On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, tonym wrote:
That site only covers 6 states. I live in Florida,
which is NOT on the list at that site.
This is a full retail Office 2007 Ultimate, 2-computer license (1 desktop, 1 laptop), for
$59.95.
As for Vista, that site has Vista Business, not Ultimate. Business lacks all the
Multimedia/Media Center portions of Vista.
Yes, there are a lot of different deals and places to do it through.
A better starting point than the one I use and posted, is:
http://www.microsoft.com/education/eligible.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/Education/USAcademicPricing.mspx
Shop around for varying deals, but do NOT fall for "you gotta buy by
midnight".
If your school has subscribed to the MSDN Academic Alliance, then you
can copy certain products for free, if you promise to erase them when you
graduate.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/academic/default.aspx
Microsoft "support" for "academic editions" is rather limited.
PLEASE don't ever pay retail for MICROS~1 products!