OneNote 2007 Upgrade version
If you looked on the 2007 Microsoft Office system pricing site you may have noticed that OneNote didn't have an update price : ( It only listed the full price of OneNote so regardless of if you purchased OneNote in the past you wouldn't get a discount for the new version.
We heard some complaints from you all and David took care of this so that now OneNote 2007 will have an upgrade pricing available as well! It will not be available on the worldwide consumer launch of Office 2007 + Windows Vista on January 30th 2007 but some time later in '07. So if you have OneNote 2003 and want to get 2007 at an discount (upgrade pricing) please hold out for a couple months. Thanks David!
Comments
Anonymous
December 26, 2006
Well lets hope the upgrade price is available when my trial version runs out. Its not a matter of holding out for a few months - i need my data on a daily basis. I assume a lot of dedicated OneNote users will already be tied into the new 2007 format already having tried the betas and now the trial version, these are the people who should be evangelising about OneNote, not moaning that they had to pay the full price as could not wait for upgrade deal.Anonymous
December 27, 2006
that does seem a bit unfair to current users however since i got the 100% rebate i guess i shouldn't complain :-)Anonymous
December 27, 2006
I agree with Rob. I was looking for the upgrade pricing yesterday. Not in a couple months. I have a whole team I want to upgrade.Anonymous
December 27, 2006
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December 28, 2006
How about a rebate for all OneNote 2003 users who purchase a full copy of OneNote 2007 between the end of Jan and whenever upgrade pricing is announced? As has been said, the people who will be most affected by this are the very evangelists and early adopters who live and love OneNote -- your biggest fans who do a great deal to promote OneNote.Anonymous
January 05, 2007
I agree with the above posts. Considering OneNote 2007 is a great program and OneNote 2003 was considerably less so (almost unusable), the early adopters shouldn't be punished.Anonymous
January 10, 2007
Everyone - Thank you for the great comments here and sorry I didn't reply earlier I have been out of the office for the past few weeks. That being said here are some thoughts I have: o So sorry about all of the hassle, I just found out about this and I am just passing on the information as I get it. As Shannon mentions this wasn't something that was done by the development team. o When you downloaded and installed the trial the Office site didn't mention an upgrade price so you would have only had the option to get that upgrade. The site will be updates once the upgrade is available. Buyer beware. o When the trial expires you can continue using it to read your notes. You cannot edit those notes but you can view then and copy (using the toolbar). o I am not sure if there is much that we can do to solve this problem. I wish there were but probably not. If you have any other feedback please let me know, I will pass it on to the marketing team.Anonymous
January 14, 2007
As a former Marketing Guy myself (Yeah, I know, it's hard to admit it...) I'd love to be a fly on the wall of the MS marketing department when Dan comes in and says, "This upgrade plan will lose a lot of people who will not be able to use their OneNote unless they convert at full price. They are the ones who promote software so new and different that most of the first wave of buyers have arrive by word-of-mouth. The less-informed mass or chasm-crossers have to ask someone, 'Will it fit my needs? Here's what I need...' and we will olose a lot of them to other products or inertia." I am sure there is a hassle involved in moving this up or moving the trial date out if you plan to buy the upgrade, but these are the things you just do. I mean, what do they say? This isn't giving up big bucks but it is giving up big buzz. Dan, there had been a lot of notice that there was not going to be an upgrade price both in Chris's blog anf the Discussion Forum. The part that has people a little steamed is that once there IS going to be an upgrade offer the people who did a lot of [free] field testing are going to be the ones who miss out, because they couldn't wait. No one is going to give up use of their every-day software. Look, this isn't fairness, this is affecting the cost of promotion: early adopters usually do this for free. I had been talking a lot about this product among my fellow teachers. Jonathan RawleAnonymous
January 15, 2007
Jonathan, I disagree with you. There is no upgrade available in time for me, so, I'm going to shell out full price, because the software is worth it. And, to top it off, I'm telling all of my friends the same thing...don't wait for the upgrade. The extra time that I save is well worth the normal non-upgrade price. Do I like it? No. That is life, and MS is still a business, not a philanthropic organization. All of the beta testing that was done, at least on my part, was done so that I (and I mean I) could have a great product. It was very self-centered. I didn't expect anything in return. If you go look at connect, I have submitted more bugs than anybody (1viking1). The product works great now. And, I can count at least 15 bugs that I submitted that are fixed in the current version. I guess I'm trying to say that I beta tested this thing like mad, and I'm still willing to pay full price (I will) and am encouraging my friends to do the same.Anonymous
January 31, 2007
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February 01, 2007
i was using the beta until today when it expired...until i set my system clock back. however, i don't want to keep my clock behind, so i'm going for the trial. after that, if the upgrade price isn't out (i'm guessing most people who want onenote 2007 got 2003 free with their tablets) i'm going back to the beta...i still have it saved somewhere...or i'll just write in journal until the upgrade price comes out.Anonymous
March 03, 2007
So where is the upgrade pricing? I too "found" OneNote, and loved it. Converted folks at the office and now am stuck with the older version. I have no intention of upgrading to Visita in the next 12-18 months (or any of the associated products), but this I would upgrade.Anonymous
March 04, 2007
The upgrade pricing is available as $79. You can find it on http://office.microsoft.com/