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Dummies question re buying new laptop

  • 01-03-2020 05:14PM
    #1
    tuisginideach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,152 ✭✭✭


    I have worked from home on desktop up til now. Looking at buying a laptop but do I have to buy a new licence every year for Microsoft Office? With new desktop, it was a once-off buy.

    Curries offer is 'MICROSOFT Office 365 Home - 1 year for 6 users ' - other laptop users in the house already have it installed via 3rd level colleges, so I just need it for 1 new laptop.


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  • #2
    Talisman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,889 ✭✭✭Talisman


    Office 365 is a subscription model where you pay a monthly/annual subscription fee and always have access to the latest version of the product. The benefit of 365 is that it includes the mobile versions of the apps and 1TB/5TB of OneDrive cloud storage.

    You can still purchase versions of MS Office for a one-off fee, they just don't advertise it.

    Office Home and Student Edition is ~€150. It's a minimal version of the suite (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) that can be installed on a single computer.

    Office Home and Business Edition is ~€300. It's the suite without Outlook and can be installed on a single computer.


  • #3
    pah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,824 ✭✭✭pah


    I've bought codes from the likes of gamivo and kinguin for Windows 10 and for Office 2019 for a fraction of Microsoft's price, give them a look


  • #4
    tuisginideach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,152 ✭✭✭tuisginideach


    Thanks very much - bought my laptop and a once-off single user Office.


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