The price reality is

by gbswales1 - 5/1/12 4:55 PM

In Reply to: Libre Office by wizardb

the reality is that relatively few people buy Microsoft office at the price listed - if you work for an organisation which has a site license then you may get it for a MUCH lower cost under home use, you may have a son or daughter elligible for a heavily discounted version. I agree if you pay full price it is worth thinking twice but I have in my time seen student discounts available for £35 for the whole suite - including Access (none of the other offerings include such a full featured database.) You also dont generally have to worry about file types when sending files to work etc. If you can get it for £50 or less it is a good buy but if you have to pay more then for domestic use one of the open source offerings mentioned should suffice. If your needs are very simple, if you always have internet access and, if you trust Google, then you will be fine but for me Microsoft office /Open Office plus free dropbox is a much better option