Excel 2002 vs 2003

[JAS]

What's the difference?

Amazon sells Excel 2002 for $299.99 and Excel 2003 for $189.99.

I use Excel for my household budget, budget for a small home-based business,
and an occasional spreadsheet for my daughter the attorney.

What's the difference? Why spend the extra $110.00?

I need to purchase Excel -- it's a long story.

 

[Frank Kabel]

Hi
not much differences (probably not worth the $110). See
http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/xl2003.htm
for a review

 

[Bob Phillips]

The differences are small. It is odd that the older version is more
expensive, but I would guess that that is because 2003 is being promoted..

Buy the later, cheaper version is my suggestion.

Are you sure that they are the same version (Standard, Pro, Dev etc.). This
might account for the difference.

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HTH

Bob Phillips
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[JE McGimpsey]

Dunno - not having to put up with XL03's Help system might be worth
paying the extra $110 for XL02...

 

[~Alan]

how about from 2000 to 2003

JE McGimpsey wrote: Dunno - not having to put up with XL03's Help system might be worth
paying the extra $110 for XL02...

 "Frank Kabel" <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi
not much differences (probably not worth the $110). See
http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/xl2003.htm
for a review

--
Regards
Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany

"JAS" <[email protected]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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What's the difference?

Amazon sells Excel 2002 for $299.99 and Excel 2003 for $189.99.

I use Excel for my household budget, budget for a small home-based business,
and an occasional spreadsheet for my daughter the attorney.

What's the difference?  Why spend the extra $110.00?

I need to purchase Excel -- it's a long story.

 

[Frank Kabel]

Hi JE
just saw that the difference is the other way round
And I agree with your evaluation of Excel's 'fantastic' 2003 help
system ;-)

--
Regards
Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany

Dunno - not having to put up with XL03's Help system might be worth
paying the extra $110 for XL02...

 

[Ken Wright]

Do you have any kids at school or college, as if so, you could look at the
Student and Teacher version??

Make sure one is not an upgrade if you don't have any qualifying media. If you
do have any qualifying media then take a look at the upgrade versions

I just had a look on Amazon and I see the two versions you are referring to, and
I agree that that seems crazy. I had a close look and i can see no reference on
either the description or the packaging that says it is an upgrade version and I
actually found the upgrade version listed at just $90, so pretty sure it is the
full version. Given this, I just don't understand the 2002 price. If you have
kids at school though I'd still look at the S&T version and take the whole
suite.

Do you have any of the qualifying media so you can just buy the upgrade?

Straight off the MS site:-

Retail Pricing
Product
New User Price Excel 2003 $229 US
Upgrade Price Excel 2003$109 US

Upgrade Eligibility
Determine whether your current version of Excel qualifies you for the $109 US
upgrade price. The following products apply:
•Microsoft Excel
Excel version 2002, Excel 2000, Excel 97
•Microsoft Office XP
Office XP Developer, Office XP Professional Special Edition, Office XP
Professional, Office XP Small Business Edition, Office XP Standard
•Microsoft Office 2000
Office 2000 Developer, Office 2000 Premium, Office 2000 Professional, Office
2000 Small Business Edition, Office 2000 Standard
•Microsoft Office 97
Office 97 Professional, Office 97 Small Business Edition (version 2), Office 97
Small Business Edition (version 1), Office 97 Standard
•Microsoft Works
Works Suite 2006*, Works Suite 2004, Works Suite 2003, Works Suite 2002, Works
Suite 2001, Works 2000, Works 8.0, Works 7.0, Works 6.0

* Planned versions of Microsoft Works (up to version 8.0) and Microsoft Works
Suite (up to version 2006) will qualify you for the upgrade versions of
Microsoft Office 2003 Editions.

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