A:Answer Basically, this is true with all Windows computers.
When you buy your new computer at Best Buy, you can include an order for a 15-month (instead of 12) license at a discount, but you'll need a license to use Microsoft 365.
We share a 6-user family license, we renew it annually, one of the wonderful things is that every user has at his disposal 1TB of cloud storage - included! You may sometimes find those licenses at a discount on Amazon, or even some coupons (don't worry, when you use a new license, it will automatically add in a queue to your old one, so you don't lose your money).
Or... you may use Google's suite (Docs / Sheets / Slides - they are all compatible with Word / Excel / PowerPoint) for free with your Google account. But you'll have to pay for the extra storage.
It seems that there is no such thing as a free lunch, unfortunately.