I was honestly surprised to find out that downloads appear to be the approach they’re taking for regular old Office 2013 as well. I do the same with Adobe’s Creative Suite that includes Photoshop and of course much, much more. I think it even includes some extra Sky One Drive space and Skype minutes… but as an online subscription it does make the assumption that you’re online and that you can download what you need. To me, it’s cost effective and it will let you install, basically, almost all of the Office programs on up to five computers for a not-too-terrible annual fee. I personally use Office 365, which is an online subscription. These days, companies are starting to assume that you’ll download the product and are simply selling you the activation code. As long you get the exact matching product media, CD or DVD, from somewhere, you can install and activate with that code. Even when you purchase an actual physical CD or DVD, what you’re really buying is that activation code. I’ve actually talked about this for years. That card contains the product registration code, or activation code. These days, when you purchase a boxed product, you’re likely to find nothing but a card inside. (And depending on who you’re asking, the distinction might matter.) Download only So, what you’re really looking for here aren’t CDs, but DVDs. And yes, Windows installation media exceeded 700 MB quite some time ago, as did Microsoft Office. What they’re delivered on instead are DVDs.ĬDs can hold around 700 MB, but DVDs start at almost seven times that big – 4.7 GB. In fact, most significant packages are no longer shipped on CD and they haven’t been for awhile. That may or not be true for the specific version of Office you already have, but it’s something worth trying because in many cases, in fact, in my experience, in most cases 32-bit software does in fact work on Windows 64-bit. It’s very possible that the 32-bit software is going to work on Windows 64-bit. As of late, manufacturers are beginning to assume that we all have super fast Internet connections, and thus are making even large packages online only.Īt first blush, that would appear to be the case for Office 2013, but there may be some options.įirst, I want to you think about the 32-bit software you already have. Many software packages have been online or ‘download only’ for quite a while. It’s true that the world is most definitely turning towards more and more online delivery.
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