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Microsoft is killing Office 2021 in October to push you onto Microsoft 365, how to fight back
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Yeah, I had Office 2010 and used that for years - probably up to 2022. It allowed installs on 3 devices at a time, and included Word, Excel and Powerpoint. I only switched to Office 365 when my work made it freely available, and I have it set up inside a windows VM on my Linux desktop for the very rare times I need to use office at home. Work are paying for all the redundant tools no one at work uses - like copilot. Don't see it as my problem.
But I can't recommend Office 2024 when it costs £120 for a license with online activation and install restrictions to one PC. Not when the alternative Libre Office is free, unlimited installs on all devices, and does everything a home user would ever need. Joplin is also a superb alternative to One Note.
I personally would never buy another version of Office; I have libre office installed and use that for my personal documents (like my budget spreadsheet and occasional word processing) and Joplin for my notes. And while Libre office doesn't have integrated cloud storage, all you need to do is add your preferred cloud storage system to your file manager in Linux or Windows.
Office 2024 doesn't really offer a good value proposition. And if you're really in the market for Office, then ebay to get valid licenses for Office Professional Plus 2019 or 2021is better value; £40 for the full suite (inc Access, Outlook, Publisher) is far better value than a direct license from MS for 2024. But it's just a product key card, so there is always the risk a license and access to downloads gets revoked eventually.
Yeah I hear you. I was just stating for people who do want to continue using it. I got mine off of https://shop.lifehacker.com/ which idk if its better or worse than ebay, but I don't really trust ebay very much and this seems to offer similar discounted pricing.