O/T best place to buy Microsoft Office?

[Cadiz Seagull]

Any suggestions gratefully received.

I've looked on Ebay, there seems to be a lot that come with a licence to load onto two computers. I thought it came with a licence for three, but maybe these have already been loaded onto one?

 

[The Large One]

For Mac or PC?

 

[Rangdo]

Does it have to be Microsoft?

Open Office is very good. And free (legitimately).

 

[tinx]

Indeed, unless you specifically need MS office, Open office is an excellent free alternative.

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

For a PC.

And yes it does need to be Microsoft Office. It's for business and we already use it in the office here but we can't load onto any more machines. I need a copy for my new laptop and then I would also load onto two new PC's when I open our next office.

 

[REDLAND]

Open Office is very good. And free (legitimately).

That is 100% correct, sir

 

[Scoffers]

Indeed, unless you specifically need MS office, Open office is an excellent free alternative.

Spot on, why pay? , OpenOffice is excellent

 

[Scoffers]

For a PC.

And yes it does need to be Microsoft Office. It's for business and we already use it in the office here but we can't load onto any more machines. I need a copy for my new laptop and then I would also load onto two new PC's when I open our next office.

But OpenOffice can open and save in Word and Excel format. Do yourself a favour and save your company £££s

 

[supaseagull]

Spot on, why pay? , OpenOffice is excellent

Can you open Lotus & Microsoft documents including Powerpoint, Excel & 123 docs with Open Office?

 

[Scoffers]

Can you open Lotus & Microsoft documents including Powerpoint, Excel & 123 docs with Open Office?

Affirmative Captain

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

The Grauniad doesn't seem too impressed with open office.

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,16376,1660763,00.html

I downloaded it a year or so to have a look and didn't get on with it. I can't remember why not and no doubt it was more about me and my patience than anything to do with OO.

To be honest, I can't be arsed to mess around with something new, I'd sooner stick to what I know and use elsewhere.

Yes I know Microsoft Office will cost but that is less of a consideration than convenience and having the same software on all our machines - I can get the VAT back and also offset the cost against tax.

But I'd still like to buy it as cheaply as I can but i want a kosher copy, not something off Ebay that has had one (possibly) careful owner!

 

[Scoffers]

The Grauniad doesn't seem too impressed with open office.

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,16376,1660763,00.html

I downloaded it a year or so to have a look and didn't get on with it. I can't remember why not and no doubt it was more about me and my patience than anything to do with OO.

To be honest, I can't be arsed to mess around with something new, I'd sooner stick to what I know and use elsewhere.

Yes I know Microsoft Office will cost but that is less of a consideration than convenience and having the same software on all our machines - I can get the VAT back and also offset the cost against tax.

But I'd still like to buy it as cheaply as I can but i want a kosher copy, not something off Ebay that has had one (possibly) careful owner!

It can be a bit fiddly initially because you're programmed to work the microsoft way, but if you can spend a little time on it, you'll save yourself a stack load!

 

[BUTTERBALL]

I bought mine on ebay and have no regrets. The genunie article, works perfectly and saved £££'s

 

[Woodchip]

If you buy it from www.dabs.com they do OEM versions (about 20% of SRP normally). You just need to buy some sort of interconnector at the same time to qualify for OEM editions.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Sell your PC and buy a Mac

 

[Cian]

Sell your PC and buy a Mac

And pay 4 times as much for Office as well as 2x as much for the machine (which is a PC, by the way)? Erm, that wouldn't be particularly sensible in this situation

 

[Watford d'oh]

take ya pick

http://thepiratebay.org/search/microsoft office/0/0/100,200,300,400,600

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

For a PC.

And yes it does need to be Microsoft Office. It's for business and we already use it in the office here but we can't load onto any more machines. I need a copy for my new laptop and then I would also load onto two new PC's when I open our next office.

Then it's a company expense that would cost you, personally, NADA, if you bought it proper-like in a shop. You could claim the money back and you'd be able to claim the VAT or Cadiz-equivalent back - as you doubtless know full well.

 

[adrian29uk]

And pay 4 times as much for Office as well as 2x as much for the machine (which is a PC, by the way)? Erm, that wouldn't be particularly sensible in this situation

Is their not a way now to run osx native on a pc, by buying near enough the same motherboard and processor found on a mac.

And yes you do pay 4 times as much. Apple really do rip people off. The Mac Pro Pro costs £1,700 how do they come to these prices?