Reviewing and Saving
First, I want to put out there that if any of you are in the military, there are deals out there that can’t be beat. Specifically, the US Army has an agreement with Microsoft to provide office applications for an extremely reasonable price. For instance, I got MS Office 2007 Enterprise for less than $22. That is a savings of approximately $760. I also got MS Visio 2007 Professional for the same price, saving $430.
I’ve always gotten my office applications from the Army, be it Visio, Office, Project. It was always told to us that if we do any work at home, that we’re authorized to use it. Just like in corporate America, it is literally impossible to not bring work home with you, if you expect to ever be home. Instead of burning copies of the discs now, the Army is going towards a better license management profile, which means that we, the soldiers, pretty much have to pay for at least the cost of making the disc and sending it. Spending $44, and saving about $1200, I’ll take that deal. Don’t even have to ask me twice.
On the software side, any of you out there that are students, there are also typically great savings in getting this software. Take for instance one of my purchases (which I found out that I didn’t have to make…anyways) I got a copy of MS’s OneNote 2007 for $50. The software on the open market usually costs $450, so automatically there is a savings of $400. It has ‘Student Edition’ written all over the case and the cd, but it’s the same thing. Other great buys like this can be had, saving 50-85% of the cost of the software. Holy Schnikeys!. Packages like Adobe’s Photoshop CS2 can be got for less than $290, saving close to 60% of the retail costs. CAD software packages that cost over $2500 can be gotten for about $300 or less. You do the math. If you want to be a legal user of software, this is definitely the way to go. I mentioned that I didn’t need to buy OneNote 2007…it’s because I bought the Office 2007 Enterprise, thinking it was the Professional…Enterprise comes with OneNote…oops. Ebay anybody?
I’ve always gotten my office applications from the Army, be it Visio, Office, Project. It was always told to us that if we do any work at home, that we’re authorized to use it. Just like in corporate America, it is literally impossible to not bring work home with you, if you expect to ever be home. Instead of burning copies of the discs now, the Army is going towards a better license management profile, which means that we, the soldiers, pretty much have to pay for at least the cost of making the disc and sending it. Spending $44, and saving about $1200, I’ll take that deal. Don’t even have to ask me twice.
On the software side, any of you out there that are students, there are also typically great savings in getting this software. Take for instance one of my purchases (which I found out that I didn’t have to make…anyways) I got a copy of MS’s OneNote 2007 for $50. The software on the open market usually costs $450, so automatically there is a savings of $400. It has ‘Student Edition’ written all over the case and the cd, but it’s the same thing. Other great buys like this can be had, saving 50-85% of the cost of the software. Holy Schnikeys!. Packages like Adobe’s Photoshop CS2 can be got for less than $290, saving close to 60% of the retail costs. CAD software packages that cost over $2500 can be gotten for about $300 or less. You do the math. If you want to be a legal user of software, this is definitely the way to go. I mentioned that I didn’t need to buy OneNote 2007…it’s because I bought the Office 2007 Enterprise, thinking it was the Professional…Enterprise comes with OneNote…oops. Ebay anybody?
