This is one of those everyone knows, but everyone forgets things: I was buying a program today, and literarily as I was about to hit the accept button, I wondered to myself, “Does this company have an educational discount?” Guess what they did. A $30 program, became $20. Often this is hidden, companies are not into advertising this. But you would be surprised how often you can get a significant discount for working in education. Of course this is also true of hardware as well.
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also a reminder, you can get amazing price discounts on Microsoft products, Adobe and Macromedia (one and the same now) Quarkexpress, etc. $500 software drops to $100, etc. You just can not use it for “profit” Check your university bookstore or IT department.
Donovon,
Good point, but people should also keep in mind that often you don’t even need these expensive software applications, there are often free alternatives. For example I use “The Gimp” for my image editing.
doh! your absolutely right, I use open office myself (decided to stop using pirated office : ) and if I had a graphically inclined bone in my body I would use gimp too. not sure if there are any decent wysiwyg programs out their though. plenty of free editing programs if you already know your code.
I normally purchase all my software from
http://www.academicsuperstore.com
You need to send in proof that you are in education upon completion of your purchase (e.g., a student/faculty/staff ID) but this can be done via email or fax, and afterwards it’s not needed again. I purchased Adobe Acrobat Professional for $149.95. Over on Amazon.com, the same software is $499.99. Definitely a difference! I haven’t found the same advantage on hardware. Usually I try to get refurbished and have never had any problem.