I forgot people are paying for msft 365. 10$ per month is kinda crazy for software I use maybe occasionally (considering most of the functionality is already available with Google Docs, and OpenOffice gets the job done for offline usage).
Honestly the only reason I’d pay for O365 is for the included Cloud storage. A yearly family plan is $99.99, and includes up to 6TB of one drive storage, which isn’t a bad deal for Cloud storage if you need it.
Also worth noting they’re one of the very few cloud providers I’m aware of with regional pricing, the annual family plan’s bang for your buck is simply unbeatable where I live. Not an apples to apples comparison but to put it into perspective, my 1TB Hetzner storage box runs me about the same as my 365 family plan, except the latter has 6 times the raw storage among all people.
Interesting. I’ve used the office cloud and found it less pleasant than the desktop version. I guess for certain use cases (multiple people working on the same doc) it’s better.
Oh yeah, it isn’t as good as the application. It’s slow and cumbersome and has trouble with larger data sets. It IS nice for editing in tandem and quickly viewing a file without having to open the whole program. But for any real work I do I open in desktop.
The cloud storage is a pretty good value when you use the family plan as others have said. But having collaborative editing support with the full functionality of Office is very useful. I’m aware that GDocs can do it but if you’re regularly writing documents, Office has a much more intuitive interface and more advanced features that I can be very useful.
The bundled 60 international Skype minutes are also very useful when planning trips overseas.
I forgot people are paying for msft 365. 10$ per month is kinda crazy for software I use maybe occasionally (considering most of the functionality is already available with Google Docs, and OpenOffice gets the job done for offline usage).
Honestly the only reason I’d pay for O365 is for the included Cloud storage. A yearly family plan is $99.99, and includes up to 6TB of one drive storage, which isn’t a bad deal for Cloud storage if you need it.
Also worth noting they’re one of the very few cloud providers I’m aware of with regional pricing, the annual family plan’s bang for your buck is simply unbeatable where I live. Not an apples to apples comparison but to put it into perspective, my 1TB Hetzner storage box runs me about the same as my 365 family plan, except the latter has 6 times the raw storage among all people.
Hell yeah brother me too.
As an added bonus, I no longer have to crack Office for my family. And my sister doesn’t panic when her phone dies anymore.
It’s really just businesses and people who use Office a LOT. Pretty much my entire job is used in MS Office.
Do you use the cloud version?
Both. We have installed programs as well as OneDrive and cloud versions that can open documents on the cloud.
Interesting. I’ve used the office cloud and found it less pleasant than the desktop version. I guess for certain use cases (multiple people working on the same doc) it’s better.
Oh yeah, it isn’t as good as the application. It’s slow and cumbersome and has trouble with larger data sets. It IS nice for editing in tandem and quickly viewing a file without having to open the whole program. But for any real work I do I open in desktop.
The cloud storage is a pretty good value when you use the family plan as others have said. But having collaborative editing support with the full functionality of Office is very useful. I’m aware that GDocs can do it but if you’re regularly writing documents, Office has a much more intuitive interface and more advanced features that I can be very useful.
The bundled 60 international Skype minutes are also very useful when planning trips overseas.