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So the last version of Office which Im using is Office 2010, which has done me very well.

However I can see the new version of Office (365) Am I right in understanding the business model for Office is now subscription based?

Is there no free version for example? Or an offline "one off payment" version?
 
I see I thought 2013 was mac only.
But the latest version is the sub based one? Is this the business model which Microsoft are now using for the latest version of office?
 
both office 2013 and 365 were released around the same time, both are considered the lastest, its possible that 365 was introduced help combat piracy as the £8 or so per month looks more viable to people than the £100 one off payment
 
Cavallino said:
So the last version of Office which Im using is Office 2010, which has done me very well.

However I can see the new version of Office (365) Am I right in understanding the business model for Office is now subscription based?

Is there no free version for example? Or an offline "one off payment" version?
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I'm still using 2010, does everything I'll ever need it to do....

As to free versions of office, you've kind of got that in (online) outlook/hotmail/onedrive as it has the online word/excel etc.
 
THe office 365 package is the same at present as office 2013. When they release office 2014, (for example) then office 365 subscribers get that. Basically, as long as you keep paying the monthly fee, you get the latest and greatest edition of office. Stop paying, and you have to stop using it.

Office 2013 is available as a one time only payment option still.

However, for £8 a month, you get the package that would cost you £390 as a one time buy. And for the £8 a month you get five licenses. And you can pay £80 for a year, so it would take nearly 5 years for the one time purchase to be the cheaper option. If you use all 5 licenses, your 5 year cost is £400 for office 365 or £1950 for outright purchase.

I am a student, so have the 365 student version. Full suite, 2 licenses, 4 years, £60.

If 2010 still works for you, I'd stick with it for now TBH. The biggest upgrade for me is that Onenote 2013 works really well with onedrive and syncs across my desktop, laptop and phone beautifully now.
 
Understood folks. Now its all clear. Thanks very much.


I have the Office 2010 Professional edition (Academic edition I think it is), for when I was doing my MBA. Think I will continue to use that as it really is a fabulous suite and cant envisage how much more improvements there are in the newer office revisions.
 
Office 2013 vs 2010 is similar to 2010 vs 2007. There are lots of incremental features a that make it nicer to use but no killer features that people "must have". The colour scheme in 2013 takes a bit of getting used to but otherwise doesn't change any of the functionality.
 
Most Companies work on a buy one skip one approach - i.e. If they have Office 2003 then they wouldn't have bothered buying 2007 as not enough improvement but 2010 is a big enough change to justify the cost.

I did the same personally - I had Office 2007 but have now splashed out on 2013. I did consider 365 but would rather not have an ongoing cost.
 
nutcase_1uk said:
Most Companies work on a buy one skip one approach - i.e. If they have Office 2003 then they wouldn't have bothered buying 2007 as not enough improvement but 2010 is a big enough change to justify the cost.

I did the same personally - I had Office 2007 but have now splashed out on 2013. I did consider 365 but would rather not have an ongoing cost.
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I was the same, running 2007 previously. I also needed to buy something when I got my laptop. The £60 for 4 years deal was just too good to turn down. I suspect having multiple PC's, even further down the line I'll go with the subscription approach.
 
I'd also like to mention that Office 365 isn't just a subscription for the desktop versions of Office. I have an Office 365 subscription but I don't get the desktop apps. I do get hosted Exchange, Sharepoint, Lync and OneDrive though.
 
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