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MS Office Enterprise 2007 or Office Home and Student 2007?

Anonymous
2009-03-24T19:08:44+00:00

I have a new computer with Win Vista Home Prem. 64 bit w/ sp1. It has 8GB of RAM and a 750GB hard drive and an AMD Phenom X4 9650 Quad core processor.  I am eligible for an Office Enterprise 2007  home use software package through work.  I cannot find details of what this package includes thus making it difficult to compare to MS Office Home and Student 2007.  Additionally, I do not see any specs concerning compatibility with the Vista 64bit OS.  Do you have any information to aid my decision?

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Anonymous
2009-03-27T06:16:42+00:00

"This reminds me of another question.  Will Vista's Windows mail conflict with Outlook once installed?"

They are different programs, there will be no conflicts.  I run Windows Mail, Outlook, and Hotmail, all with no problems.

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Anonymous
2009-03-26T18:54:31+00:00

No, they will not conflict at all because the applications in the Enterprise edition are essentially identical to the corresponding applications in the Home/Student edition and will replace them.  In practice, it is better to uninstall an one version of Office before installing a different one than it is to upgrade over the top of an existing installation; this is particularly important with Outlook, as in-place upgrades can corrupt Outlook profiles.  In as much as my understanding of the the Enterprise edition is that its only available through business/volume licensing (it cannot be purchased through retail outlets) and you should, thereby, have a full license for it, I'm curious why you'd want to experiment with Home/Student trial?

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Anonymous
2009-03-24T19:41:13+00:00

The 2007 Microsoft Office system programs client is a 32-bit application and can run on a Windows 64-bit platform (Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista) but there may be some feature limitations as noted in the system requirements below.

See this link for a comparison guide as to versions of Office.  One possible advantage of "Home Student" is that I believe it may be licensed to install on up to 3 "In the Home" machines, a disadvantage is that it does not come with Outlook for E-mail.  Other versions of Office are, again I believe, licensed for just one machine.  You'll have to study the EULA License agreements.

2007 Microsoft Office system requirements

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/HA101668651033.aspx

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Anonymous
2009-03-24T19:36:03+00:00

A  Version comparison chart  including Office Enterprise is here:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/FX102464411033.aspx

Compare the 2007 Microsoft Office suites

Office 2007, all versions, will run on Vista 64, but there may be some feature limitations as noted in the system requiremens:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/HA101668651033.aspx

2007 Microsoft Office system requirements 

Hal

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  1. Anonymous
    2009-03-26T13:52:50+00:00

    Thank you both for your answers. 

    I am looking for users who have practical experience with these programs since many do not perform exactly as advertised.  Do you know of any quirks with these other than what is specified by the manufacturer?

    For example, since this computer is new, I get 60 days of MS Office Home and Student 2007 free BUT if I choose to install MS Office Enterprise after the 60 day trial of the other, will these  forever conflict with each other?  I have not installed the free trial yet.  I would rather hold off installing the free trial if I will have to live with fighting software.

    I appreciate the note about the licensing for up to three computers and the Outlook for E-mail notation.  This computer is the only one I plan to use to install this software.

    Thanks again.

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