Office for Mac

[guyute]

I was wondering if anyone here has purchased Office for mac students and teachers edition. If so how do they check for student authenticity. I am not a student but definately can't spend $400 on Office. Any help here would be greatly appreciated.

[Kingsnapped]

They didn't check me, I've heard that they randomly check some people though through the school you list on the edu. store.

[laserbeahm]

I bought my copy at Best Buy. They didn't check. I doubt that the cashier even realized that you had to be a student to buy it.

[absolut_mac]

Originally posted by guyute
If so how do they check for student authenticity.

The larger stores like Fry's and Best Buy don't check. M$ knows this, and doesn't care. Heck if they sold it at ten bucks a pop they'll still be making money.

Just check out one of the other threads on this subject and see what some universities and colleges are selling them for.

FYI I bought M$ Office (Teachers and Students version) for PC's at Fry's and the Mac version of the same at the Apple store. Neither one checked. Of course I was covered anyway, as my wife does work at a school, but although the Apple store asked, they didn't check.

Here's Fry's site...

http://www.outpost.com

Good luck :)

[tdhurst]

Apple employees don't actually have to check. They can sell them to anyone, the only caveat is that the stu/teach version cannot be updated if a new version comes out.

By the way...if you are not a student, why can't you afford and why do you need MS Office?