Vista compatable microsoft office?

jmc160

fox2319 wrote: »

Contrary to what mrms says, registered students ()or those with a .ac.uk address anyway) can get a legal copy for under £40 from http://www.theultimatesteal.co.uk/

Cheers

Jeff

Wasn't there another site where you could get a really good price without having to have a .ac.uk email address?

mrms

fox2319 wrote: »

Contrary to what mrms says, registered students ()or those with a .ac.uk address anyway) can get a legal copy for under £40 from http://www.theultimatesteal.co.uk/

Cheers

Jeff

You're still downloading a trial, you're just buying a license and activating it fully.

Plus that site is hosted my Microsoft, so I'm still right! :T

superscaper

jmc160 wrote: »

Wasn't there another site where you could get a really good price without having to have a .ac.uk email address?

http://www.software4students.co.uk/

Still have to be a student but can be at school etc, just see the FAQ.

robt_2

mrms wrote: »

Also, Microsoft office is only available as single licensed software, meaning it can be installed on one computer only, unless it is site licensed, which is extremely expensive and comes with a volume license key.

Are you sure about that?

superscaper

robt wrote: »

Are you sure about that?

Yeah I thought the home and student edition came with 3 licenses. And even a single license allows you to install on a computer and a laptop.

mrms

superscaper wrote: »

Yeah I thought the home and student edition came with 3 licenses. And even a single license allows you to install on a computer and a laptop.

You're absolutely right. Sorry about that! I deal with volume licensed software at work so I don't really get to see things like Home & Student Edition.

I'll edit my other post so as not to mislead.

hubris

Riq wrote: »

2003 is okay with Vista as I am using it now.

If you have a student in your family you can get the Ultimate Edition (£500 worth or something equally shocking) for about £40.

Is it 'worth' ~£500? If so, that's only because people are willing to pay that price. A few years ago, I bought the student edition of Microsoft Office for about £100, a few months before I was due to graduate. The licensing meant that I would have to pay for the full version after that. I immediately returned it, and used OpenOffice ( www.openoffice.org ) since. OpenOffice has no licensing restrictions, you can install on as many machines as you want, is cross platform, and you can also run it off a USB key http://portableapps.com , so I'm sure any person at School/University/Anybody with a flash memory device can have it.

Think how many millions in tax/education/university fees could be saved if Schools/Universities/Hospitals/Government used OpenOffice. See http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7409

superscaper

hubris wrote: »

Is it 'worth' ~£500? If so, that's only because people are willing to pay that price. A few years ago, I bought the student edition of Microsoft Office for about £100,

Not the same thing. The deal Riq mentioned is the full retail license and can be used perpetually after you stop being a student. It's not a student license but the "proper" retail Ultimate license sold at a discount for students. And Office 2007 is much better than Open Office IMHO anyway. I do use OO as a portable version on my flash drive and while it is decent it's only as good as Office 2003. And of course it doesn't include equivalents to Publisher, Outlook and Onenote.

gillianandterry

jem170884 wrote: »

I have just got a new PC which has vista but doesn't have microsoft office, is office 2003 compatable or do I need to buy 2007?

Also I have looked aroung and 2007 is over £100! But I have found a site which is selling office 2007 for £39.99, but is downloadable, no actual disk! Am I right to weary? Has anyone else used this site? Would anyone not use this site?? Please Help!!!

yes its compatable i have installed it on my laptop and it runs ok

isofa

fox2319 wrote: »

Contrary to what mrms says, registered students ()or those with a .ac.uk address anyway) can get a legal copy for under £40 from http://www.theultimatesteal.co.uk/

This is a Microsoft run site too, hosted by a partner company. MS only allows download purchasing from sites it runs or owns.

All details of the Microsoft cheap student/home deals are covered on it's own website.

Very good deal if you are a student.

Else if you are a home user, try the Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student Edition (complete with a 3 User Licence) from Amazon at £80 inc. P+P.

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