From today, Microsoft is offering the Surface Tablet for discounted rated to educational institutions around the world
Australia is included in the offer
Posting here as i dont think it qualifies to be a deal as only edu institutions can order them
Form for ordering is here: https://ia601709.us.archive.org/33/items/SurfaceForEducation…
Pass it on if you know anyone that runs an educational institution
The only highlight of it is the full version of Office 2013. If you don't need it.. u should probably get an iPad
so does the RT come standard with office 2013 and what version?
It does not have the full version of Office 2013. http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/home-and-student/office-ho…
I want to get this for uni but i dont know what details i should put down in the form
It's meant to be bought by education institutions.
Pretty sure this is us only as the site is a us link and the price says usd. Can anyone verify this?
down the bottom it says that it is valid in Australia
I wonder if individual teachers can purchase this too? Looks to be the actual school institution only though
The other question is are they shipping it for free as their is no mention of shipping costs?
And if your workplace qualifies as a teaching institution, are you allowed to order it under them but deliver in your name
Ozbargain should register as a teaching institution offering course in shopology.
Units such as
How troll HN site for price mistakes.
How to manage number of torches in the top draw
How to catalogue and create a access database of your impulse buys.
of course the cost is $199 for a course where get a free RT :)
ozbargain.edu.au hasnt been taken yet:)
Yeah, ozbargain is definitely a master class in buy-ology.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ausblog/archive/2013/06/26/australia… - Comments regarding AU Student purchases.
Forms Attached
*The offer is only available to education institutions.
To purchase the Surface RT device, education institutions should download the offer brochure and order form on this blog, which contains details on the devices, and review the terms and conditions (also downloadable from the ZIP file attached to this blog). Completed order forms and any questions should be sent through to [email protected].
I'm interested to see how institutions respond to this. Will they start selling these via uni-shops?
I would love one of these for photoshop/digital painting, as its basically a cheap Wacom Cintiq… soon my precious
There's no wacom digitizer on the RT, unfortunately.
I wonder what the T&C's are in regards to how the institution can utilise/on sell the devices.
Thinking about contacting the student union to see if we can liaise with the uni to do an order.
Also anyone else pick up on the fact the the Type cover combo is an extra $40 compared to the Touch combo. But they sell the Type Cover stand alone for and extra $10 over the Touch Cover standalone.
LOL rorts
does anyone know if a power supply is included in the purchase of the surface rt because on page 4 of the order form they are selling them or are they spares
is it true that in august there are a lot of new tablets hitting Australia hence the current range of tablets prices will drop
did anyone manage to get one of these through special pricing? if you live in melbourne can you let me know thanks.
They're really overloaded. Someone from MS just rang me this morning to confirm the order which I put in around the 10th of July. It'll take 7-17 days to deliver.
i sent them an email enquiry a few days ago and they called me yesterday that small orders can actually be done through Harvey Normans. Do you work at a uni or school?
I want to get one at the EDU pricing but i dont work at any university.
Looks interesting but I dont know how good RT actually is in day to day use.
ie, is this simply a media consumption device?