Cost of MS Office?

[release213]

I am buying a new laptop and it appears that MS office is rarely ever included with laptops anymore. MS Office is probably the only software that I really need.

I'm most likely going to be on the new Windows 8. Where's a good/cheapest place to get MS Office and how much should I be prepared to spend for it?

 

[smakme7757]

If you use it a lot then it might be worth your while looking into Office Home Premium 365. It's subscription based which i don't like, but it's the cheapest way to get the latest version of the product. The sub gives you licenses for 5 PC's or Mac for $80 a year.

That gives you:
Word
Excel
Powerpoint
OneNote
Outlook
Publichser
Access

20GB Skydrive and some Skype credit.

I guess you could look on ebay for a 2nd hand copy of 2010, but who knows if it's legit or not...?

 

[Chrishuff1]

Why not open office? Does the same thing and free...

 

[Dahak]

Pretty much the pricing of office is locked like the pricing of windows but as smakem775 mentioned the cheapest would be office 365, but the down side is it subscription, so you have to pay for it every year, but the bonus is you can install it on 5 devices.

All versions of office 2013 will require a Microsoft(live id/outlook.com) account to activate as well

Or if you can get by with it you could use openoffice or libreoffice

 

[Charlie98]

MS Office also has different 'packages' if you will. Unless you need all those Office components, you can buy smaller versions... like Home/Student, which only has Word/Excel/PowerPoint/OneNote.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

I bought Office 2010 Home and Student last October for $159.49 from B & H Photo online. That was the cheapest I could find it for by $25 or so.

Microsoft SKU 79G-02144. Good for 3 PCs.

I did not want to get involved with a subscription or downloads and did not want any restrictions, so newer versions were out of the question.

I have no idea if it is still available at that price. It seemed to me at the time that the stocks of Office 2010 were drying up.

 

[Batmeat]

Office 2013 from my college. $10.00
Open Office - free
Libre Office - Free
Corel Word Perfect X6 - $50.00

If you're a student look to see if your school has a Microsoft agreement for cheap software. All the other options I listed have their own versions of the office suite and all are completely compatible

 

[Charlie98]

I did not want to get involved with a subscription or downloads and did not want any restrictions, so newer versions were out of the question.

I'm right there with you on that... which is why I'll stick with Office'10 until MS EOS's it.

 

[CA19100]

If someone in your house qualifies, the education deal on Office 365 is pretty awesome: 4 years, for two devices, for $80.