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Originally Posted by killswitch
With the XP/Office 2003 EOL in about a week, we are also upgrading our systems here at work. After much deliberation, we decided to go with Lenovo ThinkCentre M73 (Intel i5/8Gb) with Windows 7 Pro and Office Pro 2013. This is expected to last at least 5 years minimum.
$299 sounds about right for Office Pro 2013. How many PC's are we talking about? If its a very small business you can do a dodgy and just buy the Home Edition for Multiple users for a fraction of the price.
At this point it might be difficult to get Office Pro 2010 in quantities and it wont be that much cheaper. The extended EOL for Office 2010 is 2020 and for Office 2013 is 2023.
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"$299 sounds about right for Office Pro 2013"
No $299 is for Office Small Business 2013. Office Pro 2013 is $599. See
http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/buy/
If you need MS Access or MS Publisher, get Pro otherwise the Small Business edition is fine.
"How many PC's are we talking about? If its a very small business you can do a dodgy and just buy the Home Edition for Multiple users for a fraction of the price."
That would violate the EULA and you will likely see For Non-Commercial Use Only in the Windows title bar each time you use it.
Note if you are updating hardware then get the OEM version of MS Office 2013 as you will save money that way. Must be purchased with the hardware at the same time. An OEM version was considerably cheaper in the past although I have not check more recently.