Does everyone pay £90 a year for this?

[FrannyScraps]

For Microsoft office package?

I've just got a new laptop for work things, I'm self employed. I can't remember what I did for my desktop.

I can't really do anything on it unless I pay but it's not really a bill I ever see people talk about, along with McAfee for viruses, it's getting to be really expensive.

My husband got it recently on groupon much cheaper hope this helps x

I don’t pay for it. I rarely need Microsoft office now, but when I do, I can just use a work computer.

Your license will cover multiple devices (5 usually). If you are licensed on your desktop, sign in with the same account on your laptop to install a licensed copy.

Yes I pay monthly licensing for all my employees. Don't know why you would expect it to be free?

What do people prefer Microsoft Office for over the free Google docs? I don't know anyone that pays for Microsoft so v intrigued to see why so many do

Second this. In fact it detected and blocked an incoming virus from my employer, who used McAfee (the big professional one).

£40 personal use code can be used on 5 devices

If you know someone who works in an office, particularly the local council, they usually get a discount to get office for about £10 for lifetime usage. It can be gifted to friends and family.

It might be more expensive now but maybe you might know someone? x

Same applies for those who work at a University.

I use a Chromebook and Google docs. No need for Microsoft or anti-virus software. But tbf I don't have to do anything fancy for my work.

@SchoolDilemma17 I think being self-employed and claiming the expense on a tax return only saves you 20% of the price. If you hadn't bought the product you would have had the other 80% in take home profit. Can any accountants confirm?

McAfee is crap imho. I use Norton which is great and I re-purchase every Jan for less than £15 from Argos. Covers 3 devices and never had a problem yet. Any more than three devices costs more obvs but not much. £90?? Good Lord no. A total rip off.

I think for excel over sheets? That’s poss main reason. I have to use both for different clients :0(

@FrannyScraps I refuse to pay for MS Office OP. I use Apache OpenOffice instead which is free and replicates MS Office and is totally compatible with it. 😃

Agree about McAff - got a virus which totally trashed my laptop many years ago. They also had the cheek to dip their hand in my bank account and renew my subscription without even asking me. I read them the riot act.

You could use Apache OpenOffice which is a suite of free software and is totally compatible with MS Office (so you can open spreadsheets created in MS Office and edit them in AOO).

No, I bought a download copy of Office on Amazon, think it was about £50 as a one off fee.

Why don't you use Apache OpenOffice instead (which is free)?

I did in year one. But google docs / sheets etc is free. So I’m migrating my life across, slowly.

I could get the online version for free but needed the software on my actually system.

So I pay about £8 a month.

I only need it for a year though and then I can just use the online version/one at work.

I tried doing groupon and things but in the end I had to just get it directly from Microsoft as they would always play up/not work.

No, I don't really understand because I have a Hotmail account and use excel on it no problem without a licence so haven't felt the need?

I have a work laptop so I’m assuming they pay.

Do students still get it free? Do you have kids with a student email address?

I’m self employed too. While there’s loads of software I pay for, Microsoft Office isn’t one of them. I just use Google Sheets and Google Docs instead. But that suits me, it might not suit others.

This is why I bought a MacBook. Yep they are expensive upfront but everything is included and updated for a minimum (7 years I think) amount of time. Obviously you can get tax relief on the cost as a business expense but that’s only 20 or 40%

Adobe drove me up the wall. Recommend Affinity suite as an alternative.

This is why I bought a MacBook. Yep they are expensive upfront but everything is included and updated for a minimum (7 years I think) amount of time. Obviously you can get tax relief on the cost as a business expense but that’s only 20 or 40%

But their software is shit and it's a pain in the arse when everyone else is Microsoft, I use Google suite on my Mac.

How is £5.99 a month worse than £90 a year ?