
?
Sep 24, 2016 18:11
|
|
|
Ended up spending $33.95 for a one year personal subscription from ebay. My family members for various reasons had no interest at this time so no reason to get the 5 slots version. Decided that the cost differential between the sub and standalone was worth trying this for a year and then deciding if I want to keep subbing or by standalone while only being out $34.
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2016 23:34
|
|
|
I regret my 365 purchase. Even though it was only $34 for a year, I don't need 1TB of storage, and using it as a primary backup is really annoying because of how slow OneDrive is. I won't be renewing next year and will just buy 2016.
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2016 17:26
|
|
|
Honestly, I'd say just buy the standalone. It'll last you quite a while, and unless you actually use programs like access, or outlook there is absolutely no need for anything beyond Home and Student.
|
|
#
?
Dec 12, 2016 02:37
|
|
|
I'm still using Office 2010 standalone, for example. I hae absolutely no compelling reason to upgrade despite the fact that I believe I can get 2016 for either $15 or free through work. Even at free, I literally cannot be bothered upgrading something that doesn't bring me any significant benefits for my home use.
|
|
#
?
Jan 29, 2017 04:57
|
|
|
Related problem: There's a chance that I may soon be leaving my current job for a new one. Our workplace has Office 365, which allows us to download and install Office 2016 to about 3 computers. I don't know if the new job offers free access to Office 2016 or not, but I'd like to keep it if possible either way. My backup images of my hard drive has Office 2016 installed, so installing it again isn't a problem. But will Office 2016 know that I've been terminated and thus automatically terminate my usage of Office? And if so, what can I do to circumvent that?
|
|
#
?
Mar 10, 2017 19:20
|
|
|
Do you need all the apps it comes with for 5 pc's? if no just buy it standalone. Or use libreoffice if you dont need outlook or 100% compatibility.
|
|
#
?
Mar 10, 2017 19:51
|
|
|
Syntax Erin posted:Related problem: Yes it will know and it requires check in every 30 days. An Office 365 personal subscription (1 year, 1 pc) is about 40 bucks on ebay, the 5 PC option is usually around 70.
|
|
#
?
Mar 10, 2017 19:58
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 20, 2024 00:06 |
|
|
Maneki Neko posted:Yes it will know and it requires check in every 30 days. An Office 365 personal subscription (1 year, 1 pc) is about 40 bucks on ebay, the 5 PC option is usually around 70. Awww they foiled my clever plan to install it on an old laptop and never let it go online again. LibreOffice it is, then. 
|
|
#
?
Mar 10, 2017 23:09
|
|