Discounts/Recommendations on computer software??

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<p>Very generous friends of ours are giving our D a laptop for a graduation gift. Last night they called me because they were trying to figure out the best way to get Microsoft Word purchased for the computer. They are building a computer thru Dell so apparently Dell charges an arm and a leg for the software. I said that we could take care of getting it for her (I'm so thankful for the laptop itself!). </p>

<p>Any recommendations on places to get student discounts on software? I checked the college site (bookstore) and that's a possibility. I'm no software guru - I use Microsoft Word 2003 at home and at work (I think!) and that seems fine to me, but I think there is a newer version - is this recommended or necessary? </p>

<p>Any advice would be appreciated...!</p>

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<p>Check with the college. Many of them have deals for their own students. D gets her stuff @ around $10.00.</p>

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<p>I did just call the college and they said she can pick up a disk for FREE at orientation from the library! That rocks!!</p>

<p>The bookstore did tell me about <a href="http://www.campusestore.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.campusestore.com&lt;/a> as a site to get greatly reduced software, especially for various majors. </p>

<p>Hope this info helps other first-timers like us....!!!</p>