Hi Neil I knew I'd seen it somewhere else earlier, and couldn't find the link,... That article you linked actually says only two versions, whereas the one I read lists three,.. <http://www.macrumors.com/2010/08/02/microsoft-to-release-office-for-mac-201 1-in-late-october/>
---part quote--- Editions and pricing include: - Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Student 2011: Includes Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Messenger and is priced at $119 for a single install or $149 for a Family Pack allowing up to three installs in a single household. - Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Business 2011: Includes Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Messenger and is priced at $199 for a single install or $279 for a Multi-Pack that allows a user to install Office on two of their Macs. - Microsoft Office for Mac Academic 2011: Includes Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Messenger and is available for higher education students, staff, and faculty, with a single install priced at $99. This academic version may only be purchased from authorized academic stores or direct from Microsoft. ---end quote--- All pricing is US$ of course. But it lists the cheapest version for students which does indeed have Outlook. Perhaps only because it's going to have "limited availability" the other article didn't list it. But yes, as in good Microsoft tradition,..lets make things confusing,.. Customer:- "Hi, I'd like Microsoft Office Home Edition please" Salesperson - "Certainly,..here it is here" *Pay, go home and install, No Outlook. Go back" Customer:- "Oh,..where's my Outlook, it didn't install?" Salesperson - "Oh,...you didn't want Office Home Edition,..you wanted Office HOME Edition" :o) Obviously they think some "Home and Students" don't do email? Either that, or they're just saying,.you have a Mac,..use Mail.app. Kind Regards Daniel On 5/8/10 3:36 PM, "Neil Houghton" <n...@possumology.com> wrote: > > Hmmm > > It's not all good though: > > - They have dropped Entourage from the home and student edition - if you > want/need an MS mail client you need the more expensive Home & business > edition (which includes Outlook) > > - BUT, I think the article is wrong regarding the installs numbers - whilst > the top price home and student edition does include 3 installs, the top > priced Home & business edition only covers 2 installs not 3. > > - MS have changed the installs enforcement - it used to be that this was > only done on a network connection basis - you could actually install the > software on as many of your computers as you wanted, it was only when 2 or > more were connected to a network simultaneously that it checked that they > were using different licences and otherwise shut you down on a duplicated > licence. Now the have moved to an activation process - as used for Windows - > with all of the hasssle involved if you change computers and need to > re-activate the new computer/hardware set-up. > > > Bugger! > > > Cheers > > > Neil --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
