The Silicon Valley headquarters of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is about 8 miles from the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) headquarters in Cuptertino, California. Eric Wilfrid, general manager of Microsoft’s Office for Mac drives back-and-forth regularly.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced that Office for Mac will be available for purchase on October 26th. It can also be pre-ordered from Amazon.com starting today too. There will be three versions of Office for Mac available. The three include Office for Mac Home & Student 2011, Office for Mac Home & Business 2011, and Office for Mac Academic 2011. The price ranges from $99-$279.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has announced that the Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 suite is arriving this October.  What is noticeable about the announcement is that the costs of the software suite are particularly low.  The cost of the software suite is 20-50% lower according to PCWorld.  Office for Mac Home and Student 2011 costs about $119 per single license.  The family pack costs $149.  The 2008 Home and Student Edition was $149.