(No retail edition of Office 2013 comes with a DVD or other physical installation media, a Microsoft Store sales representative confirmed today.) That's the same way, more or less, that buyers acquire Office from Microsoft's online store or at Amazon, where they plunk down money and then download the suite. That still holds true: Major OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) such as Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo include Office trials on their new machines.īut PKCs can also be used to activate a copy downloaded directly from Microsoft's website. The idea was that customers would evaluate Office using the trial, then pay for - and activate - the suite with the 25-character key code purchased on a PKC. PKCs were intended to provide a way for users to obtain a working copy of Office on a new PC that had a trial version of Office pre-installed. The PKC and standard versions of each edition are identical, although the means customers acquire Office may differ. As a PKC, Professional runs $360, a $40 - and 10% savings - from the full price of $400.
A PKC of Home & Business sells on Amazon for $190, or $30 off the $220 list price, for a 14% discount. There are similar savings for PKCs of Office 2013 Home & Business and Office 2013 Professional, the other, more application-packed editions sold at retail or by Microsoft.
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