Question: Microsoft Office Student Teacher Edition

[whatisbroadband]

Does anybody know when BestBuy was offering the free Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition with laptops? Was this version the full version or a 60-day version?

I only remember it for August 19 - September 6. Did they offer it earlier?

old question:

Which one of these BestBuy laptops offer the best value for its price? Duo core Mac laptops are tempting but most of the prices are kind of a turn-off. The last one is a Dell laptop.

Usage will range from development to gaming to video editing. My budget is $1300.

Feel free to let me know of any better laptops for similar or lower prices (doesn't have to be from BestBuy).

Thanks.

HP DV5226CA 15.4"
Core Duo 1.6 GHz (FSB 533 MHz)
120GB HD (5400 RPM)
1.5GB RAM (667 MHz)
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
$1300

HP DV2040CA 14.1"
Core Duo 1.6 GHz (FSB 533 MHz)
120GB HD (5400 RPM)
1GB RAM (533 MHz)
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
$1300

Apple MacBook 13.3"
Intel Core Duo 1.83 GHz (FSB 667 MHz)
60GB HD (5400 RPM)
0.5GB RAM (? MHz)
64MB (Shared) Intel GMA 950
$1250

HP DV1650 14"
Core Duo 1.66 GHz (FSB 667 MHz)
100GB (5400 RPM)
1GB RAM (? MHz)
128MB (Shared) Intel GMA 950
$1200

HP DV5220CA 15.4"
Turion 64 (x2 ?) 2.0 GHz (FSB up to 1.6 GHz ?)
120GB HD (4200 RPM)
1GB RAM (333 MHz)
ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M IGP w/ 128MB DDR
$1000

HP DV2020CA 14.1"
Turion 64 x2 1.6 GHz (FSB up to 1.6 GHz ?)
80GB HD (5400 RPM)
1GB RAM (533 MHz)
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 (UMA)
$1000

HP DV5215CA 15.4"
Turion 64 (x2 ?) 1.8 GHz (FSB up to 1.6 GHz ?)
80GB HD (5400 RPM)
1GB RAM (333 MHz)
ATI Radeon Xpress 200M IGP
$900


Dell Inspiron 6400 15.4"
Core Duo 1.6 GHz (FSB 533 MHz)
120GB HD (? RPM)
2GB RAM (533 MHz) + Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 ($1200)
OR
1GB RAM (533 MHz) + 256MB ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X1400 HyperMemory™ ($1000)
OR
0.5GB RAM (533 MHz) + Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 ($900)

[hello1214]

HP DV5220CA 15.4"
Turion 64 (x2 ?) 2.0 GHz (FSB up to 1.6 GHz ?)
120GB HD (4200 RPM)
1GB RAM (333 MHz)
ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M IGP w/ 128MB DDR
$1000

HP DV2020CA 14.1"
Turion 64 x2 1.6 GHz (FSB up to 1.6 GHz ?)
80GB HD (5400 RPM)
1GB RAM (533 MHz)
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 (UMA)
$1000

HP DV5215CA 15.4"
Turion 64 (x2 ?) 1.8 GHz (FSB up to 1.6 GHz ?)
80GB HD (5400 RPM)
1GB RAM (333 MHz)
ATI Radeon Xpress 200M IGP
$900

Dell Inspiron 6400 15.4"
Core Duo 1.6 GHz (FSB 533 MHz)
120GB HD (? RPM)
1GB RAM (533 MHz) + 256MB ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X1400 HyperMemory™ ($1000)

are the only ones that can do some gaming

[g5cubed]

This acer looks good.

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10077029&catid=

Specs:
AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-50
2GB DDR2 RAM
160GB (5400RPM)
128MB ATI Mobility Radeon X1600
Microsoft XP Media Center Edition
TFT CrystalBrite LCD

$1399, $100 more, but you also get an extra 1GB of RAM.

[Alvito]

i would go with the dell.

[whatisbroadband]

new question

[Kevinck]

Does anybody know when BestBuy was offering the free Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition with laptops? Was this version the full version or a 60-day version?

I only remember it for August 19 - September 6. Did they offer it earlier?


All HP and Compaq laptops come with a free 60 day trial version preinstalled. Sometimes it's all ready to go and you just need to enter the key (which is on one of the many pieces of paper that came inside the box) and sometimes you have to run the "Try the 60 day trial" shortcut which installs the trial from files already on the computer. After it's installed you must enter the key.

There was one week when they offered MSOffice S&T free with HP laptops. Then next week it was free with Compaq laptops. Not sure if they ever did it free with all laptops.

But if you did qualify for the free version then they would have grabbed it off the shelf (Comes in a dvd case) and rung it through on your receipt. It's a 100% full version. You would have gotten to take the DVD case (with key sticker inside) and disk home with you. If you didn't get it, then they either forgot to give it to you or you bought a laptop that didn't qualify.