Office License, 2nd unit

[RickD]

Hi. I am considering purchasing MS Office Pro 2007. I am in college, and have
a desktop PC at home and a "portable" lightweight slimline PC at school. I
take the slimline around campus, on trips, etc. But it is not a true
notebook.

I read the license terms and understand I can install my software on a
desktop and on a second portable that I own. Can I count my slimline
"portable" PC as my second unit?

Thanks.

 

[Bob I]

Can it be used/operated without attaching a monitor or power? If not,
then it's not a portable.

 

[RickD]

It cannot. I just wonder why Microsoft makes a distinction between a laptop
that I own (second license okay) and a 2nd desktop that I own (second license
not okay)? How does the presence or lack of power and a monitor make a
difference? Thanks...

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

It cannot. I just wonder why Microsoft makes a distinction between a laptop
that I own (second license okay) and a 2nd desktop that I own (second license
not okay)? How does the presence or lack of power and a monitor make a
difference? Thanks...

Think Different applies to lawyers as well as Mac users, I guess.

Realistically, though, if they wanted to let you run a second copy on your
laptop but not on a second PC, they had to draw the line somewhere. Why not
draw the line where it clearly includes a laptop and clearly excludes a desktop?

 

[Bob I]

Because you don't get a "second license", you get permission to use the
one license also on a portable machine so you may work on the road, or
take it home with you and you are the only user of the portable. IF you
want it installed on "2 desktops", your employer would need to go with
volume or open licensing and then you could use the "work at home"
program to extend the license to a desktop at home.

 

[RickD]

Thanks, this is helpful, although I sense the difference is subjective as I
use the second unit at school and bring it home sometimes, just like a laptop.

 

[RickD]

Thanks.
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Rick

Think Different applies to lawyers as well as Mac users, I guess.

Realistically, though, if they wanted to let you run a second copy on your
laptop but not on a second PC, they had to draw the line somewhere. Why not
draw the line where it clearly includes a laptop and clearly excludes a desktop?



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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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[Bob I]

The fact that you transfer a desktop from one location to another
doesn't convert it into a portable. That's like saying this is a trailer
house cause it has wheels.
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