Beware: Microsoft changed its EULA terms on retail forms (non-subscription, boxed units) of Microsoft Office 2013. If you install Office 2013 on a computer, it is forever tied to that computer, period. You cannot uninstall it, then reinstall it on a new or some other computer. If your computer dies or you buy a new computer, you have to buy a new license.
Obviously they are trying to push people to subscription -- pay forever -- software. But there is the right way to do it, and the wrong way to do it. The right way to do it, is to offer a low price, compared to the boxed software price while keeping it as flexible as the boxed software. The wrong way to do it is to screw over boxed software owners by restricting the license to the box it is installed on; that's slimy business practices, especially since very few people read the EULA fine print before installing software.
Of course, I have never owned Microsoft Office, because there have always been cheaper or free options available, now more than ever.
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