At least once a year, we point out the lower-costing, multiple license offering of Microsoft’s Office product. It’s called the Home and Student edition and allows you to install the productivity suite on up to three computers instead of just one. The MSRP is right around $150, but you can often find it for just over half that price, making it a cost-effective way to get Office in your household for several users.
I had no idea that the Microsoft Mac BU also offered a similar package for Mac, so I’m suspecting that others weren’t aware either. Or maybe it’s just me, who knows? I know that everyone loves a good deal, so if you’ve got multiple Macs under your roof, you should be able to find Office 2008 for Mac: Home and Student Edition for under $100. From what I can tell, the prior version was available in a Student and Teacher Edition, so this does look new for the 2008 version. Included in the package is Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Entourage for mail.
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