Re: What's the best way to buy the same version of Office for 3 'puter
- From: "Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)" <mike.hall.mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 18:32:27 -0400
Harlan
You should come here more often.. not much gets passed you, eh..
However, you are mixing and matching Works Suite, XP 2002, and 2003.. the OP
wants all installations to be the same version, so what you should have done
was asked if.......
....... the OP has a Full retail version of Office 2003, because if that is
the case, it should be replacing the desktop that has the trial version of
Word (which should be removed before the thirty days are up.. I have heard
that trial MS software can be something of a trial to remove)..
Now the next part involves subterfuge on the part of either the OP or the
store.. somehow, the OP must pretend to be a teacher or student, assuming of
course that the OP isn't either one of these, or have a friend that is
either who can then go to the University/College store and buy Office STE
legally.. this is then installed on the desktop and laptop because teachers
and students are allowed to do that..
If you think about it, it fits the bill a little better than having 2002 on
one machine (but imagining it to be 2003), and Works on the other desktop
(you would have a tough time imagining that this was Office 2003)..
So, what do you think of this so far.. should we present this to the OP?..
--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User
"Harlan Grove" <hrlngrv@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP] wrote...
>>You can legally install a retail version on one laptop and one desktop.
>>That
>>third system needs it's own license. Some will tell you that you could get
>>the Students and Teachers edition but (1) it may not have the programs you
>>need and (2) it has specific requirements for the status of the owner.
> ...
>
> With 3 computers, it's likely the OP doesn't live alone. The STE has
> requirements, but they're pretty lose.
>
> Now, since the OP has Office 2002 and 2003, the cheapest path would be
> to note that there really isn't much difference between Office 2002 and
> 2003, so just install Office 2003 on the other desktop, since it can be
> installed on both desktop and laptop. If the OP just can't handle one
> desktop having a different version, then cheapest to buy another copy
> of Office 2002 (probably through secondary market channels like eBay or
> Amazon.com) and install it on the laptop and the other desktop.
>
> As for the apps, if the OP only uses Word, it'd be cheaper to buy the
> latest version of Works for the other desktop. The word processor in
> Works is Word without VBA. Only if the OP needs Access would there be a
> problem with the STE, but unless the OP wanted to do database
> development on all 3 machines, Access on one desktop and the laptop and
> the free Access runtime on the other desktop would the cheapest
> solution.
>
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