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HOT (if you're in retail) Office 2003 for ~ $15.83

Non resale versions and with CDs only for 3,500 points. Comparing to their previous offers this is sorry. But still a thumb up overall.
 
Whats the big deal. You aren't supposed to resell the software any way. You get the software for 15$ and YOU can use it, not sell it off. The more this happens the sooner we will lose all our good deals from vendors.
 
packerbacker... they changed it roughly a month ago to cd only. I ordered Office 2003 and got it in a plastic dvd type case... which is fine for me, cause I didnt want to sell it anyways... then I go to install it on my windows 98 machine, and it says "must be installed on Windows 2000 SP3 or later"... not cool Microsoft!

 
Originally posted by: msi1337
packerbacker... they changed it roughly a month ago to cd only. I ordered Office 2003 and got it in a plastic dvd type case... which is fine for me, cause I didnt want to sell it anyways... then I go to install it on my windows 98 machine, and it says "must be installed on Windows 2000 SP3 or later"... not cool Microsoft!
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Yeah, but they have to wean their customers off of the teat of the Win 9x codebase somehow and making their premiere piece of software only compatible with 2000/XP is a good way to start. Plus, you'd expect the number of users who are planning to spend $200-$600 to upgrade or install the latest version of Office but have neglected to spend the $100 it takes to upgrade to XP in the past two years to be quite low. Realistically, if you're fine with hanging on to Win 98, you very likely are just gonna stick to using Office 2000 for a few more years. With this in mind, MS probably decided that it would be a huge waste of time and money to create two different Office code bases just to keep a small minority of people happy. Business-wise, it just makes sense.

It's even possible that removing the Win 9x compatible code is what has made the new version of Office run so much faster and more stable than the previous versions (Outlook 2003 in particular is a heck of a lot faster than the 2002 version). I personally wouldn't be caught dead doing any business or school work on a machine that is loaded with an inherently unstable OS that is prone to lock up completely at random moments, anyway. Nothing kills your productivity more than a random BSOD.
 
If your company uses Office XP or Office 2003 and has the software assurance support plan from Microsoft then they can sign up to let their employees order Office XP or Office 2003 from Microsoft for about $20 shipped. Most companies don't want to hassle with it but mine did and I received Office 2003 Professional last month for about $20 delivered 😀
 
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