Hi Neil Thanks a lot for this. I hadn’t thought about family subscriptions or getting them through Officeworks. They offer a good price if there is more than one of you.
I also forgot that you get the iOS, Android and Windows versions as well. Thank you. Adam > On 17 Jun 2020, at 1:32 pm, Neil Houghton <n...@possumology.com> wrote: > > Hi Adam, > > Yes, I use Outlook – not because I actually have any problem with Apple Mail > but more because I have stuck with Entourage & then Outlook since the days > when Apple Mail wasn’t as good an option. Mainly though, back in the day, I > used email much more at work than at home - and work was generally MS based. > > I also got very familiar with setting up various email rules – POP rules, > IMAP rules, server-side rules to direct emails from (at times) up to around > 15 different email accounts into various relevant folders. I have less email > accounts to worry about now - but still use rules a lot. Now, no doubt, Apple > Mail would let me achieve all the same things – but I have decades of > experience with the Entourage/Outlook methods – and plenty off learning > curves to ascend as it is, I don’t need to add any more without sufficient > reason! > > Another plus - recently Georgie decided to replace her (very) old iPhone with > an Android phone – setting up Outlook on the Android phone was pretty much > just the same as on IOS. > > > As I recently posted, I finally moved to the subscription model for Office > and, regarding the cost, I would also note that my Office 365 subscription > covers up to 6 people and up to 6 TB of cloud storage (1 TB per person) – > whereas if you want more than 5GB/person of iCloud storage you have to pay > for it and if you need more than 200Gb you have to jump to $15/person to get > 2TB each. We only actually use 2 of the 6 – but it still seems OK to me - > also, don’t forget, you can pretty much always find Office 365 subscriptions > cheaper than the standard MS price (I generally use Officeworks). > > However, as with all these things, it really depends on what features you > want/need, how you intend to use them and across what spread of > users/devices/operating systems – what works best for me may well be > different to the best solution for other folks – despite marketing department > hopes/assumptions, I doubt there is such a thing as the mythical “typical > user” but even if this mythical creature exists, it sure ain’t me!! > > > Cheers > > > > Neil > > > > > From: <wamug.org.au-wamug-boun...@lists.wamug.org.au > <mailto:wamug.org.au-wamug-boun...@lists.wamug.org.au>> on behalf of Adam > Lippiatt <adam.lippi...@me.com <mailto:adam.lippi...@me.com>> > Reply-To: <wamug@wamug.org.au <mailto:wamug@wamug.org.au>> > Date: Wednesday, 17 June 2020 at 10:49 > To: <wamug@wamug.org.au <mailto:wamug@wamug.org.au>> > Subject: Re: Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac > > Great price! I have been using Office 365 for a number of years now and I am > not sure of the value of that at $99 per year. I know at that price it > includes Outlook, but I never use it. > > [Does anyone use Outlook because, for instance, it is so much better than > Apple Mail?] > > Thanks > > Adam > > > > _____________________ > Adam Lippiatt > adam.lippi...@me.com <mailto:adam.lippi...@me.com> > 0402 301 706 > > >> On 17 Jun 2020, at 9:49 am, Stephen Chape <chap...@bigpond.com >> <mailto:chap...@bigpond.com>> wrote: >> >> Yes it is Peter. >> >> But my apologies .. it was MS Office 2019 I got for that price. >> I put the wrong year in my header. >> >> I was running 2016 which is also 64 bit. >> But my daughter’s new iMac would no longer run her 2011 MS Office. >> So I got MS Office 2019 and passed my 2016 on to her. >> >> >>> On 17 Jun 2020, at 9:15 am, Peter Curtis <pe...@augold.com.au >>> <mailto:pe...@augold.com.au>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi >>> Is that a 64bit program? >>> Kind regards >>> Peter >>> >>> >>>> On 16 Jun 2020, at 5:36 pm, Stephen Chape <chap...@bigpond.com >>>> <mailto:chap...@bigpond.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi folks. >>>> >>>> Just wanted to let you know that I got a great deal online from Software >>>> Depot for the above. >>>> It cost AU$124.99 and includes a valid Software KEY. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Stephen Chape >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >>>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >>>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> >> >> >> >> Regards, >> Stephen Chape >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - Guidelines - > Settings & Unsubscribe - > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>>
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