Have you upgraded to Office 2007 yet? No? Why not? Oh yeah, Office is ridiculously expensive.
I found a little deal a while back that I keep forgetting to share though. The Ultimate Steal is a deal from Microsoft. Current U.S. students can buy Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 for only $59.95.
The only requirements are a valid U.S. email address ending in .edu and that you be actively enrolled in at least 0.5 course load. (Their words, I’m guessing you have to be enrolled for at least half-time status.)
You purchase your license and download. A backup disc is also available for a fee, and if you ever need to re-download the software, or you have problems with your original download, they offer a variety of ways to grab it again.
The deal is valid from September 2007- April 30, 2008.
I’m signed up for a Microsoft survey program that runs in the background on my computer–after 3 months I’m supposed to be eligible for a free Microsoft product of my choosing, but I think if I wait for that, I’ll be cutting it close to the deadline for this deal, so currently, the plan is to use some of my small bit of excess financial aid this semester to get it. I really need it to be able to do all my ACED assignments at home, anyway and classes end in April.
So check it out guys! Seriously, it’s like a 90% off discount…just on the Office website, it’s $679.95 to buy new and $539.99 to upgrade… so yeah, you’re saving a little bit of money…it’s honestly one of the best deals I’ve ever found.
January 14th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
The .edu requirement locked me out of it…
January 15th, 2008 at 10:56 am
Darn it! edu..blah! I would love to have it though.
January 15th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
OMG, Thank you SOOOOOOOOO much! One of my classes for next semester requires a working version of office. I’ve used Open Office forever so I’ve been sitting here figuring out where I could snap the best deal on this and WALA! THANKS! I can’t grab it til my aid comes through at the end of Jan, beginning of Feb, but I’m bookmarking the page so I can snag it up! THANK YOU!!!!!
January 15th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
mcangeli–ahh too bad!
January 15th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Lori–yeah I’ve seen talk from quite a few schools who don’t use .edu addresses. Totally sucks.
January 15th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Holly–ditto to all that! It’s not a necessity, but anything I do on campus now can’t be opened at home and plus, now that I’ve worked so much with Word 2007 in class, I much prefer it. My aid comes in then too so I’m just waiting!
January 15th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Awesome deal! I have the .edu part, but I’m not currently enrolled right now. My mom is though and she has the .edu email to boot. I’m going to tell her about this.
January 15th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Joana, I actually thought of you when I was writing this up, hoping it wasn’t too late for you to take advantage, but at least someone can!
February 8th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Hey, I was wondering if you knew of anyone that had actually used this link for purchase/download? The reason I’m asking is because I just purchased it and am downloading it. I have the invoice page still open and on it it says:
“* This product key is needed to activate the software” but nowhere on the page is there a product key and when I log in to where it says I can “find my order”, I get redirected back to the order page. I’ve contacted their customer service, but this is not sitting good with me