MS Office 2007 for $64 - For those that prefer legal if its cheap...

[Stealth22]

http://www.microsoft.com/student/dis...a/default.aspx

Bought mine last year...looks like the sale is on again

EDIT: They're offering Vista Ultimate for $70 too

[toyboy88]

Awesome, thanks for the heads up.

[schocker]

Is that full vista though since it says upgrade, i am assuming from XP

[el-nino]

Do I really have to be a student? Will they really check?

[Wraith]

Anyone know if they have something similar for osx? I don't really want to pay $180+ or download it.

[r0g3r]

Yeah, they want your student ID and they email to your student email.

I got the office stuff. Good deal. I haven't quite checked the vista stuff cuz I alraedy have vista with my comp

[BerserkerCatSplat]

Originally posted by el-nino
Do I really have to be a student? Will they really check?

Yes. When you register, it must be through an approved post-secondary email address.

[Stealth22]

Originally posted by schocker
Is that full vista though since it says upgrade, i am assuming from XP

http://www.microsoft.com/student/dis...-ca/terms.aspx

3. Available October 24 - Windows Vista® Ultimate Upgrade (CAD $70.00): Perpetual license, which includes the following application:

* Windows Vista® Ultimate Upgrade*

*You must be a licensed user of one of the following products to be eligible for purchase of Windows Vista Ultimate Upgrade License.

Qualifying Operating System for purchase of Windows Upgrade License

Windows Vista (32-bit or 64-bit)
Business (N, K, KN) / NOTE: “N”, “K”, and “KN” are specialized editions available for certain markets
Business Blade PC Edition
Ultimate
Home Premium
Home Basic

Windows XP (32-bit or 64-bit)
XP Professional
XP Tablet PC Edition
XP Pro N
XP Pro Blade PC Edition
XP Home Edition

Windows 2000 Professional
Windows NT Workstation 4.0
Windows 98 (including 2nd edition)
Apple Macintosh

I might get the Vista to upgrade mine from Business...

[schocker]

Well if they had included my good pal ME that would have worked. Looks like I might pony up for an OEM version from memx. Those are both wicked deals though.

[rmk]

Will this Office 97 work on a Mac Pro?

[BerserkerCatSplat]

Originally posted by rmk
Will this Office 97 work on a Mac Pro?

Only if you have Windows installed on your Mac. I don't know of any Office deals for OSX.

[Isaiah]

I got the 2008 Office Suite for Mac through the student promo and I don't have Windows installed. It's 2008 though so 2007 may be different.

[Wraith]

Originally posted by Isaiah
I got the 2008 Office Suite for Mac through the student promo and I don't have Windows installed. It's 2008 though so 2007 may be different.

This? http://www.microsoft.com/mac/product...8/default.mspx

Did you somehow get it through the link above? Same price?

[roopi]

For those who aren't students you can get academic versions (office 07) on ebay for about $100.

[Isaiah]

Originally posted by Wraith


This? http://www.microsoft.com/mac/product...8/default.mspx

Did you somehow get it through the link above? Same price?

I didn't get it from the link you posted, I got it from MRC. In fact, it was actually $92.95 + GST.

[BerserkerCatSplat]

Originally posted by Isaiah
I got the 2008 Office Suite for Mac through the student promo and I don't have Windows installed. It's 2008 though so 2007 may be different.

The big difference is that the one you bought is the stripped-down Student version (retail <$150), while the Ultimate Steal promo gets you the full-blown Ultimate package (retail $680) for less money.

Basically, MS wouldn't sell nearly as many copies of Office Mac as they will Office Windows, so it doesn't make sense to offer a massive discount to a small market.

[Isaiah]

Gotcha, thanks for the tip. I wasn't aware that it was a stripped down version but I haven't really found anything missing so far. Do you know what they've omitted from the student version?

I use office extensively, especially powerpoint and excel, and I haven't noticed any missing aps other than some statistical functions. I can't get macros to work either but I think that's just the Mac version and not specific to the student edition.

[jsn]

I was just wondering, does anyone know why this version is usually $600+ retail? Like what makes it that much more than the stripped down student version?

[Stealth22]

It just has every single product..

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/pr...635841033.aspx

[BerserkerCatSplat]

Originally posted by Isaiah
Gotcha, thanks for the tip. I wasn't aware that it was a stripped down version but I haven't really found anything missing so far. Do you know what they've omitted from the student version?

I use office extensively, especially powerpoint and excel, and I haven't noticed any missing aps other than some statistical functions. I can't get macros to work either but I think that's just the Mac version and not specific to the student edition.

The Home/Student version is targeted towards most normal users that just need the basics like Word and Excel, while Ultimate is targeted towards the power user/business that needs everything available. It's not that the Student version is bad, it's great if you don't need anything else - but the Ultimate version for $65 is a much better deal. Unless you're on a Mac, in which case you unfortunately don't have much in the way of deals.