Get Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 for $59.95

You can get it at Ultimate Steal

Looks like it is back up just in time for the school year

Am I Eligible?
You must hold a valid email address at a U.S. educational institution ending in .edu (for example, leina@contoso.university.edu)
AND

Be actively enrolled with at least 0.5 course load.
Also, you must be able to provide proof of enrollment status (ie, student card) upon request by Microsoft. If you are unable to provide proof of enrollment, you will be required to pay the full retail price of Office Ultimate 2007 (approximate ERP $679USD).

their FAQ page still has an expiration date of 4/20/2008. I'm sure this offer is still good, though.

Now it is DEAD, but will be back on August 20th according to the website.

I just got it too....$60 for this program is a steal! Granted that OpenOffice can do everything that Ms Office can do, this is still a great program

I agree. If you have a University connection (student, faculty, or staff), check with your technology office to see if they have any Office deals. I got my MS Office 2007 for $10 through UMD.

MangoGT said: I thought this was hot until I checked my University's WebStore: $46. For students, check your IT services first.

Then again, I'm not even sure if it is worth $46 to upgrade from Office 2003.
i would say it is definitely worth it. office 2007 is actually a really well-designed product. one of the things microsoft has really gotten right, in my opinion. significantly better, imo, than 2003 (and there is way more useful functionality than openoffice at this point). for $60 (or less) it is a great deal. note that this version (ultimate) includes OneNote, which is at the top of the class for notetaking apps, especially with respect to tablet pc integration. (Evernote is a great free and innovative notetaking/organization/bookmarking app, but it lacks the direct markup of documents that OneNote can do, which i really like when using my tablet for annotating and reviewing slides, articles, papers, etc.)

I bought this a while back but never installed it as I still use Office 2003. Does anyone know if this works with XP?

Peter7 said: Hi,
Just want know if you can get the actual MS Office 2007 Ultimate CD package. Is that the same as the retail version where they charge like over $600? Thanks alot.
gimmie some green please

saklav123 said: The $59.95 is for a license key and download. I don't think you get the actual retail box. Would be really hot if you do since you could probably resell it for a lot more.

When I bought a few months back you could get the cd's for an extra 12 bucks or so. That's what I did so I could do re-installs if necessary. It took about three weeks to get the CD's though.

I got Office 2008 for a few bucks less on a previous promotion. But looks like a good price for those who need Office now.

neidermeyer said: MangoGT said: I'm not even sure if it is worth $46 to upgrade from Office 2003.

I'm not sure it's worth $1 to upgrade from Office97Pro. What's "ultimates" selling point ,, bigger ,, more bloated ,, slower ,, less secure and with more darn stuff than you'll ever use!

I upgraded to 97 for long filenames. I installed a couple copies of 2000 so I could use most of the free downloadable templates for Word and Publisher. 2000 also doesn't get confused when I need to re-install.

I was given a 2007 license last year, but I'm not impressed. Its a real slug, doesn't convert older file formats well, and crashes occasionally. I'll be sticking with 97 and 2000 for the long term.

This is a hot price! Green for OP!
However, be aware that MS Ultimate edition
usually means bloatware edition containing
gigabytes of extra applications that you will
neither need nor learn to use in your lifetime.

I like the interface of 2007 a lot and Excel has a lot of nice features that I had actually thought about and wished they would add. It is a little sluggish, though, at work...on my pimped out P4, so you might want to think twice if you've got a fairly old and slow machine.

I did this last year. It is an excellent deal. The retail at best buy is over $600.00. For those of you who bought the software from your school I think you may be confused. This is not the watered down student version. This is the ULTIMATE version. It has everything. Much better deal than the student version and this is from Microsoft themselves. You can order the DVD's to be sent to your house for like $12.00 including shipping. Don't plan on selling it though. You agree when buying the software to not sell it for a year after buying it. I would say don't abuse this good deal. The more a good deal like this is abused the less likely it is to happen again.

Anyone know how many computers this is good for?

I'd like to install it in my laptop and desktop.

BocaDogJr said: Why are they giving these special deals to students anyway?

The manufacturer does it in the hope that by getting the college student used to the software, the student will continue buying and using future versions, even long after getting out of school.

It's a marketing strategy. Not unlike Apple offering discounted computers to college students, in the hope that these students will turn into lifelong Mac users. Many companies target the young adult demographic, and discounts/freebies are commonly used to win these customers.

We're weighed down under the burden of student loans. Microsoft should think about us for a change.

You're laboring under a serious misconception. Namely, that Microsoft is doing this in order to be nice to students. That's not Microsoft's motivation at all. Microsoft's out to build customer base and market share. And it's more productive to go after college students (or even high school students), than it is to woo college grads with big student loans.

Just get someone you know w/edu to buy for you. Nobody cares anyway. What they care about is people who buy them cheap and resell for profit. MS has to drop $$ on everything with all competition they have with Apple and Google. Not to mention the redo of their Vista OS that bombed.

one computer only.

adorable said: 1) everyone who keeps getting excited at these $60+ Office deals should sign up for Microsoft's Events newsletter and go to each and every one of their OS & Office launch events. Got Office 97, XP, 2007 all for free in the past from them just by going to these free events.
Next up will likely be 2009 or 2010...

2) OpenOffice.org, esp. with 3.0 final coming in a month or two. Any student can get most everything done with just this.... or ThinkFree.com, Zoho.com, or the very basic Google docs. Apps like Zoho.com need no install at all, and you can Office away at any connected PC in the world.

sure, these apps are great. i use openoffice, google docs, evernote, xournal (which a great notetaking and notating app for linux), etc. but show me any other app for tablet integration that works as well and is as useful as OneNote. it just doesn't exist. believe me, i've tried them all (and i often prefer the free/open source ones and have used linux as my main platform). OneNote is unparalleled in this respect. just because some people don't find a use for this (office 2007) doesn't mean others will.

yes, openoffice 3 may come close to the functionality of office 2007 in many respects. regardless, the fact the this version comes with all the office 2007 apps for $60 still makes this a great deal. (and i have used both openoffice and office 2007 extensively and must say i, reluctantly, much prefer the office 2007 interface and extra functionalities as of now.)

adorable said: 3) old versions, at most used software shops and libraries, work just fine. Nothing like Office 97/xp/2003 running just as good as 2007, but without the crazy, confusing menus and all. Not only that, lighter, faster installs.

that is another option. still, imho, office 2007 is a significant improvement over 97/xp/2003 and runs just as well if not faster than xp on my machines. the menus are not confusing at all once you use them a few times.

Thanks OP... Got 1 and it can be installed on 2 machines (one main and one portable).
better than what my university offers (office enterprise for $80.xx plus ship).
I also downloaded accounting express 2008 and business contact manager for outlook 2007 but found that i would not use it ever so uninstalled them. Anyways it is great buy... I was using a pirated copy of office enterprise 2007 earlier and it feels good to own it legally now