On the MS Office thing . . . it sounds like the cost for MS Office under the MS MAR/refurbisher (what ever it is now) program. Be careful if it is the MAR license, because when I checked on it a few months ago, the MS Office MAR licenses were cheap but they were not valid for educational institutions. You have to read the license.
As far as getting office cheap through work . . . I thought it was about $20 for Office Pro, through the HUP program that is available to employees of organizations that have a large MS Office licensing program. Kevin On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 7:23 AM, Richard Kasson <rkas...@valmeyerk12.org>wrote: > The husband of one of our teachers says he can get Office for $10 through > his company. He's an IT guy, but for the life of me I can't remember who > he > works for. I guess if his company can get it that cheaply, CDI should be > able to get it for $20. I'm with Jim. CDI is too visible to be doing > things like that under the table. > > -----Original Message----- > From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org > [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of hay...@sages.us > Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 6:28 AM > To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List > Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] CDI Computers > > CDI is a big enough and visible organization that I am confident that they > are doing this with MS's knowledge and permission. They simply would not > install Office on these computers if it were not legal and above board. > > > > > Quoting Luke Walling - AVG Technologies <luke.wall...@avg.com>: > > > I'd suspect it is just that, but more an OEM license returned with the > > PCs when they came off lease. Be sure the OEM supplied license > > "matches" with the PC, that stuff isn't transferrable legally to > > another PC so if you get a HP OEM license with a Dell machine that's > > pretty clearly a license violation. > > > > Same on the OS license, make sure it's affixed to the PC and clearly > > that OEMs license or generic OEM. > > > > On Sep 24, 2010, at 12:37 PM, "Watkins, Chris" > > <chris.watk...@illinois.gov> wrote: > > > >> I'm thinking that they may be doing an OEM Office version because > >> they do refurbs. Perhaps they do something to the computer, call it a > >> refurb and then justify an OEM licenced office? > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org > >> [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of JimHays > >> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 11:34 AM > >> To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List > >> Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] CDI Computers > >> > >> I bought two labs from them this summer. Each lab was Dell's. They > >> work well for our needs. The pricing was incredible. One lab was > >> $185 ea. - and that was after I upgraded the RAM from 1GB to 2GB. > >> The other lab needed more horsepower and was a little under $500 > >> each. (We bought our own monitors.) > >> > >> Can't speak to the legality of the $20 office but I can say that they > >> have treated us well. I had an issue with a bad PS and some > >> keyboards and they sent replacements right away. > >> > >> We are happy with them thus far. > >> > >> > >> Abe Loveless wrote: > >>> I'm not in the market for computers, but I just got off the phone > >>> with a guy from CDI. He sent me some pricing on refurb units, it looks > fine. > >>> > >>> But, then he also sent me in writing that he can add MS Office to > >>> any machine for $20. Is that even possible/legal? I'm paying $52 > >>> (or something like that) from CDW on the State Select contract. > >>> > >>> I told him I was buying Office Pro, not some limited version. > >>> > >>> Thoughts? > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Abe > >>> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > >> > >> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | Subscription info > >> | at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > > > > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >
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