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A.J.,
I purchased MS Office Pro 97 after they stopped making it and during the free upgrade period
to Office Pro 2000 MS was offering. That's why the Pro 97 was so cheap. The 97 package I
purchased was a new and unopened retail box. I sent the box top to a MicroSoft address and
they sent me the Office Pro 2000 upgrade package. The upgrade was actually free. The only
thing I had to pay for was the shipping, which was $8 (yes, that's eight dollars [$8] hehe).
It was a damn good deal. So good in fact, I purchased another 97 package for $130 so I could
get another family member the free upgrade to Pro 2000.
Sorry, the free upgrade offer ended last year. This is the old URL to the MicroSoft Office
Pro 2000 upgrade page:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/order/techguar.htm
Because I purchased the second retail Office Pro 97 at the last minute (for the free Pro 2000
upgrade), it was very difficult obtain at EBAY at a reasonable price. I had to bid on many
packages before I found the right seller. Since the MS free upgrade period is over, the
value of all MS Office 97 packages is essentially nil. You can probably purchase MS Office
Pro 2K packages at a good price at EBAY.
I agree, the Office Pro 2000 packages are EXPENSIVE. I went to Best Buy and their full
retail version is nearly $600. The MS Office 2000 packages are so expensive, Best Buy stocks
each of them in heavy locked plastic boxes. Whether or not Excel is worth the price and time
to learn (VBA) is debatable. I'd rather have RadarScreen and a realtime eSignal datafeed.
Unfortunately, this costs $1300 and another $3024/year. Plus, you need a high speed
connection to the 'Net, such as cable modem or DSL, to fully utilize RS (not to mention a
fast computer with plenty of memory).
Daniel.
"A.J. Maas" wrote:
> Off Pro97 to Pro2000 Upgrade for $8?? Isn't that a typo?
>
> If one was to (here, localy) Upgrade from Off97 to Off2000, the nice sum of :
> - €175 (U$175) is minimaly charged for the basic Standard Edition(upgrade only)
> - €375 (U$175) is minimaly charged for the basic PRO Edition(full program)
> and
> - €375 (U$375) is minimaly charged for the business Standard Edition(upgrade only)
> - €575 (U$575) is minimaly charged for the business PRO Edition(full program)
>
> -Daniel's buy is than Top ranked
> ("buying MS Office Pro 97 last year on EBAY for a total of $75 (shipping included) and
> through MicroSoft to upgrade to Pro 2K for $8)".
> -Guy's buy is than second best
> ("buying Office 2000 Professional at eBay for about $130.00" (and obviously was
> already in the possesion of OfficePro97)).
> -Joe's suggestion than fits somewhere in the (lower?) middle halve ranking
> ("To try a used software store or web site" (obtaining the Off97-Standard Edition and
> than to Upgrade to Off2000 Pro or Standard, basic or business, from there onwards)).
> -The "locals" than lists the lowest-bottom-bleeders-rank (S..t).
>
> So remainder is to end this mail with the inivetible questions for you guys:
>
> 1. Daniel, what was that Microsoft $8 website, eg can you please explain more+in detail?
>
> 2. Joe, what 2nd-hand site/store suggestions can you please make?
>
> Regards,
> Ton Maas
> ms-irb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Dismiss the ".nospam" bit (including the dot) when replying.
> Homepage http://home.planet.nl/~anthmaas
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Martinez" <DanM@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: woensdag 22 maart 2000 17:39
> Subject: Re: Excel
>
> > I'm running MS Office Pro 2000 on my Windows 98 (original) and it runs fine. I
> > believe the differences between Pro 97 and Pro 2K are 'Net and VBA
> > enhancements. I haven't had the suite that long and I don't know it that well.
> > The only reason why I purchased it was because I wanted to use the OLE2.0 in
> > Excel for MetaStock. Since Jan. '97, I used Corel Office Pro 7. I still have
> > both suites on my system. I purchased MS Office Pro 97 last year on EBAY for a
> > total of $75 (shipping included). Through MicroSoft, I was able to upgrade to
> > Pro 2K for $8 (hehe).
> >
> > Daniel.
> >
> >
> > Arsk0jn@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Mike,
> > > Look for someone who is updating their software or try a used software store
> > > or web site. Microsoft Office 2000 is designed to be run on Windows NT.
> > > Although it will run on other versions of Windows, probably it is very much
> > > overkill for your needs.
> > > Good luck,
> > > Joe Nemecek
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