Operating system: Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, or Windows 10 Server.Graphics: Hardware acceleration requires DirectX 10.Computer and processor: 1 GHz or faster x86 or 圆4 with SSE2 instruction set.Here are the Office 2016 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher, Outlook, and OneNote) system requirements for Windows users: Unlike the Mac version of Office, the Windows release requires that you uninstall any previous version of Office. Alternatively, you can get Office 2016 via a one-time purchase: Office Home & Student will set you back $149, while Office Home & Business costs $229.Īs promised, Microsoft today also released a standalone Office 2016 for Mac one-time purchase option (the above prices apply to OS X users as well). You can purchase an Office 365 subscription, starting at $6.99 per month (Office 365 Personal) or $9.99 per month (Office 365 Home), and get new features as they come.