By the next Monday UK customers will be able to purchase Microsoft Equipt. UK PC World customers will be the first in the UK to get hands on Microsoft Equipt. Microsoft has set £60 annual subscription fees to it’s combination of desktop and online services. Microsoft Office 2007 Home or Student Edition with Windows Live One Care Antivirus software are the part of desktop applications in Microsoft Equipt. Windows Live tools, such as Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live Photo Gallery are the part of Microsoft Equipt’s Online Services.
If Microsoft offers the same version of Microsoft Equipt here in UK then UK users will also get the access to Office Live Workspace, a dedicated online workspace where documents can be shared with friends and classmate, that they have offers to US customers.
Whenever a new version of any of the software or internet service arrives Microsoft Equipt customers will get the updates with free of cost. I see Microsoft Equipt is a good choice over the other online office suite applications where users has to pay $50 per year and then they have to chose some other desktop based office suite application.
DSGi, owner of PC World, Currys and Dixons, is currently the sole partner in the UK and will carry the Equipt service through PC World stores nationwide from 20 October.
Source : Microsoft Equipt to launch in UK next week
