Betsy LangowskiToday I learned that you can buy standalone Microsoft Office (no subscription!) at Costco for $125. I’m supposed to be dissuaded from this option because it doesn’t support AI features. Joke’s on them because I would pay MORE to have a version stripped of AI integration!! https://www.costco.com/.product.4000314148.html?COSTID=iosapp_25.7.4&TRACKING=NO&adobe_mc=TS%3D1753989365%7CMCMID%3D03538480636101750177574087050337498645%7CMCORGID%3D97B21CFE5329614E0A490D45@AdobeOrg&sh=true&nf=true
Mark Jerde@superbetsy I learned nearly a decade ago that Microsoft sunsets their product activation support systems (I get it that they can’t run old services forever), preventing installs of software that would run just fine. Their support staff’s attitude was “tough luck” even though I had paid probably $150 for the non-subscription Office. It took at least 45 minutes on the phone with them to get them to provide an activation code that would work. I swore off MS Office then.