Black Friday Deals

By Dan Hamilton on November 21, 2007 6:06 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Tomorrow being Thanksgiving, I probably won't be posting until Friday. But, I'm keeping track of the Black Friday Deals. I'll update this entry as new deals become available.

Microsoft Office Deal

If you need Microsoft Office for Mac, then Friday is the day to buy. Here's the deal: Buy any copy of Office 2004 (including the student and teacher edition) and get a $100 rebate. Then:

For $6.99, when Office 2008 is released, Microsoft will send you Office 2008 Special Media Edition."

Microsoft already offers the Special Media Edition upgrade. The $100 rebate is new and available for only the one day.

What makes the deal sweet and cheap is its applicability to Office 2004 Student and Teacher Edition. According to NPD, the Office student version accounts for most copies of the productivity suite sold at retail. However, there is no upgrade option to other Office versions. For 2008, the Student version's Entourage—the Mac equivalent to Outlook—will not support Exchange Server. The offer creates a cheap upgrade path for Mac users looking at getting Office now and don't want to spend big bucks.

Apple Store Deals

No specific info yet, but from past Black Fridays you can expect some really tempting discounts on software, dot mac (I think they sold it for $20 bucks one year), iPods and accessories and Macs. As soon as I hear, I'll post it.

Apple Online Deals