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To download the latest updates for Office 2016, I needed to have AutoUpdate version 3.4 installed. Unless your son is doing specialized work, the Mac version should be fine for his needs.Resolve Office AutoUpdate for Mac, not Working I just upgraded to Mac Office 2016 before I graduated, and it's also nice. The only time I had to use the windows version was for a class where we used Access (which ins't in the Mac version). I used MS office for Mac 2013 with zero problems throughout grad school. My school offers a free downloadable copy of each to every student so I got both (Windows & Mac), as well as a discounted version of Parallels. Check with the school as many of them have free or greatly reduced prices on Office for students. (It's a nice suite for home or individual users, but files don't always convert correctly and it's missing some features that just make life easier (like the Table of Contents feature in word). The Apple 'office' suite isn't worth the hassle when you will be working with files that are in native MS Office format. I just wrapped up my MBA, so I'll share my experience. My small company has about 30 fast PCs in it, and there's no performance drop off in Parallels for Office 2016 use. I have no problems with firing up my Parallels VM and launching an Office app as it takes seconds I'd rather use Parallels instead of a Boot Camp partition if Office is the target. I do use Office in a production environment - college is a production environment, too. Word, Excel, and Outlook on the Win platform just work the Mac Office suite reminds me of a less powerful version of the 2004 version - the last previous iteration that Outlook was included. I try out the Mac Office suite when updates come out but keep finding that it's just not ready for primetime when compared to the Win Office suite. On my personal Mac, I have the 3 Apple apps installed and the only one I use is Keynote, the Mac Office 2016 suite and a Win 10 Pro VM with the Win Office 2016 suite installed. IMHO, I stick with and don't mix ecosystem-specific tools. OS X and Windows 10 user here, subscribing to Office 365 Home - 5 installs plus iPad Pro access.