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Edited on Mon Sep-17-07 11:02 AM by Coyote_Bandit
I can buy a retail version of Office Home and Student for about $130 and add a retail version of Outlook for another $85. A total of about $215. That would include word, excel, powerpoint, onenote and outlook.
Meanwhile the retail vesion of the standard office package runs about $325 and includes word, excel, powerpoint and outlook. A retail version of onenote is another $85. There is also a cheaper ($60) retail version of Onenote 2007 that is designated as the home and student version. That makes the comparable non home and student package sell for over $400 - nearly double the cost of the home and student edition.
I figure there has to be something different between the packages and suspect the home and student version lacks some of the features of the full package. I have searched the microsoft sites but not found an answer to this question.
The OEM Office product that I was using on my old machine was only licensed for use on that particular machine. The retail product license permits installation on up to 3 machines simultaneously. Licensing rather than compatibility is the reason for the purchase.
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