Microsoft wants to give you a MacBook Pro

Q. "What's the perfect gift for a long-term commitment?" A. A MacBook Pro tinted the color of an Office for Mac icon.

Microsoft is running a pretty cool giveaway right now called Mac Office Loves You. The prize is none other than a 2.53Ghz 15" MacBook Pro with custom PMS cover and a copy of Office 2008 for Mac.

To enter you must be a registered account holder of Twitter.com. You can enter one of two ways:

Follow @officeformac, or
Retweet @OfficeforMac and include the hashtag #officeformac. Only one retweet will be counted per person.

Two winners will be selected, each one getting a MacBook Pro and Office. The contest is open to the US and Canada (except Quebec). Only two entries per person will be accepted.The contest ends at 11:59 p.m. PT on February 25, 2010.

What's the reason for the giveaway? Just because, apparently. "Microsoft Office for Mac loved the Mac community since way back when,'' the site states. Or perhaps they're trying to clear out all their copies of Office for Mac 2008 to make room for the new version. Either way, it's a pretty sweet giveaway. Let us know if you win!

Thanks to reader Edsel for the tip!

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Source: http://macofficelovesyou.com/macworld-sweepstakes/

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Pat

Wow, so it has Office preloaded and it is coloured, it will be easy to distinguishes from your other Macs. I'd take it!

February 23 2010 at 1:04 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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benjamin

Correction:
"1 packaged retail copy of Office 2008 for Mac will be included with each MacBook Pro awarded."

It's preloaded with the option to not use Microsoft code at all!

February 23 2010 at 5:46 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Martin

I'm sorry that I have to ask, but as I am not a big twitter user, I do not know what "Retweet @OfficeforMac and include the hashtag #officeformac" means. Can somebody give me step by step instructions as to what I'm supposed to do? Thanks!

February 22 2010 at 5:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

vandil

I'll take a free MBP.

At least this is easier than that #moonfruit crap last summer.

February 22 2010 at 4:08 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Bernard Ramsey

They could paint a Windows ME logo on it for all I care...it's a MBP :) Yes, please!

February 22 2010 at 2:03 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

pwb

Wow! Office seems to be so great that Microsoft actually has to add a MacBookPro (discounted because of severe discoloring) to the pile to be able to sell it for naught.

Now that's what I call price dumping: selling your stuff for minus 1000$. And without a chance for aftersales. :-)

February 22 2010 at 12:18 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

ian

Mac Office clearly loves me. Every time it starts it needs to download hundreds of MB of patches.

I don't love it, though. Slow and cumbersome. I prefer TextEdit, then iWork, then OpenOffice, before going to MSOffice as the last resort.

February 22 2010 at 12:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

mikeyrogers

So two winners yet there are four MBPs. What do they plan on doing with the other two?

February 22 2010 at 10:52 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

HZC

So, do I just retweet any original tweet by @officeformac? Or is there a specific one to retweet?

February 22 2010 at 10:39 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

David

These look like the ColorWare custom covers:

http://www.colorwarepc.com/p-180-macbook-pro-g2-15.aspx

The image on Microsoft's website even matches the same angle and perspective as the one on ColorWare's website.

I'd say Microsoft are giving away two ColorWare 15" MBP's with a custom PMS (Pantone Matching System) tint matching one of the Office icons and Microsoft Office logo.

February 22 2010 at 10:14 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jake J.

Don't attack me for saying this, but that shade of blue is my favorite color. I had an iBook that I painted that color, and I loved it! I'm sure that the Office logo can be removed either by using rubbing alcohol, or by covering it with some stickers.

February 22 2010 at 9:59 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply