College Students >> MS Office Ultimate $60

[Robert ex]

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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]If you're enrolled as a college student, Microsoft is offering a promotion to get MS Office Ultimate for only $59.95 (normally it's over $600). Students can download the software direct from Microsoft or have a DVD shipped out for a fee.[/FONT]

More Info >> [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]http://www.theultimatesteal.com/[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"The Ultimate Steal" promotion is currently available in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The program will be available in France, Italy and Spain beginning September 20. The promotion will end on April 30, 2008.[/FONT]

Source >> [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]http://www.microsoft.com/education/ultimatesteal.mspx[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Microsoft – The Ultimate Steal Promotion[/FONT]

This promotion is subject to the following terms and conditions and all participants acknowledge and agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.

Program Description: All eligible university students are entitled to make a purchase from the promotion site as described further below.

Promotion Duration: This offer commences at 12:00PM Pacific Daylight Savings Time on September 12, 2007 and all purchases must be made via the Promotion web site by 11:59PM Pacific Standard Time on April 30, 2008 at which time the offer ends.

Promotion Eligibility: This offer is good only to eligible students who possess a valid email address at an educational institution geographically located in the United States. This offer is non-transferable. Limit one purchase per eligible student.

The following conditions serve to define student eligibility for the Promotion:

1. Individual must possess a valid e-mail address at a U.S. educational institution which contains the domain suffix .edu; AND
2. Individual must be a student at a U.S. educational institution and must be actively enrolled in at least 0.5 course credit and be able to provide proof of enrollment upon request.

Microsoft or an appointed vendor may contact you to verify that you are a current student. If documentation is not provided indicating that you are a current student, you will be liable to reimburse Microsoft for the full retail cost of the software ($679).

Program Description: Eligible students may have free access to Microsoft® Office Ultimate 2007 Trial for a limited amount of time. Each trial provides (1) 25 application launches (each launch of an individual Office Ultimate application is counted as one launch) before the software goes into reduced functionality mode (at which time your software behaves similarly to a viewer, you cannot save modifications to documents or create any new documents, and additional functionality might be reduced); and (2) the opportunity to purchase the following perpetual license for the Microsoft® Office Ultimate 2007 software:

Microsoft® Office Ultimate 2007 (USD$59.95): Perpetual license, which includes the following applications:

•Access™ 2007
•Accounting Express 2007
•Excel® 2007
•InfoPath® 2007
•Groove 2007
•OneNote® 2007
•Outlook® 2007 with Business Contact Manager*(see Obtaining Software below)
•PowerPoint® 2007
•Publisher 2007
•Word 2007

Trial Conversion: Eligible students can convert their Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 Trial to the perpetual license by returning to Promotion website prior to the Promotion deadline and purchasing the relevant product key.

Purchase Limitations: Each eligible student is limited to one purchase per valid e-mail address and billing address.

Obtaining Software: Eligible students can obtain the Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 software by downloading or ordering a disk from the official Promotion web site.
*Business Contact Manager requires a separate download. If ordering a disk Business Contact Manager is included on a separate disk.

Obtaining Product Keys: Product keys will be provided on the purchase confirmation page and sent to the student's eligible educational institution email address entered into the Promotion web site during the purchase process.

Promoter: The promoter of this program is Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052.

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[unknown]

I would check with your school before jumping on this. While it is a great deal, it is possible that you can get Office for slightly cheaper or for free.


I would first check here to is if you school participates in MSDN Academic Alliance: http://www.msdnaa.net/search/schoolsearch.aspx? If your school does you might be able to get Office 2007 free.

Also I would check with your campus tech store. Many times the colleges are able to offer discounted licensing to most Microsoft software. I know my campus sells Office 2007 Pro for $29, and Office 2003 Pro for $25.

Most people will not use the full benefits of the Ultimate edition of Office. Check to see it you would use anything that is only in the ultimate edtion before you purchase it rather than going into your campus store.

These are the things that are not in the Pro edition:

Groove 2007
OneNote 2007
InfoPath 2007

 

[doctormcdreamy]

this could count for spam. you're not supposed to adverstise things like this on pokegym, arent you?

there is open office. you can google it. it's one of those open-end deals. like linux. that programmers work on together and the end product is free. open office is a pretty good alternative to ms office.

 

[Robert ex]

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If someone needs more info about Microsoft Office, you may want to visit these sites:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office_2007
• http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx

I would check with your school before jumping on this. While it is a great deal, it is possible that you can get Office for slightly cheaper or for free.

I would first check here to is if you school participates in MSDN Academic Alliance: http://www.msdnaa.net/search/schoolsearch.aspx? If your school does you might be able to get Office 2007 free.

Also I would check with your campus tech store. Many times the colleges are able to offer discounted licensing to most Microsoft software. I know my campus sells Office 2007 Pro for $29, and Office 2003 Pro for $25.

You're right about SOME schools having good purchase options, and I'm glad you brought this point up. It's always best to shop around. Thanks. (...the link to the MSDN Academic Alliance is especially helpful).

There are a lot of colleges, voc-techs, and seminaries that don't have these choices though. Any "actively enrolled" student with a *.edu email address -- even if it's online or distance learning -- should be able to take advantage of this.

This really is a bargain for the right person -- the best deal I've seen Microsoft offer.

Most people will not use the full benefits of the Ultimate edition of Office. Check to see it you would use anything that is only in the ultimate edition before you purchase it rather than going into your campus store.

Again, very good advice. But I think you might be assuming (mistakenly, maybe ?) that everyone shares your situation. True, the average student may not need the full benefits of the Ultimate edition, but it sure beats going to Wal-Mart for the much slimmed-down Home & Student edition -- which retails for about $120.

If someone is stuck buying the Home & Student edition, they've only got Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. By upgrading to the Ultimate version, they add Outlook, Access, Publisher, Accounting Express, and more.

this could count for spam. you're not supposed to adverstise things like this on pokegym, arent you?

I would consider this a helpful "community announcement" -- not spam.

• Noun: Spam -- Unwanted or junk e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk)

You need not worry. Bill Gates doesn't share the proceeds with anyone on the PokeGym. :wink:

With so many college students on this forum, it seems quite fitting to pass on any useful info to help them budget. After all, it's not easy trying to decide between the latest Level X card, and a silly thing like school supplies.

there is open office. you can google it. it's one of those open-end deals. like linux. that programmers work on together and the end product is free. open office is a pretty good alternative to ms office.

OpenOffice is really great for folks who only want FREE stuff -- it serves it's purpose quite well. But if you've ever used it after trying MS Office, you quickly realize why Microsoft doesn't worry about losing their steady customers. It's kind of like comparing a perfectly broiled sirloin steak to a McDonald's double cheeseburger.

There is also Google Docs, Spreadsheet, and Calendar. And dozens of other free online (Web 2.0) apps. And tons of open source software (aka freeware) available all over the 'net. Some are OK. But they're not reliable for prolonged use (i.e. in a professional atmosphere). Frankly, none of them even comes close to the performance, or wide acceptance of Microsoft Office.

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[unknown]

Again, very good advice. But I think you might be assuming (mistakenly, maybe ?) that everyone shares your situation. True, the average student may not need the full benefits of the Ultimate edition, but it sure beats going to Wal-Mart for the much slimmed-down Home & Student edition -- which retails for about $120.

No, I am not assuming that everybody shares my situation. I guess I should have been a little more clear in what I was saying. I was saying that if you are able to get the Pro version for $20-30, you should look at what they offer and decide from that. If you do not need Infopath, Groove, or One Note, you do not need to spend the extra $30-40. I am not telling them to not purchase Ultimate because they only use Word, and the rest would not be used, I am essentially suggesting to them to purchase the cheapest one that meets their needs.

I believe this is a simple typo. It should read:

"These are the things that are not in the PRO edition:"

"Groove 2007, OneNote 2007, InfoPath 2007"

Thanks, the typo is fixed.

With so many college students on this forum, it seems quite fitting to pass on any useful info to help them budget. After all, it's not easy trying to decide between the latest Level X card, and a silly thing like school supplies.

Agreed.

 

[Regis_Neo]

this could count for spam. you're not supposed to adverstise things like this on pokegym, arent you?

there is open office. you can google it. it's one of those open-end deals. like linux. that programmers work on together and the end product is free. open office is a pretty good alternative to ms office.

How is this spam? I doubt he's a Microsoft employee and historically people have always posted odd random links to weird Ebay items. Do they count as spam also? Besides, I don't think pointing out a good deal for us poor college students is spam either.

Back on topic, my college usually comes out with a student bundle which usually has the latest Microsoft thing for free, but it's still lagging along with XP SP2 and Office 2003 set...perhaps this is worth buying.

 

[homeofmew]

Thanks for Sharing, this is a pretty good Deal

 

[drrty byl]

But they're not reliable for prolonged use (i.e. in a professional atmosphere).

Here is a [long] list of governments, corporations, and educational systems that have major deployments of openoffice in place:

http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Major_OpenOffice.org_Deployments

Frankly, none of them even comes close to the performance, or wide acceptance of Microsoft Office.

Performance? In terms of resource utilization and speed? Or enhancements perceptible in user space? Arguably, MS Office applications have an edge over OOo in neither of these categories.

or wide acceptance of Microsoft Office.

Microsoft will continue to dominate various niches of the software market until users realize that there ARE superior alternatives to their products free of charge. Just look at what's happened with Firefox. Wouldn't you rather spend $60, $120, or $200 on Pokemon cards?

 

[SD PokeMom]

...what i find interesting in using open office: the same document saved in .odc format is ~24kb in size while the version saved in word doc format is *89kb*...

'mom

 

[Robert ex]

Here is a [long] list of governments, corporations, and educational systems that have major deployments of openoffice in place:

http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/...rg_Deployments

Long list? ...10 government entities, 16 schools, and 8 corporations in all of North America?

I guess the tens of thousands who haven't switched to "FREE stuff" are not very bright, eh?

blah, blah ... free, Free, FREE ... blah, blah

It never occurred to me this thread might turn into a contentious "open source" discussion.

I guess, for you, getting this $650 program for only $60 (over 90% savings) is not a good deal.

Take it -- or leave it. Whatever floats your boat?! :nonono:

Microsoft will continue to dominate various niches of the software market until users realize that there ARE superior alternatives to their products free of charge.

...and the ever-trustworthy FREE Wikipedia will put Encyclopedia Britannica to shame.

...and Linux (FREE, of course) will make Windows and Mac OS X obsolete.

So what do you think? When their "market shares" start to catch up, is it possible there might be hidden drawbacks? Will all these freebies (Google, Firefox, etc, etc) have a price we ultimately have to pay? Should we be so naive to think this is all done "out of the goodness of their hearts"? And should we be enthusiastic beta testers (guinea pigs) throughout the entire process?

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[drrty byl]

It never occurred to me this thread might turn into a contentious "open source" discussion.

Me neither -- I simply stated some facts about openoffice.org in relation to microsoft office. I apologize if this episode has interrupted any ultimate stealmaking.

...and Linux (FREE, of course) will make Windows and Mac OS X obsolete.

Well, if you want to get technical - OS X is built on BSD: a free, reliable, highly secure operating system. Windows is built on a solid foundation of.. Exploits?

So what do you think? When their "market shares" start to catch up, is it possible there might be hidden drawbacks? Will all these freebies (Google, Firefox, etc, etc) have a price we ultimately have to pay? Should we be so naive to think this is all done "out of the goodness of their hearts"? And should we be enthusiastic beta testers (guinea pigs) throughout the entire process?

You're right, free stuff is evil. We will indeed pay a hefty price in the end for these resources provided free of charge and copyright restriction. Continue stealing ultimately.