Having a School Age Child finally pays Off

From Macworld
Most large software companies offer their products at a steep discount to students and schools in the hope of nurturing future customers that, once gainfully employed, will pay full price to own and use software with which they’ve grown comfortable.

As I have not been a student for, er, a very long time, I have ignored these discounts, assuming I was not eligible. And though I am not eligible, I do have a daughter who just entered the second grade. You would think second graders would only be eligible for discounts on children’s educational programs, but it turns out that even kindergarteners qualify for prodigious discounts on professional-grade software.

That’s when I stumbled on the Web site for the Academic Superstore. They specialize in selling software at educational discounts, and they aren’t alone. Typing “academic software discount” into Google brings up dozens of similar sites. Browsing the Academic Superstore I quickly found CS3 standard selling for $389.95 and the premium version – which lists for $1,800 – for an astounding $589.95!

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