office 2011 mac¡¯s latest Place of work release is now available pertaining to download by TechNet and MSDN buyers! (As my colleague Mary Jo Foley noted earlier today, it¡¯s also been released regarding store sale made!)
Normally, that¡¯s not news! What makes this release different is that it¡¯s pertaining to Business pertaining to Macintosh Home and Business next year! This is the first time in my memory that any Apple pc-related business software has been available through the standard versions of either subscription! (The only exceptions I can find are two old, pre-Boot Camp versions of Virtual PC with regard to the Mac!)
I have both a Apple and a microsoft office 2011 on my desktop and plan to help set them up side by side using Synergy to be able to share the mouse and keyboard seamlessly (if the software works as described)!
If you have a TechNet subscription, you¡¯ll find the Company for Apple pc next year download under the Applications heading! For now, at least, it¡¯s also under New Downloads! (To learn more about TechNet and MSDN, see this article from last year: Seven perfectly legal ways for you to get Windows 7 cheap (or even free)!)
Update: I¡¯ve just completed the installation of the mac office 2011 software on my Mac pc! Everything went fine until I tried to claim a product key for the product! The Downloads page says I¡¯m entitled so that you can 5 products for the Retail version of the product! But clicking the Get button to be able to acquire the first product key doesn¡¯t work in Safari on a Macintosh!
I¡¯m not sure whether this is a temporary glitch or whether some TechNet accounts are blocked from activatiing the software! Meanwhile, I have 30 days of trial usage (complete with nag screens at startup)!
Update 27-Oct: This glitch seems to be fixed, and the TechNet system is now generating product keys properly!
For MSDN buyers, the picture might be more complicated! MSDN comes in a very wide range of editions at a very wide range of prices! My account type is listed as Visual Studio Professional with MSDN account!
Those are all pricey products! There¡¯s a pretty good case regarding non-developers to be able to prefer TechNet [Standard or Professional] over the lower levels of MSDN!
I¡¯ve just downloaded the Office 2011 package and I¡¯m looking forward so that you can using it in more detail! That won¡¯t be soon, though, as I¡¯m headed off to help PDC10 tomorrow and I don¡¯t have a MacBook handy!
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