{"id":7127,"date":"2010-09-17T16:53:59","date_gmt":"2010-09-17T21:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=7127"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:36:22","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:36:22","slug":"buy-office-2008-now-get-office-2011-free-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/7127-buy-office-2008-now-get-office-2011-free-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Buy Office 2008 Now, Get Office 2011 FREE Later."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7128\" title=\"office2008-2011\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/office2008-2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/office2008-2011.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/office2008-2011-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/office2008-2011-284x284.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/office2008-2011-190x190.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/office2008-2011-120x120@2x.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A couple of weeks ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/6683-office-2011-cautiously-hopeful\">OWC Tim touched on the upcoming release of Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac<\/a>. Along with talking about the new features, it brought up some interesting points, and is probably worth a quick read. Go ahead and check it out &#8211; I\u2019ll wait here&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>This latest incarnation of Office sounds well&#8230;pretty sound. If you need Office compatibility (and who of us in Corporate America doesn\u2019t, these days?) and you haven\u2019t upgraded to Office 2008 already, <strong>it\u2019s probably gone through your mind to just hold of on getting Office 2008 and wait for Office 2011<\/strong> to come out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>That may not be the best idea, after all&#8230;if you like getting a good deal.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/search\/Microsoft+Office\">pick up a copy of Office 2008<\/a> from OWC now, <strong>you are eligible for a free upgrade to Office 2011<\/strong> when it comes out.<\/p>\n<p>All of a sudden, dropping the cash on the current version seems a lot better: not only do you get the instant gratification of having the software you need right in your hot little hands, but you also can rest easy knowing you\u2019ll be getting the latest and greatest version of Office as soon as it comes out.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a double-win as far as I\u2019m concerned&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks ago, OWC Tim touched on the upcoming release of Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac. Along with talking about the new features, it brought up some interesting points, and is probably worth a quick read. Go ahead and check it out &#8211; I\u2019ll wait here&#8230; This latest incarnation of Office sounds well&#8230;pretty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":7128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[339,5],"class_list":["post-7127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-product-spotlight","category-special-owc-deals"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.2 (Yoast SEO v20.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Buy Office 2008 Now, Get Office 2011 Later.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you need Office and you don&#039;t have Office 2008 already, you&#039;re probably waiting for Office 2011 instead.  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