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JessManim

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Hiya

I'm finally upgrading my laptop, and its been YEARS since I got a new version of office. What's currently on the market seems crazy expensive - what are my alternatives?

Thanks!
 
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Depends if you rely on Outlook or not. If it is just a Word or Excel alternative, Google Docs or LibreOffice... I have yet to find an Outlook replacement... although email clients are out there... none come close to Outlook.
 
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Openoffice/LibreOffice Zoho Docs

I'll stick with MS because of Outlook...

Office 365, and you get 1TB OneDrive
 
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JessManim said:
Hiya

I'm finally upgrading my laptop, and its been YEARS since I got a new version of office. What's currently on the market seems crazy expensive - what are my alternatives?

Thanks!
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Go with Office 365. It's a subscription with really good value.

Rebel Tech has the Personal annual sub for R773. Around R65 a month.

R971 a year for the Home Premium sub is where Office 365 really shines though:
- All the latest Office apps
- Installation on 5 devices
- 1TB OneDrive storage per installation

That's R194.20 per person if you're buying for a family, or R16.18 per person per month. Excellent value imo.
 
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i.got~issues said:
Depends if you rely on Outlook or not. If it is just a Word or Excel alternative, Google Docs or LibreOffice... I have yet to find an Outlook replacement... although email clients are out there... none come close to Outlook.
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Outlook is very good, but the closet free replacement is Firebird
 
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backstreetboy said:
+100. If you're still on Office 2003 you'll feel right at home with Libreoffice. For email Thunderbird or KMail.

Why pay for O365 when you can go with great free software...
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I've never come across anything as good as Outlook. The other top quality office apps and 1TB cloud storage are the cherries on top.

Yennork said:
Outlook is very good, but the closet free replacement is Firebird
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Don't you mean Thunderbird? I last tried it out quite a while ago when I ran Ubuntu for a month, and it drove me up the wall.
 
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The 15+gb of Google Drive is plenty enough for me. Videos I put on youtube, music on Gplay Music, photos on Google Photos.
 
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