Re: Can I upgrade MS Office Basic?

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From: Beth Melton (bmelton_at_NoSpam4Memvps.org)
Date: 12/29/04


Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 11:03:02 -0600

That's one of the best suggestions I've read. ;-)

OEM installations aren't worth the reduced price. Although you *do*
get what you paid for!

The Student and Teacher's Edition of Office is the best package to buy
and it's probably about the same cost as an OEM version.

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"Chuck Davis" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:11e401c4ed5a$c66f29b0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Suggestion. Tell Dell to keep the Basic. It will cost a bid
> more, buy the Full version of the product that you want at
> a local retail store. You will then have Microsoft product
> support. You can later move it to another computer. You
> can't move an OEM version (i.e. installed by Dell) as the
> EULA states that it is forever tied to the computer that it
> was originally installed on. 


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