Gratuities

[captain_slinky]

Here's the list of what I could get from Microsoft. INPUT GREATLY APPRECIATED, otherwise I would end up just grabing whatever has the highest retail value! And that would leave me with Office Pro 2003, Office Pro 2004 (MAC), Project Standard or Visio Pro!


TOOLS

FrontPage 2003, $199.00
Virtual PC 2004, $129.00

PRODUCTIVITY

Digital Image Suite 10, $100.00
MapPoint 2004, $249.00
Money Small Business 2005, $90.00
Office Professional 2003, $499.00
Project Standard 2003, $599.00
Publisher 2003 w/ Digital Imaging, $209.00
Streets & Trips 2005, $40.00
Visio Professional 2003, $499.00
Works Suite 2005, $100.00

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Windows XP Home, $99.00
Windows XP Pro w/SP2, $259.00

REFERENCE & RESEARCH

Encarta Reference Library 2005 - DVD, $70.00
Encarta Reference Library 2005 - CD, $70.00

MAC PRODUCTS

Office 2004 Pro, $499.00
Virtual PC for Mac 7.0, $249.00

Comments

[aquatwo.livejournal.com]

mmm, Visio Pro...

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

No idea what it's for. Think it would have a high resale value?

[aquatwo.livejournal.com]

it's somewhat of a niche product. it's used for creating diagrams, flowcharts, etc.
best resale value is office.

[khristle.livejournal.com]

You should print off this list and take it with you so you'll remember what has the hightest retail :)

[nani-ka.livejournal.com]

Do the ebay thing to see what these go for - since that would be your resale venue - and go by that list.

And, if you're planning on taking the tightwad approact to new computers over the years, I cannot over-emphasize the value of a Legit Full copy of the current Operating System when you're building your own. Not in resale, but in saving yourself aggravation. Of course, if your next computer's gonna be a Dell, not that big a deal.

[aquatwo.livejournal.com]

they are often marked not for resale. the agreement states that you will not sell them.
m$ also occasionally watches these things. they don't take kindly to violations.

[nani-ka.livejournal.com]

Hence the value of the legit copies of XP. I have 4 - and since we have anything from 2 to 4 computers in our posession that are actually working at any given point in time, Its handier than cash. I hate spending $279 on a copy of XP Pro. I love the Freakachu going & breaking a game for some developers once every few months & hooking us up w/legit copies. Keeps me from having to deal with the annoyance of cracks & non-updatable fakey copies.

I'm not that big an Ebay person - my prior efforts in unloading stuff have not paid off at all - so if I'm going to unload anything big i'd rather pass it off to people I know. But, The Cap'n seems to like it, so...