Microsoft Software

[Baddboy]

Looking for Microsoft software for new PC's. The package distributed with new new PC's only. Where can I purchase these?
Thanks for the help.....



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[Akash]

please post this in the for sale/for trade forum

 

[rexfalk]

The best deal I've found is at Direct Deals

Rex

 

[SimMike2]

Direct Deals has some good deals, but I detest the obligation to give them your credit card number when you originally sign up for their website. If you don't give them the credit card, you can order items, but after ordering you have to call them up and give them your credit card numbers. This kind of defeats the whole beauty of purchasing on the Internet. Damn Amazon and their one-click purchase. Now every Mom and Pop Internet site feels obligated to ask for and store your credit card on their server!! Didn't they learn anything from Egghead!!!

These website should all give you the option of only entering credit card information at actual purchase time.

 

[mikebill]

Always purchase Microsoft software from university stores. They are generally 90% discounted if you have a student ID.

 

[pbrain]

mikebill, serious? so could you get, say, a copy of win2000pro for under $40 legit?

 

[macssuck]

Under $5 at some university?s

 

[Wooster]

You get to buy academic version of some softwares including Microsoft and Adobe.

 

[JimboG]

Pay for microsoft software? huh tell me about this please...never heard of such a thing.

 

[mikebill]

This is part of the list from one university store:

Office 2000 Premium
for Windows 95/98/NT
(Four CD-ROM set that includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Publisher, Internet Explorer, FrontPage, and PhotoDraw)
$33

Visual Studio Pro 6.0 for Windows (Five CD-ROM set that includes Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual J++, Visual InterDev, Visual FoxPro)
$44

Windows 98
Operating System
2nd Edition Upgrade
$19

Windows 98
Operating System
2nd Edition Full Install
$33

Windows 2000 Professional
Operating System
$12

Windows NT Workstation 4.0
Operating System
$19

Windows Millennium Edition (Me)
Operating System
Upgrade & Full Install
$6

 

[Rab]

Mikebill, your university *must* have some kind of special deal to get software at those prices. Mine (and the other local uni's) are charging darn near full price for *all* of the 'academic' software they offer.

 

[AmitPatel]

If you think that's cheap, check this out:

The University of Texas has a special licensing agreement in place with Microsoft Corporation that allows all students, faculty, & staff at UT to purchase select Microsoft titles at great prices. How great?

Check these out!*

Office 2000 Premium (includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, FrontPage, PhotoDraw, Publisher, Internet Explorer, & Outlook) $30
Office 2000 Service Pack 1a $5
Windows 2000 Pro (Includes SR1a) $10
Windows 2000 Pro Service Release 1 $5
Windows ME (Millennium Edition) $5
Windows 98, Second Edition $5
Windows NT 4.0 Workstation $5
Visual Studio Pro (includes Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual J++, Visual Interdev, Visual FoxPro & SP4) $30
Visual Studio Pro Service Pack 4 $5
Mac Office 2001 (includes Mac versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Entourage & Internet Explorer) $5
Mac Office 98 (includes Mac versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, & Internet Explorer) $5

*Prices are for walk-in purchases only and do not include tax.


Only for UT students

 

[VisionsUCI]

wow! now that is a GREAT DEAL! i work for a university in california, and we barely get an educational discount.

 

[ingenue007]

hook 'em

 

[lzpoof]

I believe these deals were started a little while ago by Microsoft in an attempt to get SOMEONE at these universities to pay for all the illegal copies of their software running around. Microsoft knows that they get nothing if the whole university is using illegal software, and it'd be a pain in the ass to get search warrants for all the thousands of dorm rooms anyway. So they charge your university one lump large sum of money for the *honor* of purchasing their software at great discount. This way, Microsoft gets at least some money, rather than none. End result, students pay less , university pays a lot. Then they tack it onto your tuition I heard this story somewhere along the way when I worked at the University of Rhode Island Academic Computer Center.

EDIT: I believe this lump sum by the way is payable ANNUALLY. That means Microsoft gets a constant revenue stream, although not nearly as lucrative as the numbskull business market.

 

[carmann]

I called the company that made my computer (Compaq - hey it was FREE) and told them I lost my Win98 2nd edition upgrade disc and asked them how to get another one. They said I could buy it from them for $15. They actually shipped me Win98 2nd edition full install.

 

[Mysterie]

Office 2000 Premium for $30! I wish my University did that. They wanted me to buy Visual Studio 6.0 for Windows, Enterprise edition (or something like that) for almost $400, ick. And I pay $4000 a semester for school.

 

[TuOni]

wrong forum

 

[adamone11]

I'm sorry, Tuoni, but YOUR post is in the wrong forum. Try the Groan and Nag thread.

As for these hot and not-so-hot deals on software, we get both deals here. Normal "academic price" is still incredibly high, but if you are doing research and can get the support of a graduate/prof even for one needed application (say Mathematica) then you can get just about anything for $5 (but on a burned CD), which is perfectly legal as long as you destroy the disc in one year.

Unfortunately I both have a conscience AND am not allowed to do research till next year so I will have to wait :|