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Should I fork over to MSFT one last time? - pdq - 02-27-2023
I got a MacWorld shop email that offers what looks like a legit “lifetime license” for 2021 Microsoft Office Professional for $30.
I hate the Microsoft tax, and I’m not looking for any new features, other than maybe M1 native (is this?) A few iterations ago, I bought one of those “complete Office licenses” for $5 off eBay (“here’s the download link”) just to screw MSFT, and ever since then I’ve worried about what kind of malware it might have included.
I rarely use it, except as needed to interface with the rest of the world - my wife uses it somewhat more often. I’m well into my 60’s now - maybe one last time? What think you?
Re: Should I fork over to MSFT one last time? - Gareth - 02-27-2023
The $30 licenses work. They are added to your Microsoft account and a direct download from Microsoft to install.
That said, if the $5 license is still working... unless you're going to clean install your system, the possible "malware" threat is probably going to still be there even if you delete the $5 apps.
Re: Should I fork over to MSFT one last time? - Ombligo - 02-27-2023
When I get the $5 license, I down MS directly from the MS site and then just install using the license info I bought. No chance of downloading any malware.
Re: Should I fork over to MSFT one last time? - Acer - 02-27-2023
What do you need it for? Apple's apps can import and export Office for doc, ppt and excel. I routinely go back and forth for work. Sometimes you have to tweak a format. I try not to get too fancy if I expect to go back and forth.
Re: Should I fork over to MSFT one last time? - jonny - 02-27-2023
Also Libreoffice, though the latest update is crashing on me.
Re: Should I fork over to MSFT one last time? - mrbigstuff - 02-27-2023
I'd buy it if it's transferable to other machines. But I've been using LibreOffice thanks to a suggestion here.
Re: Should I fork over to MSFT one last time? - Buzz - 02-28-2023
mrbigstuff wrote:
I'd buy it if it's transferable to other machines. But I've been using LibreOffice thanks to a suggestion here.
Clone the boot drive, or possibly recover from TM to a new machine?
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Re: Should I fork over to MSFT one last time? - N-OS X-tasy! - 02-28-2023
For that price? For an Apple Silicon native version? Absolutely yes.
Re: Should I fork over to MSFT one last time? - Bill in NC - 02-28-2023
I bought the $30 special for both Mac & PC.
My Mac is too old to run the latest MS Office so I just switched to LibreOffice and anything I send out gets saved as a PDF first.