Office 2010 + Outlook for Home use - cheapest option?

Rikki

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As per topic title - want to go legit at home with my next build. So that means trading in that rather suspect Office 2003 installation and going for the proper stuff - only question is, whats the cheapest option?

I use Word and Excel at work and do bits and pieces myself at home. Ive tied OO and its **** compared to the real deal so not wanting to go there.

Main thing is I want to use Outlook at home as I dont like cloud email from a oops it got deleted / someone sniffed your password / cloud provider locked your account for alleged something or other. Is there a home version of that around thats cheaper than the one for business?

Mucho grassyass! :)
 
Rikki said:
Main thing is I want to use Outlook at home as I dont like cloud email from a oops it got deleted / someone sniffed your password / cloud provider locked your account for alleged something or other. Is there a home version of that around thats cheaper than the one for business?

Mucho grassyass! :)
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you know your email is still stored in the 'cloud' and your account can still get locked / hacked unless you have your own exchange server and the MX records for your domain point at it.. anyway...

are you or do you have a student in your house?
 
Its held in the cloud until I download it, once a day at night, better than having 10+ years of emails sitting on someone server somewhere with all the disadvantages I mentioned.
 
Your looking at Office "Home & business" to get outlook included, which is £239 (ouch). A cheaper way, but it is breaking the T&C's would be to get a technet subscription. You'll need to check what software is included in the base subscription level but £139 +vat) is still cheaper than £239.
 
If your company has a Enterprise Agreement for Microsoft software you can buy a copy of Office 2010 for your own use at home for £8.95 through the Home Use Program.
 
First of you say you dont like OO. Fair do's.

But I was going to say Libre Office. Thats all I need for my document processing needs.

Its the same thing as Microsoft Office just free.

As for email, Thunderbird.
 
In terms of promotional routes, you either need to work for a company with a HUP as mentioned above, or be some form of student in which case you are eligible for the educational copies.

If you don't fall into the above, then you just need to hunt around for the cheapest shop to be honest. Outlook is found in the higher end bundles, so consider getting a standard Home & Student edition and then Outlook separately. My only question would be do you really NEED Outlook? If you just need a basic mail client then Windows Mail and Thunderbird spring to mind, and they're both free.
 
Thanks for all the replies, I appreciate the help :)

I've got about 12 years worth of emails in my current Outlook system in a load of different nested folders fed from 5 different IMAP and POP accounts so Im not sure if that would migrate properly to another client, even a Microsoft one :S

I think the H&S Office bundle would be best as suggested and Ill speak to my work and see if there is an option to license outlook for the home too - if not then its looking like around 80 bucks for that on top.

I think Ill download Thunderbird though and check that out in the mean time and see how it deals with a backup copy of my PST's.

Thanks again everyone - love this forum!
 
I think you're being confused matey. Outlook connects via POP3/IMAP to email accounts, polls the server, downloads mail then removes downloaded materials from the server.
 
iDroid84 said:
Right, but there isn't anything up with cloud computing. Very slim chance of what you said in your first post.
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Did you read my first post?

I dont want 10+ years of emails, business, personal etc in the cloud where someone could shoulder surf my password, sniff it, keylog it etc and go raking through my life ...

I dont want downtime of some cloud server somewhere to cut me off from my email ...

I dont want to feel the wrath of a cloud company that deems me to be in contravention of their TOS and wipes out my account, along with all my emails that being in the cloud - I dont have a backup of...

Read this too : http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/technology/internet/frustration-fury-at-gmail-outage-1.1050057
 
derfderfley said:
Your looking at Office "Home & business" to get outlook included, which is £239 (ouch). A cheaper way, but it is breaking the T&C's would be to get a technet subscription. You'll need to check what software is included in the base subscription level but £139 +vat) is still cheaper than £239.
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The guy wants to go "legit" as he says in his very first post and you make the wonderful suggestion of a Technet subscription.

He might just as well send me £139+vat and I'll give him a copy of Office that is just as legitimate as doing things that way.

I'm sorry if the whole concept of paying for software goes against the morals of some people here.
If the OP wants Outlook then he could buy Office 2010 Home & Student for £89 and then Outlook 2010 for £90 - £179inc for everything he needs and legitimate.
 
stoofa said:
The guy wants to go "legit" as he says in his very first post and you make the wonderful suggestion of a Technet subscription.

He might just as well send me £139+vat and I'll give him a copy of Office that is just as legitimate as doing things that way.

I'm sorry if the whole concept of paying for software goes against the morals of some people here.
If the OP wants Outlook then he could buy Office 2010 Home & Student for £89 and then Outlook 2010 for £90 - £179inc for everything he needs and legitimate.
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And I also pointed out that it would be against the T&C's of the technet account.

I believe you left your high horse over there....
 
student in the family? There are student deals for Office 2010 Professional plus for under £40. The T&C's said that you can buy a licence from there and a family member can use it, at least I remember it saying that for Windows 7.

EDIT: actually it doesn't say that now, says the end licensee must be a student. But its a lifetime licence.
 
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Rikki said:
I dont want 10+ years of emails, business, personal etc in the cloud where someone could shoulder surf my password, sniff it, keylog it etc and go raking through my life ...
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If someone wanted to do that anyway they would.

I dont want downtime of some cloud server somewhere to cut me off from my email ...
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Any email providor could have downtime I have been with email from day one and I have never ever not been able to log into my email or get an attachment. Cloud computing is the way it's going to go, no doubts about it.
 
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