

A 'Home and Student Edition' costs $149.95, the standard version is priced at $399.95, and the Special Media Edition fetches 499.95.

Of course, Microsoft fragments the office suite into various versions like it does its Windows operating system. Once the 30-day product key expires, users will have the choice to either purchase a copy of the suite from an Apple authorized reseller or buy a product key from Mactopia online and be up and running without reinstalling. 'Today customers can now check out Office 2008 with the fixes and performance enhancements that have been made since launch.' 'The MacBU is aware that a number of customers have wanted to try Office 2008 for Mac before purchasing, and they have been working to make this available in tandem with updates to 2008,' a representative for the software giant told AppleInsider. The trial copy will run side-by-side with earlier versions of Office and includes a year's worth of maintenance and security improvements.
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The registration is required to generate an trial product key that will expire 30 days thereafter.Īlthough Office 2008 for Mac made its debut over a year ago, this is the first time Microsoft has offered customers the option of trying the software before they buy it. The 545 megabyte download is available after a quick registration over at the Redmond-based company's MacTopia website. Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 12:00 pm PT (03:00 pm ET) Microsoft's Mac Business Unit this week is making available to Mac users a 'fully functional, no strings attached' free trial of Office 2008 so that prospective buyers and users of previous versions can 'kick the tires' on new suite before plunking down the cash for a permanent copy. Office Mac 2008 Download Free Trial Adobe Photoshop.
