Ramblings, opinions, and general meanderings from the Deep South

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

New Microsoft Office Version Launch

Office 2010 goes on sale today. The retail box of Office 2010 Professional will be priced at $499.00. If you download it from Microsoft it's $349.00. Quite a savings don't you think? The Student version will be $149.00 for the retail software and $119.00 for the same when downloaded.

They are launching the online web apps, etc., too. Here's the catch - you have to have a Windows Live ID. Sorry, I'll stick with Open Office and Google Docs. Just don't want any Hotmail or Windows Messenger on my computer. That's part of the Windows Live experience. I despise both Hotmail and Messenger. Worrisome apps that will pester the hell out of you. Opinions? Let me hear from you if they've changed, etc. EDIT: New info about this subject please read the comments for this post.

Comments are welcome!

"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."
~James Dean

3 comments:

Ashby Rhett culpepper Jr. III Esq. said...

I have live and office Live and it isn't obtrusive at all............
Only comes up when I want it to...

Dock said...

After a phone discussion Ashby briefed me that Live is a much better format than when it first appeared. Thanks for the info.

Mudslingr said...

I had to create a Windows Live ID to download a trail of Office 2007 because a the owner of the pc had the product key but not the CD. I have not noticed anything on my pc since I did that. I do get the occasional info email, but I just click delete.