<p>Does Columbia offer packages like Microsoft Office at a discount (For PCs and Macs)? I heard other colleges often offer Office and install it for you for like $20 or something.</p>
<p>there’s a list of stuff you can download free as a columbia student somewhere at the CUIT website (click the CUIT link on the left side of Columbia’s homepage), although I don’t think there’s anything as “big” as Microsoft Office. I know there’s also deals with MAC and Dell, but I don’t think any of them are that extraordinary and personally I just bought one without Columbia’s help, was easier/cheaper that way.</p>
<p>oh wow, I just checked CUIT, and you can download MS Office 2007 for free. That is a pretty sweet bonus. Didn’t see much else you can download though.</p>
<p>you can not download microsoft office for free! </p>
<p>if you go here: [Microsoft</a> Campus License Agreement](<a href=“http://www.columbia.edu/acis/software/msagreement/index.html]Microsoft”>http://www.columbia.edu/acis/software/msagreement/index.html) you will see that the eligibility for the download excludes undergrads:</p>
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you’ll also notice that these grad students can also download windows xp and vista</p>
<p>you can however download the latest version of norton antivirus for free</p>
<p>seriously? lame. I’m gonna try anyways when I get my UNI hahahaha. 
thanks for catching that though.</p>
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<p>haha, but legally, you hafta pay the 150 dollars or whatever to buy microsoft office? columbia doesn’t have a special offer?</p>