Free Computer & Internet Access for Children aged 7-14 of Low Income Families

andyfrank

outofmoney wrote: »

Can anyone help?
www.software4students.co.uk are offering Microsoft Office for £38.99 for students. Have checked and my kids school is listed.

But I'm confused by all the techno speak and not sure if you get the full legit working product. Plus it seems you can only install on one PC/Laptop. Anybody had any experience with this company or have a clue what they are saying?

Thanks in advance.

i just had a quick look at that and i may be wrong but my theory on that is they are offering you cheaper software if you have children , but if you have a home access laptop from becta there is open office on it anyway , thats enough for a child to use it has the basic office requirements
if u scroll back a few pages someone did ask the diff between open office and microsoft office and someone explained it
i too get confused with all the techno talk but im learing slowly lol

outofmoney

Lol, that was me that asked....

and I think the answer was not a lot of difference but it wouldn't hurt for kids to learn how to use Microsoft Office as this is what they would use in the future.

I know my 9 year old uses it at school so it's what they are used to. They may even be able to teach me a thing or two!:rotfl:

bubbleyboo

only_mee wrote: »

Can you not order it from the code on your letter?

dont know - didnt know you could do that??

bubbleyboo

andyfrank wrote: »

shouldnt be too long now i read in media they are ahead of schedule and are getting themout pretty fast

im even more excited for my daughter now as we have been doing online comps and ive won a printer

only_mee

bubbleyboo wrote: »

dont know - didnt know you could do that??

Sure someone only needed the code on the letter when ordering it on-line.

heidiwag

Still no Laptop. Has now been 2 weeks! Tried to cancel to go with Positive IT but there is no cancelation team to speak to. Have to wait for call back! Been waiting days for that! They said it's being delivered today with DHL so I asked for tracking code! There is no tracking code! I give up! They've taken the money and theres no laptop! Given up waiting now...seems like I can't do anything! Will see if it arrives today...I'm guessing it won't!!

bubbleyboo

only_mee wrote: »

Sure someone only needed the code on the letter when ordering it on-line.

it says i need the last 4 digits of the visa card

beverley1296

heidiwag wrote: »

I ordered Samsung Laptop on 08/03....still waiting! It hasn't even left the warehouse yet! It's in the que. They have no idea whatsoever when it will be delivered. Maybe Thursday next week, maybe not! Seems like I've been waiting ages. They are sooo unhelpful. Wish I'd not payed the extra money to them now and gone with Positive IT and got free printer and memory stick. Was trying to do the right thing by my daughter by getting additional educational pack. :mad:

Where do you get a free printer from??

only_mee

beverley1296 wrote: »

Where do you get a free printer from??

http://www.xma4ha.co.uk/

andyfrank

outofmoney wrote: »

Lol, that was me that asked....

and I think the answer was not a lot of difference but it wouldn't hurt for kids to learn how to use Microsoft Office as this is what they would use in the future.

I know my 9 year old uses it at school so it's what they are used to. They may even be able to teach me a thing or two!:rotfl:

lol me too as i can use a pc but not had experience with microsoft office , so our kids will be learning us , i can type a letter using wordpad
but had a look thru some of the features on the laptop and there quite a few things you can do i was quite impressed with the dictionary thats installed too , i know you can find online dictionarys but this one u open leva eopen and its there all the time , and u can set it at various levels