Microsoft Office 365 is three years old now yet very few users are adopting it and prefer to stick with the ‘boxed’ versions of Office 2013 for PC or Office 2011 for Mac. After this rocky start, with some recent tweaks Microsoft Office 365 looks set to be one of Microsoft’s most important products ever.

It’s taken us a while to be convinced here as its been seen as an on-line version with constant subscription costs. But the new revision is great and a true successor to Office 2013 ‘supplied in a box’. Gone is the need to solely use the online versions of applications, which required broadband speeds most small business’ could only dream of, and in comes a great collaboration tool that comes with of all the newest  favourites like Word, Excel and Access- all loaded locally on your hard drive but with the ability to share your documents with others and your own other devices. read more

It has been a big push on Renewals here at HardSoft this week! So, what are they and how do they work? Probably the best part of a HardSoft Flexible Finance Lease is the ability to Renew the lease to the latest kit while not paying for the first lease when you do.

It has also never been better with the introduction of trade in’s which means you can now do a straight swap of kit and give back your old machine to get a discount on the new lease going forward. This is of course not your only choice (it isn’t called flexi lease for nothing) you can upgrade to any new kit of your choice while keeping all the old equipment. read more

As an Authorised Wacom Reseller, HardSoft Computers have brought this range into our product line as the perfect add-on for Apple iMac, Apple Mac Pro and PC Graphics Workstation users. The Wacom range enables users to get the best of their Creative Suite, or similar, software; especially Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.

The portable Wacom Cintiq 12WX allows users to neatly fit this on their desk and use almost as a sketchbook. Available on a Flexi-Lease from Hardsoft Computers, it’s cost is £7.80 + VAT per week on a 3 Year Flexible Lease. The larger Wacom Cintiq 21UX is impressively easy to use. The new Grip Pen and Expresskeys function enables you to work quickly and accurately. The Cintiq 21UX has a large 21.3” Anti Glare TFT display which reclines for 65 to 10 degress and rotates 180 degrees for either portrait or landscape orientation. Slightly more expensive than its smaller sister, it is £14.80 + VAT per week on lease. read more

So it is that annual event when Adobe update their Creative Suite products. .. As ever HardSoft  Computers will be supplying the latest version of
Adobe on a three year lease. We anticipate that the RRP of the product is unlikely to change at this time (meaning you could acquire Adobe CS6 Design Premium for as little as £9.50 + VAT per week on a flexible software lease).

Why wait though? You might need Photoshop or Dreamweaver for that all important project today, the last thing you want is to wait another month (maybe longer) to get your hands on your required product, but equally you don’t want to get CS5.5 knowing CS6 is just around the corner. read more