“Microsoft is launching a cheaper ‘Personal’ Office 365 subscription that will give you access to the cloud services and mobile apps for $69/year or $6.99/month opposed to the $99/year Home subscription,” Jordan Kahn reports for 9to5Mac.
“The new Personal subscription only provides access for one Mac (or PC) and iPad (or tablet) instead of the 5 PC or Macs and 5 tablets you get with a Home subscription,” Kahn reports. “You might want to hold off on the new subscription, however, as Amazon is currently selling the full Home subscription for just $63 (37% off).”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews readers too numerous to mention individually for the heads up.]
MacDailyNews Take: No thanks. At this point, Microsoft would have to pay us $69/year just to bother launching an Office app, much less actually using one.
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