How to Get Microsoft Office at 91 Percent Off

J.D. Biersdorfer, who dispenses advice to Times readers on everything electronic, passed on this tip for anyone who is thinking about buying Office Ultimate, the tricked-out version that costs $680.

The semester may be ending, but that doesn’t mean the educational discounts have dried up for the summer — yet. Actively enrolled college students with .edu e-mail addresses (and carrying at least a 0.5-credit course load) have one more day to snag a copy of Microsoft Office Ultimate for a mere $60 at www.theultimatesteal.com. The 91-percent-off deal ends May 16th at 11:59 p.m., and Microsoft has full details for the offer at www.microsoft.com/education/ultimatesteal.mspx.

Here is the really cool part, and I got this straight from the Microsoft senior vice president selling the software, Chris Capossela: anyone with a .edu address can get this deal. Most college alumni offices give their graduates .edu addresses.

(And yes, because we’ll get 100 comments if I don’t mention this: OpenOffice.org has open-source word processing software for free.)

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