Students Only: Microsoft Office Ultimate for $60

Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:39PM EDT

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I swear, this is completely legit. It's a Microsoft-sponsored special offer, completely on the up and up: For the rest of the school year (until April 30, 2008), students can get Microsoft Office 2007, the Ultimate Edition (which seriously has everything in it and normally runs $680), for 60 bucks.

You get Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, as well as a whole host of extras, including a few that students might actually find useful, like Access, Publisher, note-taking software OneNote, and collaboration software Groove. As Microsoft itself puts it, "the entire suite will cost less than any single part costs on its own." The promo is available in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. immediately. France, Italy, and Spain follow on September 20.

What's the catch? You have to be a student. Microsoft hasn't said what counts as a student: college, highschool, Ph.D. candidate? My daughter's technically a student (she's in kindergarten). If I give her 60 bucks can she buy it? The only way to find out is to try when the site goes live: The offer is supposed to start any minute now at theultimatesteal.com... but as I write this my countdown clock is still in the four-hour range (as I finish editing it's up to 16 hours). Check it on the 13th! (UPDATE: The offer site is now live. Turns out you need a .edu email address (plus other restrictions) to be eligible for the offer. Bummer.)

Also note that many commenters are saying that various versions of Office can be had for as little as $25 at on-campus computer stores, though no one seems to be able to match the $60 Ultimate pricing. Frankly, even if you don't need all those features, it may be worth it to invest in the Ultimate version so you'll have it after graduation.

LINK: Office Ultimate 2007: Just $60 (for students) 

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  • 1 Posted by janettwokay on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:28PM EDT Report Abuse

    Thanks for the info. I've got one college student and one grade school student. I hope I've got the bases covered. The deal definitely sounds wonderful. I hope it's true.

  • 2 Posted by scottiecordes on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:08PM EDT Report Abuse

    Individual must possess a valid e-mail address at a U.S. educational institution which contains the domain suffix .edu 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) Now that .edu requirement is a showstopper for many people, isnt it?

  • 3 Posted by collarncuffsboy on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:28PM EDT Report Abuse

    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: Individual must possess a valid e-mail address at a U.S. educational institution which contains the domain suffix .edu; AND 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.

  • 4 Posted by myanke2000 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:31PM EDT Report Abuse

    The way I read the comment below is that you can only use each application 25 times and then it will loose most of it's functionality and usefulness. Of course then you can purchase the license for each of the products if you want to access your programs. Sounds like another Microsoft ripoff to me. Just use Open Office for free. This is just a $60 trial version when most new computers come with these trials for free. "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:"

  • 5 Posted by cnull on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:27PM EDT Report Abuse

    myanke2000 - I think you're misreading that; the software is FREE for 25 uses so you can try it out, then it becomes 60 bucks for unlimited use.

  • 6 Posted by myanke2000 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:31PM EDT Report Abuse

    Chris, I guess you are correct. Thanks for the clarification.

  • 7 Posted by applebiteca on Thu Sep 3, 2009 2:57PM EDT Report Abuse

    So community college students without an dot edu email can't participate? What is that about?

  • 8 Posted by shavger_r on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:17PM EDT Report Abuse

    I just bought one, and Im downloading it at the moment. Its a 502MB file you have to download, no CD. Ill let you guys know how it goes.

  • 10 Posted by englishworkout on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:55PM EDT Report Abuse

    If you are cribbing about $60 in the USA you should see how Microsoft rips off unsuspecting people in India!!!

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