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'microsoft' gives Workplace to get Macintosh 2011 to TechNet MSDN subscribers
12:24, 2011-Oct-24
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office 2011 download company?s latest Company release is now available for download by TechNet and MSDN clients! (As my colleague Mary Jo Foley noted earlier today, it?s also been released for store selling!)
Normally, that?s not news! What makes this release different is that it?s regarding Workplace intended for Apple Home and Business 2011! This is the first time in my memory that any Macintosh-related business software has been available through the standard versions of either subscription! (The only exceptions I can find are two old, pre-Boot Camp versions of Virtual PC intended for the Macintosh!)
I have both a Mac and a PC on my desktop and plan to help set them up side by side using Synergy for you to share the mouse and keyboard seamlessly (if the software works as described)!
If you have a TechNet subscription, you?ll find the mac office 2011 for Macintosh next year download under the Applications heading! For now, at least, it?s also under New Downloads! (To learn more about TechNet and MSDN, see this article from last year: Seven perfectly legal ways to help get Windows 7 cheap (or even free)!)
Update: I?ve just completed the installation of the Workplace software on my office 2011 mac! Everything went fine until I tried for you to claim a product key intended for the product! The Downloads page says I?m en***led in order to 5 products for the Retail version of the product! But clicking the Get ****on so that you can acquire the first product key doesn?t work in Safari on a Macintosh personal computer!
I?m not sure whether this is a temporary glitch or whether some TechNet accounts are blocked from activatiing the software! Meanwhile, I have 30 days of trial usage (complete with nag screens at startup)!
Update 27-Oct: This glitch seems to be able to be fixed, and the TechNet system is now generating product keys properly!
For MSDN readers, the picture might be more complicated! MSDN comes in a very wide range of editions at a very wide range of prices! My account type is listed as Visual Studio Professional with MSDN account!
Those are all pricey products! There?s a pretty good case with regard to non-developers to prefer TechNet [Standard or Professional] over the lower levels of MSDN!
I?ve just downloaded the Company 2011 package and I?m looking forward in order to using it in more detail! That won?t be soon, though, as I?m headed off to be able to PDC10 tomorrow and I don?t have a MacBook handy!
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