Steep discounts on Microsoft Office 2008 for Friday
Say what you will about Microsoft Office 2008, but even with the advent of productivity suites in the cloud and from the open source world, there's still a lot to be said for having the industry standard package tucked away on your Mac in case you need it. If you don't own it yet, you might consider picking up a copy today: there are multiple deals on Office 2008 Special Media Edition, which includes Expression Media 2 (successor to the veteran content manager iView Media).
Microsoft has dropped the list price of the software to $149 for today only, a 70% discount, and you can do even better than that: Amazon has a one-hour deal for $99 for Office 2008 SME, expiring shortly; for even more savings, NYC retailer Tekserve has the same product for $79, good through 11/30, along with a pageful of other Mac and iPod deals. Time to warm up the checkbook.
Thanks TJ & everyone who sent this in.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
mark said 12:59PM on 11-27-2008
Thanks for posting this! I picked up my copy at Amazon.
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Andy Adams said 4:45PM on 11-27-2008
OWC also has it for $99, at least for the next 21 people. See here: http://eshop.macsales.com/item-specials/Microsoft/FWA00013/
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Dave Barnes said 9:51PM on 11-27-2008
BFD.
Office [Family version] is $150 USD list.
So, this version includes Expression, a product that no one wants.
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Michael Rose said 10:55PM on 11-27-2008
There is one other big difference between the Student & Family version and the Special Media edition -- the Student version of Entourage will not connect to Exchange servers. Big, big drag (and a change from Office 2004).
Chris Mathrusse said 12:18PM on 11-30-2008
Appears Tekserve no longer has the deal available, even though you stated it was good through 11/30. Seems that Amazon has it for $148.99 while Tekserve is asking $249.
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