MS Office Ultimate edition coming

Usual office applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook will be there in the ultimate edition also

Microsoft has announced that it would launch an Ultimate Edition to the Office 2007. This was announced by Microsoft at the WinHEC. The deal is mainly targetted towards customers who do not want to have the hassle of choosing specific components from the Office lineup. The entire Ultimate Edition will cost $679 USD.

Usual office applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook will be there in the ultimate edition also. Along with these, it will also have Microsoft Publisher, OneNote, InfoPath, Access and the new Groove collaboration suite. 

The Office Professional will have Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Access, and Publisher for $499 USD, or $329 USD when purchased as an upgrade. office Small Business features all these applications minus Microsoft Access for $449 and $279 USD. Office Standard 2007 will include Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook for $399 and $239 USD. 

When it comes to operating systems, Microsoft will offer Windows Vista Ultimate, which will have the features of Home Premium and Enterprise editions. Vista Ultimate will have features like Windows Media Center, Tablet PC support, integrated search, BitLocker disk encryption, Virtual PC, multi-language user interface support, and Services for UNIX. The price for Vista Ultimate is expected to be around $450.