(by Adario Strange)
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013
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The differences and similarities between Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Office 2013
Office 365 vs Office 2013 (or Office 2011)
The differences and similarities between Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Office 2013
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What are all these new terms that Microsoft is talking about?
- Office 365: Is this a web site? A subscription? Or both on some cloud in the sky? And does this mean that you cannot use desktop versions of Microsoft Office? And what if you are a Mac user?
- Office 2013 for Windows: This seems less complicated -- is this not the next version of Microsoft's Office suite that includes familiar programs such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.? Then why do you see Office 365 mentioned everywhere on Microsoft's web site – even on the pages for Office 2013? Is there a connection?
- Office 2011 for Mac: Yes, this is the Mac version of Office -- but the Office 2011 pages on Microsoft’s site contains so many references to Office 365, and you’ll see that Office 365 includes Office 2011 for Mac as well! Will this work on your Mac computer? And do you need a separate Office 365 for your Windows computers? Will your head explode?
The Perpetual Versions, Office 2013 and 2011:
These are the familiar versions of Microsoft Office that get installed on your computer through an online installation (in some cases, you may get to use an Office install DVD or an ISO file). When you buy these versions, you typically also get a product key that you enter when the installation routine prompts you.
At the time of writing, Microsoft Office 2013 is the current version for Windows and Microsoft Office 2011 is the one currently available for Mac users.
At the time of writing, Microsoft Office 2013 is the current version for Windows and Microsoft Office 2011 is the one currently available for Mac users.
There are 3 types of Office bundles available for Office 2013 for Windows:
- Office Professional 2013: This suite includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, and Access – and is intended for home and business use.
- Office Home & Business 2013: This package includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote – and is intended for home and business use.
- Office Home & Student 2013: This package includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote – and is intended for home use.
There are 2 types of Office bundles available for Office 2011 for Mac:- Office for Mac Home & Business 2011: This package includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook – and is intended for home and business use.
- Office for Mac Home & Student 2011: This package includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint – and is intended for home use.
Additionally, there may be other bundles available for both Office 2013 and 2011 from other channels such as MSDN, Technet, etc. Also, some Office family products including Visio and Project are no longer included in an Office bundle – you need to buy them separately.
he Subscription Version, Office 365:
In the simplest terms, just think of the 365 suffix for Office as a version of Microsoft Office that never gets outdated. You may be using the perpetual version of Office 2013 today – but you would not be auto-upgraded to the next desktop version of Office when that is released – and you will have to spend more dollars (or any other currency) to get a licensed version of the newer Office! And that’s probably something most of us have been doing for more than a decade already – Microsoft now wants to change our attitude and their revenue by making us all move to a subscription model, where your Office version will never get outdated – that’s what Office 365 is!
Is Office 365 for everyone? Is it affordable? Do you even need it? Those are all valid questions, and let us explore some answers.
You should first know the various subscription plans that Microsoft offers for Office:
- Office 365 Home Premium: Includes access to several Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Access, and Publisher) for home and non-commercial use. Notably, both InfoPath and Lync are excluded in this subscription plan. On the plus side, you can install Office on up to five devices (both Windows and Mac are supported). You also get 20 GB of extra SkyDrive storage, and 60 minutes of international Skype calls per month.
- Office 365 University: Essentially, this is a highly discounted version of Office 365 Home Premium intended for full- and part-time enrolled university and college students, faculty, and staff in accredited institutions. Alumni of these institutions are ineligible. Although the applications and access to SkyDrive storage and international Skype calls available within this plan are identical to Office 365 Home Premium, you need to buy this on a discounted four-year plan, and you are limited to install Office on up to two devices (both Windows and Mac are supported). Having said so, the 4 year subscription for Office 365 University costs less than the 1 year plan for Office 365 University.
- Office 365 Education: This replaces the earlier Academic version of Microsoft Office, and is intended for school staff, faculty, and students. You cannot buy this subscription individually since this is only sold to schools. This subscription typically only includes access to Office web apps, but a subset plan (A) also includes core Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Access, and Publisher). Additionally, web conferencing is also included within this plan.
- Office 365 Small Business: This plan is intended for businesses with 1 to 10 employees. Provides access to Office Web Apps. Additionally, you get hosted Exchange, SharePoint, and Lync services.
- Office 365 Small Business Premium: A souped-up version of Office 365 Small Business – provides added access to several Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Access, Publisher, and Lync) -- you can install Office on up to five devices (both Windows and Mac are supported). You also get access to Office Mobile Apps.
- Office 365 Midsize Business: This plan is intended for businesses with 10 to 250 employees – provides access to most Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Access, Publisher, Lync, and InfoPath) -- you can install Office on both Windows and Macs. You also get access to Office Mobile Apps. Additionally, you get hosted Exchange, SharePoint, and Lync services. You can also stream the most up-to-date version of Office to any Internet-connected Windows 7 or 8 PC with Office on Demand.
- Office 365 Enterprise E1: Geared towards enterprise environments, this plan provides access to Office Web Apps. Additionally, you get hosted Exchange, SharePoint, and Lync services, plus enterprise-specific compliance and support.
- Office 365 Enterprise E3: A souped-up version of Office 365 Enterprise E1 – provides added access to most Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Access, Publisher, Lync, and InfoPath) -- you can install Office on up to five devices (both Windows and Mac are supported). You also get access to Office Mobile Apps.
- Office 365 Government Plans: Similar to Enterprise E1 and E3 plans with some differences.
- Office 365 ProPlus: This plan provides access to several Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Access, Publisher, and Lync) – you can install Office on both Windows and Macs. You can also stream the most up-to-date version of Office to any Internet-connected Windows 7 or 8 PC with Office on Demand.
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The wind whiffed through the trees. The branches swayed about the wind. Leaves flaked down in the breeze.
No one knows where the leaf comes from and where it belongs. Only one thing will be sure that the leaf belongs anywhere because of the wind and the wind never feels lonely because of the leaf.
Everything may change, seasons may come, and true love never grows old.
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Office 2013 vs. Office 2010
- File formats: The same.
- User interface: Office 2013 is much more tablet (touch and stylus) friendly. It’s also much cleaner: the UI is less cluttered and the chrome is gone. Besides making it easier on the eyes, this probably takes some load off of the graphics processors, making the app run faster on less powerful devices.
- Word: Documents are saved to SkyDrive by default (assuming you’re online and signed in to your organizational account). When signed in to SkyDrive, the system remembers where you last were in the document.
- Excel: Excel watches your actions, recognizes the pattern, and auto-completes data entry (called “Flash Fill”). It also recommends some suitable Charts and PivotTables so you can select the best one. Users can share workbooks by attaching them to an IM.
- PowerPoint: When online, you can add pictures from services such as Facebook and Flickr without having to save them first to your local PC.
- Outlook: Outlook now supports multiple email accounts, just like the iPad has for the past several years.
- OneNote: Synchronous playback of notes and recordings. You can record while you’re typing, and then go back to the note and hear what was said while you were typing.
- Office 365: In the past, Office 365 was all about business. In other words, Office 365 competed against Google Apps for Business; there was no Microsoft equivalent to the consumer-oriented Google Apps. That has changed. There’s now an “Office 365 Home Premium,” which offers software versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, Access, and Publisher on up to five PCs and 20GB of SkyDrive storage.
- iPad Support: Unclear. Microsoft currently offers OneNote and Lync for iOS devices. All tablet discussion today centered around Windows 8 tablets. So it’s unclear whether the strategy is (1) back to Windows first or (2) we’re writing more iPad apps but we aren’t talking about them yet.
- Automatic Saving to SkyDrive: If you’re signed in to SkyDrive, the system saves documents to SkyDrive by default. This is true for Word, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Publisher.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Microsoft Office Professional 2013 vs. Kingsoft Office Professional 2013
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Friday, October 11, 2013
Windows 8 vs. Windows 7
Here are the results from each of the benchmark tests. Each test was run
three times, and the average taken from all three runs.
No significant variance was seen between the three runs in any of the
tests, a consistency that gives me confidence in the results.
Boot time
The Windows 8 RTM has managed to shave another second off the total boot
time to a usable desktop, although the boot time to logon remains the same as
it was for the Release Preview.
Audio
transcode time
There was
no noticeable difference between Windows 8 RTM and the Windows 8 Release
Preview, though both are significantly faster than Windows 7.
The
improvement is more noticeable when large files are being transcoded.
Video
transcode time
Windows 8 RTM shows a slight improvement over Windows 8 Release Preview,
which was itself comfortably faster at transcoding video using Handbrake for Windows 7.
Again, this becomes more noticeable when transcoding larger
files.
PCMark 7
Once again, the Windows 8 RTM ends up with a far superior score than Windows 7 The bulk of the improvements were primarily made by a healthy
increase in the "creativity" score, which measures multimedia and
DirectX performance.
However, the difference between the Windows 8 RTM, Windows 8 Release
Preview and Windows 8 Consumer Preview is negligible.
3DMark 11
There appears to be no significant difference between the operating
systems.
Furmark
This test showed no significant difference between the operating systems.
Cinebench
11.5
OpenGL is still slightly faster on Windows 7 but the difference between
the operating systems bears little significance.
Heaven 3.0
the minimum FPS score was lower than for Windows 7 which indicated that
in-game FPS drops on the new operating system were greater than they are on Windows 7. However, with the Windows 8 Release Preview, Microsoft tightened up
the code and bought performance to that of what you'd expect from Windows 7
With the RTM release, it seems that Microsoft -- quite possibly with the help
of more mature graphics card drivers -- have improved the score even more.
This is good news for gamers hoping to make the switch to Windows 8.
Alien vs.
Predator
There appears to be no significant difference between the operating
systems.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
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