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Can I legally use Microsoft Office on two computers? Yes, you can!
Take this tweet from Microsoft Australia, for example. It offered an interesting insight that you might not have been aware of: any version of Microsoft Office can be used on both your home computer and a laptop. As long as both systems belong to you and you're the person who bought the copy of Office, that counts as acceptable use. That's a very handy tidbit of information.
After all, if you're using your computers for commercial purposes (making money with them in any way) you're obviously not supposed to be using the three-system-friendly Office Home and Student versions. Thanks to section c, however, you can set up your portable install on a laptop or netbook and still be fully compliant -- without having to shell out more of your hard-earned money for a second copy of Office.
[via NeoWin]
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Subscribe to comments3tearAug 2nd 2010 1:34PM
Does "blade" refer to something to do with the xbox?
DaveAug 2nd 2010 1:53PM
3tear-
Probably refering to Terminal or VMs running on Blade Servers. Nothing to do with the Xboxes.
goldscarlettAug 2nd 2010 6:58PM
Actually "blade" refers to the old Xbox360 dash. The different areas you could pick to scroll too; i.e. marketplace, friends, games, were called "blades"
amagasakiAug 2nd 2010 7:24PM
No, goldscarlett, Dave is correct. It's referring to Blade servers. Nothing to do with the Xbox.
DaveAug 2nd 2010 7:28PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_server
Xbox it is not.
mazzthepianomanAug 2nd 2010 2:25PM
Note this is the same case with Adobe software or at least with CS3 Creative Suite which I have installed both on my production desktop and laptop for use awhile I am away.
FranklinAug 2nd 2010 3:21PM
Wish this applied to Windows 7.
JanholAug 2nd 2010 3:50PM
What if my home computer is a laptop? Does it still apply if I want to install it on another laptop/tablet (hp tm2)?
minibarAug 2nd 2010 4:26PM
also, there used to be student and corporate eula versions allowing 3 (?) copies and possibly (as dls may have previously posted) briefly a family version that allowed more, but idk what msft is doing now.
corfmanjAug 2nd 2010 10:53PM
I'm so glad I'm an OpenOffice.org user, so I don't have to worry about crap like this. If I were an MS Office user, I'd still have to buy two copies of Microsoft Office for our three computers at home (actually, we have five computers if you count the dual-boot systems as two computers, and since my wife and I both do a lot of work at home, I don't think we'd qualify for the Home and Student version). Fortunately, I can install OpenOffice.org on as many computers as I want without worrying about an obscure loophole (excuse me, without worrying about an obscure yet extremely generous exception granted by the goodwill of Microsoft out of the kindness of their hearts) in the license.
Question. If you install Microsoft Office on the desktop computer (which might be a family use computer) and install it on a laptop (for the exclusive use of the primary user, as per the EULA), can someone else in the family still use Microsoft Office on the desktop even while the copy on the portable computer is being used? I don't know if this is the case with MS Office, but I did read a EULA for some program (I forget which offhand) that did have that restriction (it could be installed on one desktop system and one portable system, provided that the primary user was the same on both computers, and provided that both copies were not used at the same time).
sRcAug 4th 2010 1:41PM
I'm not sure if the older versions had this statement, but this has been the case with the 2007 EULA since it was released.