Pros: Good install implementation, nice built-in PC license management tool, love being able to have two Excel windows open side by side, nice integration with SkyDrive and online Office tools, the perfect app set for my needs, blows the “free” office products out of the water Cons: Minor: perplexed about Contact Groups not being available when connecting through Outlook.com (EAS), but there are workarounds Overall Review: Office continues to improve (Microsoft finally realizing “Home” users like Outlook too) and I love the options 365 offers. I use it regularly across several machines and 365 meets that need very well. I really like the option where 1 year of Xbox Live Gold was included with the purchase. ‘nuff said, now I’ll get back to using it…

Pros: Always up-to-date All the Microsoft Office Apps I wanted, and some that I may play with, but don’t use. Comes with OneDrive cloud storage included. Cons: It appears that functions are not installed into your computer until the first use. That is my perception, anyway. I haven’t actually disconnected from the Internet to see if everything works and to use some function that I haven’t already used. I just notice a HUGE pause the first time I use uncommon functions. For instance, the first time I used TIMEVALUE() in Excel, there was about a 30 second delay after I had typed in “TIMEVALUE(” before I was allowed to choose the field to convert and enter the closing “)” . On subsequent use, this did not happen. Overall Review: I am on the fence regarding whether this will be good enough to pay an annual fee to use. I’ve been using LibreOffice and purchased this for compatibility with my work environment, specifically Outlook. To me, Outlook is the next best thing to Mozilla Thunderbird, but Thunderbird isn’t appropriate for my work environment. So far, I don’t see any particular advantage or disadvantage relative to LibreOffice, at least for my uses.