college students in the US can score 12 months free of Microsoft 365 Premium and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate with the purchase of an eligible PC, plus a free custom Xbox controller.
Wow. A controller for the gaming ecosystem they're letting die, and temporary access to their online (worse) office programs along with Game Pass access (also temporary)... Where do I sign up!?
Lmao thanks for saving me a read. That's so trash
This is an idiotic counter to the Neo. Microsoft is in a position it's not faced before: Macs are cheaper than PCs. Offering a year of "free services" doesn't change the fact that Surfaces start at more than twice what Apple has on offer.
Microsoft is unaware that students need a reliable device, this also means a stable OS which they can't offer.
Or just a Framework and install Linux, skip Microslop
The only thing is that the 8GB Framework 12 is a bit more expensive than the (8GB) MacBook Neo, and if you get it to 16GB it starts getting close to MacBook Air territory. But if you can sacrifice the nice build quality and nice screen plus spend some extra £, you can get Linux and a repairable laptop.
In any case: Windows is just not a value proposition anymore. Why pay extra to deal with Intel, MS and Copilot?
To be fair to Framework, the 12 is a 2-in-1 with a touchscreen, which is not something that's currently offered on any of Apple's laptops and at least partially accounts for the extra cost. Of course, economies of scale play a part, as well.
college students in the US can score 12 months free of Microsoft 365 Premium and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate with the purchase of an eligible PC, plus a free custom Xbox controller.
Saved you a click
Which is really funny because most (all?) students get 365 free from their school already
Ok, so students can select either:
Yeah, nah Microsoft, nah.
An admittedly excellent office suite
Every time some colleague uses office and I'm forced to hop on as well it feels like my whole workflow just grinds to a halt and there's nothing that I'd want more than to throw my laptop out the window... There's not much else that I hate with the same passion like ms Office. "Admittedly excellent"? What?
without a digital use by date
What? Apple just drops devices at some point.
You must have a pretty specific workflow that fails so completely using Microsoft Office.
The second point is that as has already been mentioned, you can keep using the computer after the software support ends, that doesn't really work for most subscription software.
You must have a pretty specific workflow that fails so completely using Microsoft Office.
My company provides latex templates, so I'm using those. They also provide a gitlab instance, so working collaboratively is easy and reliable.
The second point is that as has already been mentioned, you can keep using the computer after the software support ends, that doesn't really work for most subscription software.
Fair point.
Regarding the second point… the offer from Microsoft is good for 12 months. The Apple software does not expire. Sure, the support will end in about 7 years, but that’s a completely different story
That was exactly my point.
The subscriptions are only available to new subscribers.
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