"Save $100 today only on Office 2004 Student Teacher Edition (blah blah) includes technology guarantee of 2008 for 6.99US/10.00CAN. Offer valid only 11/23/2007"
Probably online too, but who knows. The clerks all told me that they had just set up BF a bit too early.
Seems by far the cheapest way to upgrade!
edit: seems some people got quite ornery--turns out I was flying home--about the time I'd spent not editing the OP. Edited for Amazon.com title and price and possibility that they won't ship in time.
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posted: Nov. 21, 2007 @ 6:18p
GetSome681
Senior Member
posted: Nov. 21, 2007 @ 6:24p
Yeah, this should be eligible for upgrade to 2008 Special Edition. Hopefully I can get this online because I don't have any apple stores nearby. Thanks for the heads up.
All of these points are valid, but many of us have to use Office at work and this is a cheap (not free, I understand that) way to have a compatible format with MS Office 2007 for Windows.
It's a MS rebate! This is SMOKING HOT. You get the special media edition of office 2008 when it comes out, not just the student and teacher edition. (http://www.microsoft.com/mac/go/promotions/supersuitedeal/)
Final price is $31.98 after rebate to have Office 2008 for mac, which will sell for several hundred dollars when it is released in January. Even if you already have Office 2004 (as I do), it makes sense to buy it again now for only $24.99 as you will get the free upgrade to 2008. The deal is only good tomorrow, Black Friday, but at least you won't have to deal with any lines since you can buy it online from Amazon.
Hope this is of interest to you, and Happy Thanksgiving.
pctecguy said: Staples.com has it for 129 combine with another produce and use $30 off $150 from eBay dont forget $5 PG rebate!
Actually, it appears that the $100 rebate requires the front page of the user guide and the 2008 upgrade requires the box top...I don't see where they're asking for any UPC code unless I'm missing something. I guess the box top has the UPC on it, but the $100 only mentions the booklet page.
bigguy34C
Member
posted: Nov. 22, 2007 @ 3:59p
Amazon receipt shows the ship date or the purchase date? They may be picky for the 11/23 date?
cobravapv
Member
posted: Nov. 22, 2007 @ 4:04p
Yea i just noticed that. Im debating now, I would like to get 2 copies. Anyone know if the rebate is specific to Apple Store only, or can Staples qualify.
digduggler
Senior Member
posted: Nov. 22, 2007 @ 4:14p
bigguy34C said: Amazon receipt shows the ship date or the purchase date? They may be picky for the 11/23 date?
I've done the heavy lifting and posted the real deal in the summary.
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Home and Student Edition is the same as the full version of Office 2008, except minus the Exchange and Automator support that comes with the regular version of Entourage (if you're truly using it at home, then you probably don't need that Exchange support anyway). It allows for three licenses for non-commercial use, and will retail for $149.95.
BTW, does anyone know if Staples carries any Mac software in-store?
I've never seen any, except for the cross-platform stuff.
Staples may be a better deal IF you're one of the lucky ones with a $ off coupon... I haven't had one in ages. And if you account for tax, which is 9.5% here.
jonnashville said: Note that the $49.99 in the OP is for the Home and Student edition only.
Yes, but that's not what the deal is really about. When it comes time to upgrade to Office 2008, you can opt for the Special Media Edition, which does include Exchange support. Buying 2004 is just a means to an end, so it doesn't matter.
jonnashville said: Note that the $49.99 in the OP is for the Home and Student edition only. You'll pay more if you need Exchange support, like connecting at your Microsoft-centric office. You'll also miss out on doing stuff with Apple Automator within the suite.
The full upgrade version of Office 2004 (which still buys you a ticket for Office 2008) is $205 out the door before the rebate.
The end game: full version vs home/student version of 2008, after all is said and done, is $80.
Wrong.
Read the "Super Suite Deal" upgrade offer. It's not the standard upgrade- you can turn a Home and Student 2004 license into a "Special Media Edition" 2008 license-- including exchange, automator and all that good stuff.
jonnashville said: Staples may be a better deal IF you're one of the lucky ones with a $ off coupon... I haven't had one in ages.
It's strange, but I get $30off$150 laminated cards sent to me via postal mail all the time. I can even take these cards and use them in-store. I also get $20off$100 and $25off$100 coupons sent via email all the time. I never have to deal with any of that eBay crap. I'm not sure what the formula is that causes some folks to get a lot of coupons, and others to get none.
Read the "Super Suite Deal" upgrade offer. It's not the standard upgrade- you can turn a Home and Student 2004 license into a "Special Media Edition" 2008 license-- including exchange, automator and all that good stuff.
After digging into the verbiage on the PDF, I stand corrected.
However, this deal has not been explained well in either the OP or the following posts, and nobody has bothered to put it in the summary. It just mentions Office 2008. Don't get up. I'll do it.
Too much turkey digesting for people to think straight, or am I supposed to be psychic???
jonnashville said: However, this deal has not been explained well in either the OP or the following posts...
I agree that the original post is now meaningless. It needs to be rewritten. This deal would get more attention if it was changed to specifically reference Office 2008 with Amazon.com as the primary deal for $30 AR, and then a mention of Staples as the secondary, potentionally FAR deal with a coupon.
hdtvdog said: Microsoft office on the mac... didnt MS give apple a loan for like 100 million just to do this or something like that? Nah. This was 3.1415926 eons ago and old news, but basically Apple was not doing to well business wise. Microsoft was freshly being sued for anti competitive behavior, and decided to invest $100m in Apple and give them a shot in the arm. Net result to keep them afloat as a straw competitor.
Fast forward to today, Apple is actually a competitor now. And Vista is... ... ... ... Go figure.
Ordered from Staples with $30 coupon. Order summary said 11/23.
miked315
New Member
posted: Nov. 23, 2007 @ 12:31a
If anybody is wondering, Newegg is using Mountain time (is that the one that's 2 hours earlier than Eastern?). I just placed an order and it showed 11/22 11:29pm so I cancelled it.
Mercurian
Senior Member
posted: Nov. 23, 2007 @ 12:46a
pkp413 said: What time is it 11/23 at Amazon or Staples? Amazon goes by 12 AM PT and Staples 12 AM ET??Amazon goes by pacific time and Staples is by EST. So it is already 23rd at Staples for Amazon you still have to wait 1 hr and 15 mins.
Got one from Amazon. Thanks OP! This is the hottest deal today. (oddly enough MSFT product for AAPL - funny).
tsch
Broke Member
posted: Nov. 23, 2007 @ 11:43a
theanimala said: Here is the deal broken out a little easier with links to rebate and upgrade forms:Scorching hot deal, and thanks to theanimala for the very useful summary. Green to you and the OP!
Ordered this morning and mine has already shipped. Amazon invoices show the order date (eg: "Your Order For November 23") rather than the ship date, so there should be no problem with the rebate. What a deal!
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