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Office 2010 Pricing

Jan. 5, 2010 Paul Thurrott | Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows

I'll be writing up a news story about this later this morning, but wanted to get this info out as quickly as possible.

From Microsoft:

With Office 2010, the lineup of products has been improved to make it easier for people to choose a version that is best for them. Office 2010 will be offered in four versions:

For qualified students and educators, Microsoft is introducing Office Professional Academic. Available through qualified retailers and campus bookstores, Office Professional Academic is priced at $99 and includes Word 2010, Excel 2010, PowerPoint 2010, OneNote 2010, Outlook 2010, Publisher 2010, Access 2010, and Office Web Apps.

To meet the needs of families, Office Home and Student is offered for $149 (boxed), or $119 (Product Key Card), and includes Word 2010, Excel 2010, PowerPoint 2010, OneNote 2010, and Office Web Apps. This is available in a Family Pack, allowing use on three PCs in one house.

For people running a small business or working from home, Office Home and Business is offered for $279 (boxed) or $199 (Product Key Card) and includes Word 2010, Excel 2010, PowerPoint 2010, OneNote 2010, Outlook 2010, and Office Web Apps.

For more advanced needs, Office Professional is offered for $499 (boxed), or $349 (Product Key Card) and includes Word 2010, Excel 2010, PowerPoint 2010, OneNote 2010, Outlook 2010, Publisher 2010, Access 2010, premium technical support, and Office Web Apps.

For more information:

Read the blog post.

Pricing fact sheet is available at the Office virtual press kit.

Download Office 2010 beta.

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Apparently, the Office 2010 beta has been a huge success: Microsoft says that over 2 million people from around the world have downloaded the public beta.

Some pics of the retail boxes:

Discuss this Article 17

roteague
on Jan 5, 2010
The prices are pretty much in line with what I'd hoped they would be. I'm using the Home, Office and Business version now, which is what I'll buy when the final Office is released.
Waethorn
on Jan 5, 2010
Ok Thurrott, so what's the deal with Web Apps? On all these retail versions, are they just giving access to Web Apps via Office Live Workspace? Also, just so nobody asks again: According to the blog post, on the Home & Student *BOXED* edition includes the 3 PC install for your household. The other boxed editions include installation only on 2 of your own PC's. All product key editions, *including Home & Student* only allow one installation.
james3mg
on Jan 5, 2010
Is there going to be any way for an average consumer (that is, non-MSDN or Technet subscribers) to license the free, ad-supported version of office (the version that's replacing Works), without getting it preloaded on a new PC?
de Silentio
on Jan 5, 2010
Glad to see they are offering OneNote with all of the editions. It's an awesome product.
roteague
on Jan 5, 2010
"de Silentio said: Glad to see they are offering OneNote with all of the editions. It's an awesome product." Agreed, I have it installed on every computer I have. I love the program.
Ocean
on Jan 5, 2010
So tell me why and how you use OneNote (or EverNote). Whats the reasoning?
Mark KB
on Jan 5, 2010
@Ocean: 1) How: You use a Tablet PC, touch capable laptop, a tablet attached to your computer, or a mouse, if you're desperate. 2) Why: To take notes. Essentially, it's an electronic notepad with unlimited storage, so for anything you need to take notes on or draw sketches - if you're a student, for example - OneNote is good for it.
de Silentio
on Jan 5, 2010
The reason I started using OneNote was for the excellent tablet support, however, it is also very useful for other purposes. A quick rundown before an example. OneNote have three major components: Notebook, Section, Page. You can create multiple pages in a section and multiple sections in a Notebook. So, for work, I have a Notebook for each project that I am working on (i.e. implementing SharePoint). I have different sections in that Notebook for different parts (i.e. Meetings, Thoughts, Migration...) Then I have multiple pages in each section that I write stuff in (i.e. In the Mettings Section I have a different page for each Meeting. In the Migration Section I have a different page for each aspect of the migration). For school, I have a different notebook for each class, sections like Notes, Paper 1, Thoughts and multiple pages in each section, i.e. a Notes page for each day; For Paper 1 I have pages like Outline, Free Write, Brainstorm. Whereas in Word, all of these things would be seperate documents in folders. And there it is.
anonymuos
on Jan 5, 2010
They have very cunningly increased prices for more than one license owners. I always upgraded to Pro (need Access and Publisher) from the Office 2000 and XP days for $270 which let me install 1 copy on desktop, another on my laptop. Now I must pay $499?? for 2 copies?
whiplash55
on Jan 5, 2010
@ anonymuos I think if you buy the DVD you can get to use the copy twice, one for the desktop and once for the laptop, that's always been the case I hope it didn't change. The Home Student version has always allowed 3 installs, if that changes I'll be using 2007 for a long time.
roteague
on Jan 5, 2010
"Mark KB said: 1) How: You use a Tablet PC, touch capable laptop, a tablet attached to your computer, or a mouse, if you're desperate." I don't think I'm the least bit desperate. I use an HP TouchPad and I just love it. The reason: I find it very versitile. I can't stand the touchpads that laptops come with, so I always use an external mouse. The touch feature allows me to work with a program without having to touch the mouse ... quick and easy. Another reason, is that occasionally, I'll flip the monitor around and use it as a pure tablet, meaning I can't get to the keyboard; in that cause, I use either my finger or the stylus. Different strokes....
roteague
on Jan 5, 2010
"Ocean said: So tell me why and how you use OneNote (or EverNote)." Well, I use it for almost everything, from keeping up on projects, doing research on the internet (it's easy to drag and drop photos/text from IE). It has great searching capability, and auto-save. The best part, is that I can structure the data in a way that fits my needs the best.
WH Tech
on Jan 5, 2010
I'll probably be waiting for the Ultimate Steal version to roll around (daughter is a college student). We need to cover 4 machines here between our laptops and desktops. Right now we are one short so my laptop (seldom used) goes without..or rather I have Open Office only on that one.
DRWAM
on Jan 5, 2010
Academicsuperstore will probably sell it for less. Since I use Outlook, I got my eye on the Office Professional Academic. Not a bad price as it is offered above.
RaaJ
on Jan 5, 2010
The most awesome thing about OneNote is the ability to record voice clips using the computer's mic, and seamlessly attach that to notes. Also, while taking meeting notes, for example, if you are recording the sound while taking notes, you could enable the voice recording to maintain synchronization with your notes. Say, each bullet in your meeting notes list could be synchronized with the voice recording, and when you playback the sound clip, you could skip to the relevant place in the recording by just clicking around the list items. This kind of seamless integration between note-taking and voice clips is simply awesome. It seems that there is also capability to use the web cam for video clippings, but I've never used it. You don't need to have a tablet to use OneNote. I've used it on a regular notebook all this time. Tablets give you the additional option of taking handwritten notes.
Mark KB
on Jan 5, 2010
@roteague: Um, read again, I was talking solely about OneNote, and I did mention "a touch capable laptop". (While a stylus works best, I certainly can't fault someone for using their fingers.) And don't get me wrong, I mean, I use a mouse for my digital art in PSP (but then, I'm usually zoomed right in while I'm doing it). What I meant by that is "if you have no other good/better alternative", that is, if you can't buy a Tablet PC, a touch capable laptop or an external tablet, or all the ones you've tried are sucky or something. I probably should have been more precise or careful with my wording. Sorry! ^^;
anonymous
on Jan 5, 2010
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