Windows 10: Microsoft Official Confirms “Windows 10 Is the Last Version of Windows

I hope Microsoft doesn't go with "Subscription" style activation because that's gonna be horrible and absurd.

 

How so?

 

Consumers already got used to activation and it might be difficult to get used with like me *Shock

 

Subscription is more expensive than purchase - despite some "experts" trying to rationalize subscription as the better deal.

I bought Office 2007 in 2007 for $129 (at Sams Club) - a 3 user license. I have now used it since and will still be using it for many years.

Office 365 is $100/year. That would have already cost me $800 since 2007 if that were the offering at that time plus an additional $100 for each additional year. Not a good deal.

 

I agree with you, but I think you should of left SAM's club out not a good example. You pay a yearly fee to shop there.

 

hehe Wenda,

for me too.

Jeff

 

I agree, I don't really like the subscription model. But you do receive more than just office. You get the latest version, you get addition onedrive space, and I believe they throw in some skype minutes too.

I may switch to 365 (I'm trying the preview 2016 now) for office and the additional perks, but I am not ready to go subscription on my OS. Now if W10 gets added to the 365 subscription plan...well that sounds like a decent plan to me *Biggrin

 

*ThumbsMany people(including me) forget, or are not aware of, the "Extras" included with software prices. Good reminder Doug!!!

 

The extras may be OK for some people. I don't use OneDrive a lot and have no need for Skype. And over $600 extra for those are certainly not worth it.

 

No, in your instance it is not worth it. That is my point, it is worth it if you want the other perks included.

At that point your dollars spent change whether it is worth it. I'm not going to quote the math, but the time period cost you refer to does become worth it *Wink

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Okay, that does not make a lot of sense. This is why a subscription makes sense to some people.

I own Office 2010 Pro plus and can use it until 2020, so it is paid off.

I also run a media server, and store a lot of data. In the near future I will be able to sync my files from my server to my one drive.

One drives gives 15GB for free, then cost 3.99 us for 200GB storage, and 6.99 us for 1tb, with office 365.

I want the 1tb, my media collection is already huge. So 6.99 a month for the next 5 years is 419 us dollars.

If I bought the next version of office pro plus it would cost about the same, without a new Office upgrade.. so it is worth it.

 

I own Office 2010 Pro 64 Bit, I do not care to rent an application. I have no use for Skype and if Windows 10 in any way goes on a Subscription basis , I will go back to using Linux.

 

One thing over looked when saying $129 vs $800 over 8 years (or what ever it was, not going to bother looking) is that you are talking the Home & Student version vs. the Professional version. The original cost for Office 2007 Professional (according to Amazon) was $500. Office 2010 was the same price. Office Professional 2013 is $400. So, if you bought the Professional version of the newest version of office each time it came out, it would have cost you $1400 before tax, rather than $800 (whether or not you pay tax depends on location, I don't). As others have mentioned, you also get extra online storage space, and 60 Skype world minutes each month.

 

Well said Petey7

 

I don't understand why anybody would want to pay those high prices for Onedrive. I just bought a 2TB USB3 disk for $69. That is my Onedrive. Plus I have about a dozen other smaller external disks of up to 1TB for backup.

 

For those who have an employee connection to MS, software bought thru my employer, Office 7, 10 and 13, have been $20. I opt for a physical disc for another $10.