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    Microsoft office question

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by xDC, Jun 27, 2010.

  1. xDC

    xDC Notebook Enthusiast

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    I received a free copy of office home and student for Mac 2008 when I purchased my Macbook pro. (june 16 2010).

    1. Will I get a free upgrade to office 2011 when its released?

    2. I got an offer for 160$, should I sell it?

    Thanks, xDC
     
    xDC, Jun 27, 2010
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  2. dbam987

    dbam987 wicked-poster

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    If you got Office for free, don't sell it. It's an amazing piece of office productivity. It'll be worth more to you that way.
     
    dbam987, Jun 27, 2010
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  3. xDC

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    Im asking if i should sell it and wait for office 2011, because I wont have any use of it until I go back to college
     
    xDC, Jun 27, 2010
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    chris2k5 Notebook Consultant

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    I say sell it. There are free alternatives you can get in the mean time.
     
    chris2k5, Jun 27, 2010
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  5. xDC

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    Im currently using iWork because im not in school, is office 2011 going to be released before september?
     
    xDC, Jun 27, 2010
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  6. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I think the "official" techie recommendation is to stick with your current version of Office unless there is a feature in 2010 that you just have to have.

    Stick with what you got. Just going on the reasoning that 2011 > 2008 does not make sense.
     
    Greg, Jun 27, 2010
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  7. xDC

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    I just heard bad things about office 2008 being really buggy? Is this true
     
    xDC, Jun 27, 2010
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    ifti Undiscovered

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    I use Office 2008 with no problems at all.
    I havent read up on 2011 yet, but if the updates are nothing major, I may just stick with 2008 for now - because it just works!
     
    ifti, Jun 27, 2010
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  9. ilomse

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    why insisting on getting the 2011 when you already have Office 2008, and why do u think 2011 will make a dramatic difference over 2008 in you daily computing task??

    the only thing in 2011 that is attracting to me is the macro support in excel...
    i say sell the office 2008 and use iwork
     
    ilomse, Jun 28, 2010
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  10. ilomse

    ilomse Notebook Guru

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    plus if you are a student you can get office product @ discount price, so sell you office 2008 for $160 is a no brainer
     
    ilomse, Jun 28, 2010
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