Comments on: Mac Users can Enjoy Home & Student Edition of Office Too

By: Chris K

Chris K — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:51:26 +0000

Yeah, while it’s old news, the bigger deal is that when you go to buy a Mac at the Apple Store and ask for Office, the good sales reps *ask* if you’re going to connect to an Exchange server. If the answer is no, they push you to the cheaper SKU.

They’re actually pretty well-informed, and probably know full well that money you save on Office is money spent on accessories/more RAM/Apple’s own software.

By: Vinny

Vinny — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:58:25 +0000

Just a piece of fair warning: Entourage doesn’t connect to Exchange in the Home Edition and it’s not Automator-scriptable, meaning if you want either of those features you have to throw down for the Standard version which is a bit more expensive and only includes one license.

By: Rick Lobrecht

Rick Lobrecht — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:55:44 +0000

The Windows version does not include Outlook. The Mac version does not have scripting support, and the version of Entourage included won’t connect to Exchange.

By: Rick Huizinga

Rick Huizinga — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:05:16 +0000

I wish the Home and Student edition would allow each of the three installs to be on a Mac OR PC for those of us with both platforms in our homes.

By: Alex Whiteside

Alex Whiteside — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:46:13 +0000

People often forget that the other Office licences let you install it on a “mobile PC” as well. So they will quite happily activate on two different machines, with the proviso that if MS finds out you’re not using it on a mobile machine or two different people are using it, they can pull the plug. I keep Office Ultimate on my desktop and my laptop this way.