Cost to Upgrade

[Gene L.]

About two years ago, I purchased Microsoft Home and Student 2007 along with
Microsoft Outlook 2007 for my Dell computer running Windows Vista Home
Premium (32 bit). Can anyone tell me how much it would cost to upgrade to
Version 2010 for these programs?
I am a single user, at home small office - would such an upgrade yield any
significant benefits?
Thanks for your help and evaluation.

 

[Michael]

About two years ago, I purchased Microsoft Home and Student 2007 along
with Microsoft Outlook 2007 for my Dell computer running Windows Vista
Home Premium (32 bit). Can anyone tell me how much it would cost to
upgrade to Version 2010 for these programs?
I am a single user, at home small office - would such an upgrade yield any
significant benefits?
Thanks for your help and evaluation.

If you go to the official Office website, I'm sure you'll find the
information you're looking for. This is a Vista newsgroup.

 

[LVTravel]

About two years ago, I purchased Microsoft Home and Student 2007 along
with Microsoft Outlook 2007 for my Dell computer running Windows Vista
Home Premium (32 bit). Can anyone tell me how much it would cost to
upgrade to Version 2010 for these programs?
I am a single user, at home small office - would such an upgrade yield any
significant benefits?
Thanks for your help and evaluation.

The pricing for Office 2010 upgrade or retail has not be set yet to my
knowledge. You do know however that you should not be using Home and
Student in a "home small office" for any commercial purposes, only for home
use and student use (non-commercial.)

Upgrade qualification information has not been given by Microsoft either
(other than buy now and get 2010 same version free.) If the same holds true
for 2010 that was for 2007 then the H & S will qualify for upgrade to any of
the suites except for H & S 2010. Until MS publishes the information
anything anyone says is just a guess.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

About two years ago, I purchased Microsoft Home and Student 2007 along with
Microsoft Outlook 2007 for my Dell computer running Windows Vista Home
Premium (32 bit). Can anyone tell me how much it would cost to upgrade to
Version 2010 for these programs?

Office 2010 has not yet been released, so its pricing hasn't been set
yet.

I am a single user, at home small office

Office? Then your use of Home and Student is probably not in
accordance with its license.

- would such an upgrade yield any
significant benefits?
Thanks for your help and evaluation.

Nobody can answer that for you. It depends entirely on *your* needs,
likes, and dislikes. After it's released, you should look at its
features and determine that for yourself.

 

[Gene L.]

You are quite right about the "business" tag. My utilization of Excel and
Word is not commercial in any sense of the word. I am primarily inquiring
about Microsoft Outlook. Thank you very much for your reply - I appreciate
it

 

[Andrew Murray]

Office 2010?

The public beta has only just commenced within the last couple of months -
it's to available to purchase yet.

 

[LVTravel]

You are quite right about the "business" tag. My utilization of Excel and
Word is not commercial in any sense of the word. I am primarily inquiring
about Microsoft Outlook. Thank you very much for your reply - I appreciate
it

Gene, when 2010 is released to the public your copy of H & S will qualify
you, in all probability, to upgrade to Home and Business which will have
Outlook as part of it's package. Of course there will be other packages
that have Outlook 2010 included.

If needed now H & S 2007 qualifies you for "upgrade" to Small Business
Edition 2007 which also has Outlook.

 

[+Bob+]

I am a single user, at home small office - would such an upgrade yield any
significant benefits?

Highly unlikely. There have been few "improvements" in Office since
Office 2000 that anyone actually uses. Sure, they move some stuff
around, remove some minor features you liked, and add some minor
features, but on a day to day basis, there's rarely anything that
matters. . I find that the screw more things up and make them less
useful as opposed to making things better (and I say that having spent
significant time developing and delivering courses in "advanced" use
of Office products)