If you’re a student then you have it pretty good when it comes to high-end software packages. Most companies provide either a student/education version, heavy discounts or an express-type version. Sometimes there are minor restrictions but in general these companies are pretty generous, even if only out of self interest.
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Software for Students Giveaways
Free online language courses
Most online language courses that I have tested so far do not utilize the advantages of the web at all. Those courses simply copy language courses from books. Mango is the first language course that I’m aware of that uses interactive elements to support the language course.
Students: Get Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 for $59
Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 is currently priced at $619 at Amazon. Microsoft knows that only a few students have the money to buy a software suite for roughly $600 which is why they decided to run a promotion that sells Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 for $59 which is an absolute bargain.
Software for Starving Students
The name of this software distribution is probably a little bit out of line but the purpose is not. The goal is to reduce software costs for students but the compilation is also attractive to everyone else. The website offers a version of this distribution for Windows computers and for Macs. You may download it using the preferred method bittorrent to ease the load on the servers and reduce bandwidth costs.
