As a 16 year old at school, I was a bit hesitant in paying £90 for Office 2008 Student Edition for Mac as it had been receiving a lot of bad reviews and I don't like asking my parents to buy everything. I came across a UK website called "Software4Students" who are in a partnership with Microsoft to give the students of participating schools, colleges and universities in the UK discounted software. I purchased Office 2008 from them for £35 ($68)- Microsoft sends the disc and serial out themselves without the boxing and manual but who needs that? I had prompt delivery and within minutes I had it installed then the SP1 Update which went well for me because my serial was obviously genuine. I have noticed speed improvements from 12.0.1 and now 12.1. I recommend this website for any student who is interested in buying software for school or whatever at affordable prices.
James
James